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As I am behind on my posts, I can tell you who I spent Christmas with instead of plan implied in the title! For me, Christmas is all about family. I can’t imagine not spending at least part of the day with my parents. This year for the first time, we went to a Christingle […]

Shamefacedly, I must admit that I haven’t taken the kids to Father Christmas. I did take Matt along to the local children’s centre for his first Christmas and he screamed the place down… The children do take part in the Santa sleigh charity collection for the Scout group so have had their pics taken with […]

OK straight down to advice. This is my 9th Christmas as a mum so here are my top tips for survival based on my own experiences. Be realistic. About presents (that pony is NOT arriving), behaviour expectations (the kids will not transform into angels for the day), food (they will have had snacks so may […]

I HATE wrapping presents. I see all these pictures of pefect wrapping but mine never looks like that. Even standard shapes like boxes don’t end up looking good. Meanwhile, Chris is an expert (show off!) My parents always left all their wrapping until Christmas Eve and we would be banned from downstairs and hear much […]

I have very mixed feelings about DIY gifts. Part of me thinks the personal touch is lovely but there is a lot of pressure involved. For example, if it is food, can you be certain that they washed their hands and used separate utensils (due to my vegetarianism and wheat allergy). Will it contain ginger […]