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 …
Category archives: Moments
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: 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 …
A Christmas Carol: Christmas music
Sooner or later, you see, it draws you in. You may fight it – you may even choose to write about it, and take three different attempts to express it. Sooner or later, the Christmas music goes on. You find yourself hovering over the iPod, the CD rack, whatever your musical set-up. All of a …