This Christmas feels quieter. Not in a way that feels empty, but in a way that feels settled. After years of Christmases shifting and changing, this one feels very much rooted in the present. This year, we kept some of the traditions that now feel familiar. Creating a Christmas menu. Writing a letter to Santa.ContinueContinue reading “This Christmas 🎄✨️”
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Christmas in Toronto, Our Way
Christmas in Toronto looked very different to anything I had known before. In those early years, it was either spent with other people or on my own. There were one or two Christmases where I flew back home to Cape Town, just to soak up the heat and catch some Dezemba vibes. Sometimes that wasContinueContinue reading “Christmas in Toronto, Our Way”
✨ Christmas Who Raised Me
Christmas looked different depending on where we spent it, with my dad’s family in Cape Town or with my mom’s family in De Aar in the Northern Cape. Two places, two cultures, two rhythms. And somehow, both became home. These are the Christmases that raised me. Table Mountain from Bloubergstrand — the view that alwaysContinueContinue reading “✨ Christmas Who Raised Me”
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