The big two days are over. You may be back to work – or equally, off to shop. If Britain is truly a nation of shopkeepers (and yes, I know the actual quotation is only about England), surely this should be our finest hour? I don’t know about you, but there’s a reason I’m at …
Monthly archives: December 2013
A Christmas Carol: Boxing Day
Boxing Day. The detritus from The Big Day is still about (even if you’ve been very particular about clearing up the wrapping paper). The fridge: the leftovers. The paper hats and bits of crackers. The little drifts of new items that don’t yet have homes (particularly if you’ve been staying at someone else’s house). You’re …
A Christmas Carol: Christmas Day
If you are sneaking off from general mayhem…hello. If you are looking for a quiet corner for a few minutes – me too. If you’ve been heralded as champion cook for the day – or (more likely) if people have looked up as you passed them plates of food, maybe smiled, certainly tucked in and …
A Christmas Carol: Christmas Eve
It’s finally here. The day awaited by many. The final countdown for last minute shopping. The final Advent calendar door has been opened. The stocking has been brought out. Operation Christmas is go, go, go! It’s starting to get dark. I remind myself that we have passed the winter solstice – there is a fraction …
A Christmas Carol: Christmas stockings
It’s almost Christmas Eve as I write today’s post. Almost. Almost is close enough to be able to talk about Christmas stockings, isn’t it? === Christmas Past I think the very early days of Christmas stockings were proper long socks. There is a pair of good stout navy socks that my dad had when he was …