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DIY Christmas Gifts

One of my favourite parts of Christmas is baking while singing along to Christmas songs. Get your apron on and spoil your loved ones with homemade presents this Christmas! Baking Everyone loves receiving cakes and biscuits. Why not make a your loved one's favourite cake and wrap it beautifully? Gingerbread men are a classic gift and a great way to get children baking. If you're feeling adventurous, try former Great British Bake Off winner, Frances Quinn's adorable gingerbread robins . For bite-sized treats, try making these chocolate and ginger cookie cup cheesecakes . Keep up with the Scandi trend by making these Swedish saffron lucia buns . Drinks When it's cold outside, there is nothing better than a warm brew. Settle down with the ultimate hot chocolate and a good book.  For arts and crafts fans, make a festive Christmas tree table decoration made out of teabags! Chocolate In my house, Christmas would not be Christmas with

Tea with the Moomins | Tokyo's Themed cafés

Japan. A country where amazing, quirky ideas become realities. Take the universe of the themed café for example. Tokyo is abounding with cafés themed around every possible interest. There's cat cafés, owl cafés, cafés that give you pastries in the shape of Totoro, cafés in which you can be served by butlers, animé themed cafés... The list goes on and on. When searching around for our perfect café, we came across a concept café that we immediately fell in love with. The Moomin House Café. Situated at the base of Tokyo Sky Tree (right next to the Sky Tree station) The Moomin House café is the perfect stop off point when you need a break from your vigorous schedule of touristing. Just in case you have yet to encounter the joy that is the Moomins, let me give you a brief background. The Moomins are a series of books and comic strips written by the Finnish author Tove Jansson in the 1940s. With their large snouts and big eyes, they quickly became a huge internationa