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Santa’s Winter Wonderland at Tropical Birdland
Being Christmas obsessed it is hard to find a Santa experience we haven’t yet done yet locally. Still, we hadn’t been to Tropical Birdland for their Winter Lantern Fairy Walk, so this year we decided to check it out, after hearing several good things about it last year. We arrived…
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Christmas Eve Checklist
It’s almost here! I usually make a Christmas Eve checklist to make sure I haven’t missed anything. If I have, it’s not too late to rectify it. Here is my last minute list…. 1. Do My Meal Prep – no one wants to be slaving over a hot stove on…
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Mother’s Ruin: My Favourite Festive Drinks
Christmas comes but once a year and with it a whole heap of beverages that only tend to feature during the holiday season. Here are some of my favourite festive drinks… 1. Bucks Fizz Is it even Christmas Morning if your breakfast doesn’t involve a glass of Buck’s Fizz, or…
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The Christmas Tag
The Lovely Emma Reed tagged me in her Christmas post! Blogger tags are designed to get to know a blogger a little more and I haven’t actually taken part in one yet. Seeing as I love all things Christmas – this one seemed like a good one to start with!…
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How To Give Back This Christmas….
Despite having a pretty shit year – losing my Grandma, losing my job, some health scares and family also having a crap time, I love Christmas and Christmas always puts me in the best of moods. However, Christmas isn’t great for everyone. There is pressure on families to spend money…
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Meeting Santa in The Midlands
As mentioned before, the holiday season is my most favourite season of all. I have been making Alexa blast out Christmas songs since November 1st and I have not one, but two Christmas trees! I like to pack my December full of Christmassy activities. Since I have had children, those…
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Bonfire Night
Remember, remember, the 5th of November, gunpowder, treason and plot I remember trying to explain to some American friends what Bonfire Night was. It went very much like this: “So you set off fireworks…to celebrate an act of terrorism?” “Failed terrorism. There is a difference!” Basically, who doesn’t love wrapping…
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Pumpkin Picking at Cattows Farm
Last weekend we decided to head out to Cattows Farm in Leicester and go pumpkin picking! Despite loving Halloween, I have never been pumpkin picking before. I did accidently almost grow my own last year though, when I left an old one outside from the year before which obviously had…
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Let’s Talk About Santa…
Saint Nick. Father Christmas. Whatever you call him, one thing I have discovered since becoming a parent is everyone has their own take on how they deal with the Santa issue, if at all. Did our parents have all this headache? I remember that I used to get most of…
