Hello everyone, I prepared a cozy English Afternoon Tea for you to enjoy in our library. Biscuits,sugar cookies,haystacks and sticky date pudding for you. Tea with the glow of twinkling lights on the Christmas tree. I love this teapot with the English cottage on it. The curtains and the tablecloth look like English chintz. The tree and the fireplace add a cozy Englisg charm for me. I hope you have some time to enjoy a cozy English Afternoon Tea by the fire today! Today is Winter Solstice and…

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