I love Christmas day lunch (we have lunch rather than dinner). I’m one of those people who will happily eat Christmas dinner of roast turkey and all the accompaniments each time there’s a Christmas lunch or meal out with work…
For so many people Christmas means family. It’s often a time when many families are able to spend more time at home together with school holidays, and some workplaces closing down for a week at Christmas. That’s one of the…
Every year we hear about the waste at Christmas. The money that is spent on gifts that are unwanted or unused after the initial excitement. Or the hassle and panic of thinking up gift ideas for families and friends. I…
Over the next week or so, you’ll see some Christmas posts on here amongst my normal posts. I’m joining in with a 12 days of parenting series in the run up to Christmas Eve. This first day is about preparing…
Check out the Enchanted Menagerie displays during this day visit for a Waddesdon Manor Christmas.
Try an alternative advent calendar rather than traditional chocolate, with ideas from pimping your own candles to a book calendar
Mention a Christmas gift hamper or luxury hamper to someone, and it conjures up thoughts of posh shops and food. Hampers that you dreamed of when browsing gift catalogues, and unusual foods and drinks that you fancied trying. We were…
In the past I always prided myself on being really organised for Christmas. It helped that it was always a nice family day, and even though we never had a big family Christmas, it always had its traditions. But the…
Whenever we go to dinner or lunch at friends’ houses, the women usually bring along a dessert. Yes, there’s always pressure not to have your pudding the one that’s hardly been touched. Meringue is always one of the first to…
Read about our visit to a Creation Theatre performance of Cinderella and the Glass Slipper at the Mill Arts Centre in Banbury at Christmas
Every year I make the family members homemade food gifts. Now we’ve all got children, we buy presents for the kids, and don’t bother with the adults (except the in laws). The rest I do family gifts, and that means…
