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What’s Your Favourite Christmas Film?
The must-watches, the viewing that gives you the festive feeling – everyone’s got a favourite Christmas film they look forward to above all others. I’ve asked the family what their favourites are and why, and we have quite a spread of genres and tastes! Here are their...
The Heresy of Abandoning the Christmas Turkey
Some Christmas traditions I hold very dear to my heart, but there are a number of customs that I have adapted or dropped altogether over the years. I stopped going to church some time ago, and have refocused what this time of year means to me; I haven’t forced down a...
Five Online Ideas To Be Closer Together This Christmas
They said it would be over by Christmas, but I don’t think too many of us were surprised that it’s not. The Government are relaxing restrictions for five days over the festive period, but many of us will still not be having the Christmas with our loved ones that we’d...
Are you sending Christmas Cards this year?
The 1st of December is approaching, and I’ve learned over the years that my thoughts really need to turn to sending Christmas cards. I had a habit for many years of leaving it far too late to write and send my Christmas cards, and I’m sure more than a couple...
It’s My Christmas Weekend! And this Year, More is More…
Long-term followers of this blog will know that a couple of years ago, I got fed up with November and decided to start a new annual tradition: Christmas Weekend. Our youngest loves Halloween, so we make a big deal of that, but the weeks between then and advent seem to...
Lockdown 2 – It Feels Different This Time
So here we are – Lockdown 2, and if you had a nose in the pop charts in the 80s, you’ve probably got a certain song involving the words Electric Avenue in your head every time you hear that. But doesn’t it feel different this time? Of course it was awful for many...
What’s the Difference between Successful and Productive?
A question was raised last week by a friend of mine, Ann Little, who owns Silver Lining PA Services, and it really got me thinking. She asked "What does a productive week look like to you?". I thought it would be easy to come up with an answer, but the more I thought...
An Autumn Trip to Chatsworth
An Autumn Trip to Chatsworth 16 OCTOBER 2020 I left close friends behind when we moved from North Yorkshire in 2014, and they've never felt further away than this year. Even if it's hard to find the time to zip up the M1 to meet, when you know you can't do that, it...
