Category Archives: Advent Posts

We live in a fast, modern and immediate world which is totally removed from the years of my childhood. What was a treat back then is very much a potentially common occurrence now which rather defeats the object to being … Continue reading →

As a genealogist I recognise the traditions we have are a way of honouring the past and those that went before us. As each generation produces hopefully another generation new traditions are formed and hopefully will continue into the future. … Continue reading →

I have always thought there is something rather nice about the buzz of Christmas shopping, but in recent years the enjoyment has been lost to me and I have been very disorganised in organising gifts etc. I have tended to … Continue reading →

I know I visited Santa as a child because Mum told me. I didn’t think to ask where I saw Santa or how much it cost, because I thought I had plenty of time to ask her. Mum told me … Continue reading →

This is a repeat of the original post which I wrote in 2012. Sadly the missing mug of the set is still, well missing! A few years ago, I stumbled across a rather nice set of mugs made by Spode. … Continue reading →

Being married to a Christmas baby, I can not escape the almost weekly viewing of the film Home Alone. Four films were made, we have all four, but films one and two are the favourites. Anyway, one of the Carol’s … Continue reading →

The collection of tree ornaments we have are ones that we bought from our first Christmas together. There are others that were given to us by my Mum and each year Stuart and I buy at least one ornament to … Continue reading →

As a child we always had an artificial Christmas tree I think, usually a traditional styled green one with pretty coloured fairy lights and the fairy that my Grandparents used to put on their tree. When I married we purchased … Continue reading →