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#Blogmas18 day 26: Boxing Day sales

Seeing as I’m running late, I can update you that we didn’t go out on Boxing Day to the sales. However, we have gone to Sainsburys, Co-Op, Tesco and Camberley town centre over the last 2 days to spend our Christmas money and hunt down some vegan products in readiness for our foray into veganism […]

#Blogmas18 day 25: what Christmas means to me

For me, Christmas is all about the best bits of family life. Spending time with those we love. Eating together. Sharing experiences across generations. Relaxing without thoughts of school and work. Giving gifts to make them smile. Curling up on a sofa to watch a film or festive TV. Singing Christmas songs. Excitement and anticipation. […]

#Blogmas18 day 24: Christmas Eve box

I am feeling increasingly sorry for my kids at the lack of build up I organise for Christmas. No films, no books, no trip to see Santa, and now no Christmas Eve box either… Chris just said I was being ridiculous because the kids are way over excited anyway! He’d never even heard of a […]

#Blogmas18 day 23: who I’ll be spending Christmas with

As I am behind on my posts, I can tell you who I spent Christmas with instead of plan implied in the title! For me, Christmas is all about family. I can’t imagine not spending at least part of the day with my parents. This year for the first time, we went to a Christingle […]

#Blogmas18 day 22: visiting Father Christmas

Shamefacedly, I must admit that I haven’t taken the kids to Father Christmas. I did take Matt along to the local children’s centre for his first Christmas and he screamed the place down… The children do take part in the Santa sleigh charity collection for the Scout group so have had their pics taken with […]