christmas
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Taking Down the Tree and Cooking Up Crêpes
@ 02.02.2013 – 16:44:14
Have you taken down your Christmas tree yet ? There are still plenty of houses down my way with vestiges of festive décorations hanging outside. - … more -
Christmas tidings
@ 24.12.2012 – 13:43:42
Closing down for Christmas, so a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all. Thanks for reading the blog over the last year. Normal service will … more -
Festive Flu
@ 23.12.2012 – 16:07:30
Labouring under my seasonal flu and trying to work up some enthusiasm for Christmas. It’s the same every year though. I always get a dose of something … more -
Cards and Crackers - of which we have none
@ 13.12.2012 – 18:09:47
[ ... ] to your door Christmas, you might have thought that people the world over celebrated in the same way. Turkey seems to be the international ... more -
Trees and Toys
@ 08.12.2012 – 14:39:01
[ ... ] attic. Recent Christmas tree statistics (yes, there are those who gather Christmas tree statistics) reveal that 20% of French households prefer a ... more -
The Road To Christmas
@ 03.12.2012 – 18:40:22
[ ... ] GHOSTS OF … Christmas used to be a true destinaition. A gaudy, magic, tinsel town. A place of glistening, snow-covered, candy dreams. It was ... more -
Meeting the Postwoman
@ 02.12.2012 – 15:23:00
Christmas is coming, and while Santa may have to deliver millions of tons of toys, the men and women of the post do their bit too. Of course, your humble … more -
The rising cost of Christmas
@ 11.11.2012 – 17:30:26
[ ... ] cost of a UK Christmas. Mince pies up by 22%, a pack of Christmas cards up by 9%, crackers up by 20% and the cost of eighty first class stamps ... more -
Happy Noel.
@ 24.12.2011 – 15:02:38
[ ... ] to church on Christmas Eve. The service is two hours long, the place is always freezing and it's standing room only. Enduring the physical ... more -
Santa's Grottiness
@ 24.12.2011 – 10:12:32
[ ... ] that in a post Christmas post. Christmas Eve. Santa is on the way. Of course, you might already have dragged your kids into a department store ... more
