A Very Scandinavian Christmas
My husband and I had up and left Australia to live in the UK in the 1990’s and during this…
An English Christmas
My grandmother loved roses, lots of them. At Christmas time her garden was awash with their heavenly scent and on…
A magical minute
Christmas is my favourite time of the year and I never miss a magical minute. I hope you have all…
The Pomander
Another Christmas ritual I remember fondly as a child was making pomanders. I suspect that most people don’t even know…
The Perfect Decoration
It has to be said that the Christmas tree is a wondrous thing. It has the ability to transform you….
Heart Warming
For some reason being around you family at Christmas tends to bring out the worst in us but also the…
Christmas at Home
I saw a question recently in the google search bar that asked “Do they have Christmas in Australia?” of course…
The “Crap Parent” Christmas Award
The children being teenagers now are not getting up at 5am to see what Santa Claus has left for them…
A Proper Christmas Tree
Up until we had children we never owned a Christmas tree, our festivities previously had been a mixture of visiting…
The Madness of Christmas
There are countless articles in the lead up to Christmas about how to survive it, decorate for it, cook for…