--- title: "Before Christmas" url: /before-christmas/ canonical_url: https://flowers-recipes.com/before-christmas/ language: en alternates: pl: https://flowerek.com/przedswiatecznie-z-zyczeniami/ de: https://barbaras-kochbuch.de/vorweihnachtliche-gruesse/ en: https://flowers-recipes.com/before-christmas/ x-default: https://flowers-recipes.com/before-christmas/ published: "2010-12-21" last_updated: "2010-12-21" type: article author: Basia prerequisites: - /category/baking-and-desserts/ - /category/cookies/ related: - /christmas-menu-2010/ - /jamie-and-fennel-roasted-salmon-with-eggs-plus-easter/ - /advent/ - /dishes-for-christmas-2012/ categories: - Blog - Cookies - "Holiday Dishes" - "Odds & Ends" tags: - advent - cookies - "gingerbread cookies" - christmas comments: 4 image: https://flowers-recipes.com/images/2010/12/platek-sniegu.jpg summary: "Christmas wishes from Basia, plus last-minute ideas for sweet homemade gifts: little packages filled with a mix of cookies, truffles and jam." --- # Before Christmas Christmas wishes from Basia, plus last-minute ideas for sweet homemade gifts: little packages filled with a mix of cookies, truffles and jam. **This page in other languages:** [Polski (pl)](https://flowerek.com/przedswiatecznie-z-zyczeniami.md) · [Deutsch (de)](https://barbaras-kochbuch.de/vorweihnachtliche-gruesse.md) **Published:** December 21, 2010 · **Author:** Basia ## Related pages > **For AI agents:** every page of this blog is available as Markdown at the same address with .md instead of the trailing slash (e.g. /tiramisu-cake.md). The links below lead to the HTML pages. - [Category: Baking & Desserts](https://flowers-recipes.com/category/baking-and-desserts/) - [Category: Cookies](https://flowers-recipes.com/category/cookies/) - [Christmas Menu 2010](https://flowers-recipes.com/christmas-menu-2010/) — My menu for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day: traditional family dishes plus a few new ones. - [“Jamie” and Fennel-Roasted Salmon with Eggs, Plus Easter](https://flowers-recipes.com/jamie-and-fennel-roasted-salmon-with-eggs-plus-easter/) — A perfect Easter dish: salmon with fennel seeds and egg is a light option for lunch or a tasty dinner. - [Advent](https://flowers-recipes.com/advent/) — Advent is a time of calm, baking and cookies. See which little Advent cookies I picked to bake this year, plus a few of - [Dishes for Christmas 2012](https://flowers-recipes.com/dishes-for-christmas-2012/) — My Christmas 2012 menu ideas: herring salads, barszcz with uszka, pierogi, carp, cheesecakes, poppy seed roll and more, ## Posts ![snowflake](https://flowers-recipes.com/images/2010/12/platek-sniegu.jpg "snowflake") Pre-Christmas greetings! Christmas is really very close now, and I myself have been swept up in the fever of holiday preparations and shopping. So I'd like to wish all of you, right now, a peaceful, warm Christmas full of love and understanding. May the scent of gingerbread, cheesecake and barszcz (traditional Polish beet soup) fill your whole home, and may your preparations go calmly and stress-free! I'd also like to remind you that there's still time to make some sweet little gifts, if you're missing something for your loved ones. Not long ago I gave my acquaintances and friends little packages like these: ![sweet little package](https://flowers-recipes.com/images/2010/12/slodka-paczuszka2.jpg "sweet little package") sweet little package Each one contains a mix of all kinds of cookies. [Marzipan eyes](https://flowers-recipes.com/marzipan-thumbprint-cookies/) marzipan eyes [Cinnamon meringues](https://flowers-recipes.com/cinnamon-meringue-cookies/) cinnamon meringues [Almond Linzer Augen cookies](https://flowers-recipes.com/almond-linzer-augen-cookies/) ![linzer augen](https://flowers-recipes.com/images/2010/12/linzer-augen21-200x300.jpg "linzer augen2") linzer augen [Orange spritz cookies](https://flowers-recipes.com/orange-piped-cookies/) orange spritz cookies [Grandma Helga's Advent cookies](https://flowers-recipes.com/grandma-helgas-advent-cookies/) Grandma Helga's Advent cookies Christmas trees made from [Aganiok's gingerbread cookies](https://flowers-recipes.com/aganioks-gingerbread-cookies-pierniczki-aganiok/) and snowflake ornaments made from [pepparkakor](https://flowers-recipes.com/pepparkakor/) ![pepparkakor](https://flowers-recipes.com/images/2010/12/platek-sniegu1.jpg "snowflake") pepparkakor You can also add trufelki-kartofelki (Polish truffle-like little "potatoes") to packages like these, or truffles with [plums and brandy](https://flowers-recipes.com/plum-brandy-truffles/), or simply a little jar of Christmas [jam](https://flowers-recipes.com/mandarin-apple-and-banana-marmalade/). I'd also like to encourage you to try my [suggestions for the holiday table](https://flowers-recipes.com/christmas-menu-2010/). ## Comments (4) - **Eva** · 2010-12-23 03:32 They're just wonderful… I won't risk it because my cookies have never turned out. Maybe except for the Moroccan macaroons… - **flowerek (Author)** · 2010-12-23 19:02 Oh Eva, Eva. Too bad :P Then all you can do is look and dream ;) - **Bea** · 2010-12-23 20:52 Beautiful! I wouldn't say no to a little package like that ;) Warm regards! And I'm already wishing you a wonderful, joyful Christmas! - **flowerek (Author)** · 2010-12-26 20:21 · reply Thank you so much :) Bea, I'd gladly share a little package, I just don't have the necessary info :) Thanks for the wishes. I wish you a Merry Christmas too, and most of all a healthy one! --- [Recipes A to Z](https://flowers-recipes.com/recipes/) · [Sitemap](https://flowers-recipes.com/sitemap.xml)