Advent Thought For The Day: 21
Reading time 6 minutes
December 21st: It’s a Wrap Being Mr Christmas, most people assume that my preparations for the big day run like clockwork. I can tell […]
Musings
Advent Thought For The Day: 20
Reading time 6 minutes
December 20th: A Grim Getaway I am on the 06.52am train from Broadstairs to London’s St Pancras Station, en route to Lincolnshire for a […]
Advent Thought For The Day: 19
Reading time 4 minutes
December 19th: Who will buy my lovely mistletoe? On three Tuesdays leading up to Christmas, an auction of holly, mistletoe and freshly-made wreaths is […]
Advent Thought For The Day: 18
Reading time 4 minutes
December 18th: In a Pickle Just when I am tempted to imagine I know everything there is to know about Christmas, along comes a […]
Advent Thought For The Day: 17
Reading time 5 minutes
December 17th: A Tale of Christmas Past When it comes to Christmas celebrations, two characters from the Victorian era can be thanked for introducing […]
Advent Thought For The Day: 16
Reading time 4 minutes
December 16th: Sea Air and Sunshine Last night it blew a hoolie. I know because I had to go out in it to collect […]
Advent Thought For The Day: 15
Reading time 5 minutes
December 15th: Poinsettia On at least five occasions this month I have strayed over to the fresh flower section at my local supermarket, picked […]
Advent Thought For The Day: 14
Reading time 5 minutes
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 […]
Advent Thought For The Day: 13
Reading time 5 minutes
December 13th: The Trouble with Tinsel Invented in Nuremberg in the early 17th Century, tinsel predates most other forms of Christmas decoration, including glass […]
Advent Thought For The Day: 12
Reading time 6 minutes
December 12th: Caroling, caroling We learn them at school, we sing them once or twice a year and recall them for life, the first […]
Advent Thought For The Day: 11
Reading time 5 minutes
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 […]
Advent Thought For The Day: 10
Reading time 4 minutes
December 10th: State of the Nation What a pickle our country is in. We wanted out of Europe (well, some of us did), now […]