Christmas 2013 . . . December 21

This large old board with Santa and a beautiful Christmas Eve scene is known as a Stollenbrett, or a board on which to serve Stollen at Christmastime.   Stollen is my absolute favorite.  It's a sweet yeast dough filled with raisins (or currants, etc.) and heavily coated with powdered sugar.  Perfect with a cup of hot chocolate.   Some people compare it to fruit cake, but it's really not at all like it.   I received a care package from Germany already in late October filled with chocolates and a Stollen.   I brought it along for Thanksgiving morning in St. Paul, so there is none left for Christmas morning.   Of course,  the board would be perfect to use at a Christmas party for any kind of sweets, or even cheese and crackers.   The scene on this one is particularly nice.