12 Days to Christmas🎄Day 12: 1+2 Literary Cookbooks❄️

Merry Christmas Eve! I wish you all who celebrate a wonderful day of celebrations! We’ve made it to the last day of the countdown! Woo-hoo! 🥳 Christmas, for me, is highly associated with food. Most traditions revolve around the Christmas and New Year’s Eve dinner tables, where we spend a lot of time as a … More 12 Days to Christmas🎄Day 12: 1+2 Literary Cookbooks❄️

12 Days to Christmas🎄Day 10: 10 books I own and want to read in 2026❄️

As I’ve mentioned before, I have found myself in a position of owning more unread books than I’m comfortable with, so one of my goals for the upcoming year is to read as many of those books as possible. For today’s post, I have compiled a list of books that I already own and hope … More 12 Days to Christmas🎄Day 10: 10 books I own and want to read in 2026❄️

12 Days to Christmas🎄Day 9: Small Things Like These: A book review❄️

Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan It’s been less than 24 hours since I finished it, but I can already tell this book will stay with me for life. Set in 1985 in a small Irish town, the book follows Bill Furlong, a coal merchant and family man, as he attends to his duties … More 12 Days to Christmas🎄Day 9: Small Things Like These: A book review❄️

12 Days to Christmas🎄Day 8: The End of Year Book Tag❄️

I’m surprised I’ve made it this far, but I am officially on holiday break, which means I’m gonna see this little endeavour successfully through! It’s incredible how much time frees up if you don’t have to work every day. At this point, I also want to thank you for reading my posts every day! Your … More 12 Days to Christmas🎄Day 8: The End of Year Book Tag❄️

12 Days to Christmas🎄Day 7: Matching books to traditional Greek Christmas treats and desserts❄️

Today’s post is for those of us who have a sweet tooth. In Greece, Christmas baking is a big deal. Every region has its own traditions and varied recipes, but six types of baked goods can be found in almost every house during the holidays. And I thought to myself, ‘Why don’t I try to … More 12 Days to Christmas🎄Day 7: Matching books to traditional Greek Christmas treats and desserts❄️

12 Days to Christmas🎄Day 6: Christmas movies: favourites, guilty pleasures, and watchlist ❄️

Today in class, we read The Polar Express and made snow globe ornaments! So, I’m in the mood to talk movies. For today’s post, I’ll list my favourite movies to rewatch every Christmas, a couple of non-holiday films I like to rewatch during the season, my guilty pleasures, and the list of movies I want … More 12 Days to Christmas🎄Day 6: Christmas movies: favourites, guilty pleasures, and watchlist ❄️

12 Days to Christmas🎄Day 5: The Christmas Movies Book Tag ❄️

We have our first change of plans (and hopefully the last)! I wasn’t planning on doing another tag so soon, but I had an insanely busy day. It’s 9pm, and I only just had the chance to sit down and do something other than lesson planning. So, a tag it is. I found the Christmas … More 12 Days to Christmas🎄Day 5: The Christmas Movies Book Tag ❄️

12 Days to Christmas🎄Day 4: I watched three Christmas romance movies “inspired” by Jane Austen’s works, so you don’t have to❄️

It’s Jane Austen’s birthday! Before I decided to embark on this Christmas countdown, I had been thinking of writing a post about my favourite things in her writing and all the reasons her works are so important to me, as a way to honour her. But, since I want to keep this series as Christmasy … More 12 Days to Christmas🎄Day 4: I watched three Christmas romance movies “inspired” by Jane Austen’s works, so you don’t have to❄️

12 Days to Christmas🎄Day 3: Matching Christmas songs to books ❄️

Since I did the Christmas songs tag yesterday, I’m keeping the song theme going, and today I’m matching songs from my Christmas playlist to books! I always listen to Christmas songs in December while doing holiday-oriented tasks, so for this post, I just put my Christmas playlist on shuffle, noted down the first six songs … More 12 Days to Christmas🎄Day 3: Matching Christmas songs to books ❄️