Ah, the Christmas party. Top contender for most feared Christmas experience? Or is that a little harsh? Clothes shops think otherwise. Let there be little black dresses, and let them be sparkly too. Hairdressers gear up for the workload that goes with other people’s party season. You know what they say. Introverts and extroverts both …
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A Christmas Carol: Christmas TV
It’s the uniting of the nation, innit? That’s the theory, anyway. Food may not do it; religious choice may not do it. Weather, size of town, size of presents – or not. Christmas is one thing – and many things. But at points, there is the promise of some special means of coming together. And …
A Christmas Carol: Christmas outings
You tick them off the list: tree, food, cards, presents… You are doing your level best to get into the mood, whether through crooners or candles. But what of the Christmas outing? Just what is a Christmas outing anyway? A trip that helps build the mood for you and your family? Or another reason to …
A Christmas Carol: Christmassy food
Weekly food shop today. Almost half-way into the month, and I don’t seem to have stocked up on any Christmas food yet. Now is the season to stockpile, surely? That’s what the supermarkets want us to think, of course. I know that the shelves go higher for Christmas, but they seem to have got fatter …
A Christmas Carol: wrapping presents
It’s one of those jobs. Some love it, others hate it, and some will volunteer in shopping centres to help others with it. Some people have to wait till their other half is out of the house to get underway. Others get underway with paper and tape when the kids are in bed. Wrapping presents …