We tell about interesting little things that make up an important part of European Christmas.
1 make up many different lists
In Europe, make up lists of guests, gifts, New Year's decor, products that need to buy. In detail paint the plan for cleaning, procurement, decoration of the house and site. If a large number of guests are gathered at home, then the holiday plan is written, the plan seating the people at the table. In the stores of the office, you can even find special festive notebooks and planners to prepare for Christmas. A good and thoughtful organization helps not forget anything and keep a big part of the control.
2 pack every gift
An important part of the house decor and the atmosphere of the holiday itself will be a mountain of gifts under Christmas fir. Very often, gifts wrap in one style that this mountain looks not only effectively, but also stylish. There is a few hours on the packaging process, and it is necessary to do it in secret so that no one has learned before, what a gift awaits him.
3 send paper postcards
A very touching tradition to send Christmas cards is still alive, and they remember about it every year, when they want to congratulate adult relatives, colleagues or friends who live far away. A kip postcard is purchased in advance and the time is allocated to sign them all beautifully from hand, to take into envelopes and solemnly attributed to the mail.
Some families make family Christmas photo shoots and use these photos for paper or electronic congratulations family members.
4 prepare the storage system
As you have to cook a lot, many pre-prepare the storage system in advance. Someone replenishes wine reserves, someone rent an extra refrigerator for products or a cooling chamber for drinks. Often, a month before the holidays, conduct an auditory storeroom and begin to fill it with necessary canned food and products with a long storage period in advance.
5 make billets for dinner
If guests are invited to the house, they begin to come for a day or two to Christmas or in the morning, on the day of the holiday. Therefore, the owners are simply physically there is no time for the many hours of cooking of a festive dinner. Because of this, the workpiece is very common: some dishes, desserts and snacks are prepared in advance and freeze, or stored in sealed containers. Thanks to this, on the day of the holiday, you just need to put it in hot and prepare several side dishes.
6 prepare dishes
A day when a big family is going, huge sets of dishes can really come in handy. But not in every house is covered with a table with a single service. Often resort to eclectics and try to pick up plates so that they are simply combined in color. Also before Christmas, it is enough just to find private announcements about the workable dishes.
7 put a children's corner
Many guests come with children, and for small family members try to create special children's corners so that they can play everything together and do not scatter around the house. Most often it is a table with various games, coloring or a carpet with toys.
