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Jannine shares her Grandma’s Christmas Cake recipe: This is my favourite Christmas Recipe:  My Grandmother use to make this and now I see it is popular on all sorts of Recipe sites on the Internet.  Grandma lived on a Farm way out in the Country.  She would only go to town once per month if […]

  Do you have a favourite Christmas recipe that you use every year? We would love for you to share, unless of course it is a secret family recipe, in which case we would love to hear the story behind this family tradition. I remember when I was a child my Nana would sneak coins

Christmas Tree There are many different ideas as to when the Christmas tree should be put up. This usually depends on culture and nationality. In New Zealand there are still people who hold strongly to their tradition but many people have changed to what is practical for the season, family and holiday arrangements. These are

These are delicious as an after dinner treat. The trouble with trying them is that you just want more!  100 grams plain salted crackers such as Salada 225 grams butter 3/4 cup brown sugar 200 grams plain dark chocolate, roughly chopped 1/4 – 1/2 cup pistachios, chopped 1/4 – 1/2 cup dried cranberries Preheat the

Lights How many lights should go on the Christmas Tree? This question is a common one in our stores. Lights really add the magic to the Christmas Tree – be generous! Artifical trees need more lights to show off your decorations because of the density of branches. A 4 foot tree can easily take 400

Christmas Tree Decorations The Christmas Heirloom Company supply an amazing range of decorations for your tree, a lot of them traditional in style, and others more modern or quirky. Every year there are new ranges to purchase.Here at The Christmas Heirloom Company we always have traditional decorations from red, gold, silver champagne, to toyshop, baby’s first, gingerbread, woodlands,

Tradtional Christmas What does this mean to you? For Sue (Taihape franchise owner) it conjours up memories of Christmas as a child at her grandparent’s farm; the pine tree, turkey, stuffing, her granny’s steam pudding with threepences inside. Wreaths, swags, garlands, and those special ornaments collected over the years. The giving of gifts, Christmas dinner served

Looking for your favourite Christmas recipes… Do you have a favourite Christmas recipe that you use every year? For me I must have ‘Nana’s Trifle’ and for some reason it just tastes better when she makes it, perhaps it is that extra Cherry Brandy that she puts in! I would love to try some new

Over the past few weeks we have opened 10 stores ready for the Christmas season, plus another store opening this weekend! It may seem early for many people to be thinking about Christmas, however here at The Christmas Heirloom Company we love to share the magic of Christmas as soon as our new stock starts to

It is that time of the year again, Christmas stores are opening for 2014. Here is a list of the grand opening dates, if you would like more details about the stores grand openings please drop us an email admin@christmasheirloom.com or phone 0508 434 756.