The Smoking Mole...

and his fabulous friend!
But first:
The legend himself.

Brato presents:
The
one
and
only!

The
great
awesome
and
unbelievably
wonderful,

the
world-
famous
and
intergalactically
respected

yet
unfortunately
chain-
smoking

Smoking Mole!
(He just arrived from Europe.)
And he is actually smoking, it's hard to see. The smoke smells like fir tree! (Burning fir tree.)

And he brought his friend.
Brato presents:
From a country that once was but today is no more,
He who was born in a factory owned by the people:
Trusty christmas-companion for more than a quarter century!

The
mighty
Nutcracker!And because both of them are always hungry, I promptly made a whole new bunch of gingerbread cookies. Well, almost. I changed the recipe. I replaced the ginger and cinnamon with a different spice mixture (made of cardamom, cloves, nutmeg, allspice and other spices).
For my European friends.
I hope the cookies taste good. So, as the smoking mole would put it:
En-fucking-joy!