December 17th: A Tale of Christmas Past When it comes to Christmas celebrations, two characters from the Victorian era can be thanked for introducing and popularising most of the festivities we indulge in today: Prince […]
Advent Thought For The Day: 16
December 16th: Sea Air and Sunshine Last night it blew a hoolie. I know because I had to go out in it to collect fish and chips for my guests so that their viewing of […]
Advent Thought For The Day: 15
December 15th: Poinsettia On at least five occasions this month I have strayed over to the fresh flower section at my local supermarket, picked up a poinsettia and then promptly put it back down again. […]
Advent Thought For The Day: 14
December 14th: Keep Dancing I’m now comfortably over the halfway point in my advent adventure. As is my wont, I blundered into it without really considering the time and effort involved, but since I’ve come […]
Advent Thought For The Day: 13
December 13th: The Trouble with Tinsel Invented in Nuremberg in the early 17th Century, tinsel predates most other forms of Christmas decoration, including glass baubles, electric lights and foil-wrapped chocolates. It was originally fashioned from […]
Advent Thought For The Day: 12
December 12th: Caroling, caroling We learn them at school, we sing them once or twice a year and recall them for life, the first verses at least. Christmas carols are as familiar to us as […]
Advent Thought For The Day: 11
December 11th: Evergreen My garden goes into limbo during December. It’s trapped somewhere between autumn and winter, quivering in a chilled green aspic. All colour other than green has been drained by the cold and […]
