I mentioned last week that I am starting to think about Christmas. It'll be nice to get the gifts all wrapped up. Because I like to keep it simple, there's a formula I follow: Each person gets: Something to drink Something to eat Something simple to wear - usually socks Something to enjoy as an experience - book, DVD, ticket to an ...
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Arriving At Christmasland 2014
This weekend the Wright's arrived at Christmasland. We usually land the first weekend in December. And this was...the first weekend in December. The annual pilgrimage to the local forest took place Saturday morning. It did feel we arrived a little late this year. In fact we were told that the majority of the larger trees had sold out the weekend ...
Open House / Getting Christmassy
**Please note I have decided to edit today's open house blog post. I didn't think carefully enough about it - it's my error. Thank you for the 2 previous comments (it's appreciated you popped by! thank you! I read them and they contained great advice - if you'd like to comment again please do) but I've started from scratch. Thank you for ...
Did You Stir-Up Sunday? We Didn’t.
I do love traditions. Apparently (according to Wikipedia) Stir-up Sunday is one of the essential British traditions. Introduced to the Britain by Prince Albert, the husband of Queen Victoria. We didn't participate this year. Do you recall I'm taking Christmas off? That means no home-made Christmas puddings. No gathering together to stir the pudding in ...
Open House / I’m Christmas Shopping
Open house is a little early this week because tomorrow (Thursday) is my one and only Christmas shopping day this year. I'll be out early. Literally hitting the town centre at 9am. It's my one (self-imposed) opportunity to purchase anything non-handmade. I've made my list, and checked it twice! It's not a huge list, as I'm sure you'd expect. And it ...
Kicking Off Christmas 2014
It's starting to feel a lot like Christmas. Okay so it's still November. But as I explained in last Thursdays post - our Christmas preparations typically start just after Remembrance Sunday. This year we are doing things a little differently. And also, in some cases, the same. Christmas always kicks off with charity at Chez Wright. ...
Taking Christmas Off
Usually the day after Remembrance Sunday I start our Christmas preparations. These preparations normally kick off with the making of the Christmas Chutney. Not this year. I love our family traditions. I'm a big believer in developing traditions and creating memories. But I'm also cautious of doing things 'for the sake of it' and am keen to prioritise ...