The Winter can be a really magical time to visit London, in particular, December. Much in the same way as New York takes on new appeal during the run up to Christmas and the New Year. How many times have you seen a movie with a scene of New York in December and thought how […]
Christmas jumpers – are you in the club?
What’s your view on Christmas jumpers? I don’t know whether Christmas jumpers have, like Halloween, just become more of a thing in the last few years, or whether I was just totally oblivious to it all in the past. It certainly seems to be a ‘thing’ now with Christmas jumpers in most clothing stores. We’ve […]
Christmas is Coming: Gift Guide
I keep seeing countdowns to Christmas everywhere, so I’ve finally given in and started to put together a Christmas gift guide. I don’t know about you, but there are always some people I find it really easy to buy for and others I struggle with each year. I’ve put together a bit of a round […]
Making Christmas cards with the little people
Are more or less people sending Christmas cards these days do you think? The number of people over the last few years that have said things like “we won’t be sending Christmas cards anymore, instead we will be donating to our favourite charity “, is quite significant. I think that is genuinely the case for […]
Gift wrapping – how do you do yours?
Gift wrapping season will soon be upon us won’t it – how do you wrap yours? Perhaps you set yourself up with a Christmas movie and a mulled wine and do it all in one go? Perhaps you are a little and often person and wrap as you buy? Perhaps you are all wrapped and […]
Exploring Christmas Traditions
I absolutely love Christmas and it’s such a special time of year when you have children. I love the build up, the excitement and all the little traditions we have developed as a family. We love Christmas shows, Christmas movies, Elf on the Shelf, the Christmas Eve box and our special wooden draw advent calendar, […]
Sales shopping
Years ago when I was a teenager and loved shopping, the sales that followed Christmas were “The January Sales” and they pretty much began after New Year and went through the whole month of January. When I was at school and had a part-time job at Dorothy Perkins I loved it because I knew what […]
Taking care of your health this Christmas
Christmas day is incomplete without a grand feast. Its that time of the year when you want to impress your friends and family by cooking an amazing Christmas feast which includes everything from spiced roast goose or beef wellington to incredible nut roasts and whole baked salmon. What are you cooking this year? Research has […]