Who doesn’t like advent calendars… Advent calendars are used to count down to Christmas. Advent calendars typically have openings that may hide pictures, poems, stories and/or small gifts and food items. The … Continue reading
Ho, ho, ho, merry Christmas! Santa is a character of Christmas traditions. Santa is also commonly known as ‘Saint Nicholas’, ‘Father Christmas’ and ‘Santa Claus’ but has other names in … Continue reading
“Oh Christmas tree, Oh Christmas tree!” Traditionally, the Christmas tree symbolises the Christian belief of eternal life and was also thought to have been used in pre-Christian winter rites. The original … Continue reading
Have a stripey time! The candy cane is a hard candy and is traditionally white with red stripes and flavoured peppermint. The first candy canes were made in 1670, in Germany, … Continue reading
Go Anna!! There are 30 known species of goanna, 25 which are found in Australia. Goannas are Australian monitor lizards from the species group ‘Varanus’ which also includes some lizards … Continue reading
Versatile almonds! The almond nut grows on a deciduous almond tree which fruits in Autumn. The fruit of an almond tree is called a drupe, which contains the seed – the edible … Continue reading
