Preparing for Yuletide- drying oranges 

They get better year after year when dried as you add Christmas smelling oils that seep into them. Keep in a sealed container and they will be perfect each year.

Thanks for the info.

And to you too x enjoying the seasonal traditions seems even more important this year ! X

To allow the orange to dry. The slits are a traditional way/look that was used to do this. It lets the moisture of the flesh of the orange out and the dry warm air in. It speeds up the drying process to stop the orange just going mouldy inside. Hope that helps x

By far the best brand of Christmas oils if in Uk are M&S but otherwise Jormaepourri are good, good choice from sellers on Etsy too. Orange and clove base is what you are after for scenting the oranges initially. But over the years the oranges I’ve made have had a mix of Yuletide oils sprinkled on them and smell wonderful each year when they are brought out. Hope that helps.

if you keep them in a dry box they will last years. If each year you get them out at yuletide and give them a top up sprinkle of scented oils it builds up and builds up over time as the scent becomes really soaked in. I have oranges that are ten years old and i call the Christmas in a Box because the scent when I get them out is so amzingly christmassy. I put them in a bowl with cones and fresh sprigs of evergreens each year. thanks for watching the video x

They were traditionally made for the seasonal scent and as a decoration.

Cinnamon and peppermint oils, scents, deterred mice from making a Winter nest in your home. With being inside, orange and clove pomanders were hung inside as early air fresheners. Scents of pine, rosemary, etc. were also thought to ward-off illness as well as cover body odors. :)