Festive - simply cut brie half ways through the middle - so you end up with two circles. Take your favorite holiday cookie cutter. Push it through one half. Add fig or other jam to the whole circle put into your bakeware then sprinkle with nuts. Out the other half ontop assembled. With the star or other symbol cut out, add nuts and pour maple syrup on the hole. BAKE.
Second - simple method: Put your brie in your bakeware, add nuts, dried cranberries or fresh pomegranates, then pour some maple syrup over. BAKE.