Advent calendar
I think N’s getting into Christmas already even though he doesn’t know what it’s really about. I bought a fabric advent calendar in the sales last year (was going to make one, but this was easier and probably cheaper!), and…
Christmas
Secret Santa excitement
I’m really excited about Secret Santa this year. I refuse to take part in the work ones, after my first job where everyone took the mick out of one present I was give n because it was wrapped in newspaper…
It’s a winter wonderland…with added rain
Today we had our trip up to London to meet up with a couple of school friends and visit the Hyde Park Winter Wonderland. The weather wasn’t quite as wintry as would have been nice (clear blue skies would have…
Nativity sets
Christmas is coming to our household (in mind if not in actual visual siting), and I’ve been trying to locate a nice traditional nativity set that N can grow up with. When we were children, my mum had a lovely…
Building Christmas spirit
I’m trying to get N excited by Christmas. Obviously he has no idea what it is, what it’s about, but it’ll be good to have someone else in the house who likes Christmas and gets excited by it, in contrast…
Iiiiittttt’s Christmas!
Well actually it’s Boxing Day, but it’s still the Christmas season. Christmas is a bit of a strange affair here because being on a farm, the animals still need feeding so first thing it was just N & myself, and…
Listography: Top 5 things that make Christmas Christmas
The new listography challenge has been set: what makes Christmas Christmas. I love Christmas, but it’s always hard to combine both mine & OH’s traditions into one (even after 7+ years of marriage). Although he’s a bit of a bah…
