Mottisfont Abbey becomes a Winter Wonderland every year, and the theme in 2025 was Cinderella, pantomime-style.
We enjoyed looking at the decorated rooms and dressing up. The next day, we went for a walk on Bournemouth beach.
We go to Bournemouth often but always find new things to admire. The Russell Coates Art Gallery was beautifully decorated for Christmas.
Beautiful details, including the embroidery picture of a bombed-out cathedral, top left, and a highly decorated Italian bowl, bottom left.
When we discovered the newly opened Magnolia Bakery in New York in 2004 (pictures above), it was like stepping into my grandmother's kitchen. Since then, I have made hundreds of vanilla buttercream cupcakes following their famous recipe. This year, I put a Christmas spin on them and made them fancy for the holidays. I also met up with friends for lunch.
Explore past Christmases: 2024 (Puglia), 2023 (Norway), 2022 (Vienna), 2021, 2020, 2019 (Paris), 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 (Gers), 2014 (Paris), 2013(Freiburg), 2012 (Dordogne), 2011 (Salzburg), 2010 (Vendee), 2009 (Vendee), 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000
