@tigerbeth, my 14-year old loves the Lynx!
@Artferret My children always wanted a novelty birthday cake, but it was a fail every time I tried! I'm a good baker, but rubbish at the decoration!
@kmakm My husband is English- Quality Streets at Christmas and Christmas tree gifts still reign.
I can only imagine how it must be to lose your sister and all those sweet memories shared. I miss my mother so much at Christmas- the memories of baking together and preparing the big family meal can be overwhelming, even 7 years on. I bake our Christmas cakes on my own now. She always marked the recipe with each year it was used, and it makes me teary when I see the end of her handwriting and the beginning of my own. I draw enormous comfort from baking recipes she has handwritten- and even some of my grandmother's.
