Festive Activities in general

Well after my last opinion went down like a bull in a china shop I thought I would have to show you all that the image I may seem to come across to you all as from my last opinion is far from the real loving family man dad type person that I am and love being. So here we go what me and my daughter have done so far this christmas and how I am going to make the first christmas she can really understand one to remember. Well I love christmas and remember what fun it used to be when the advent calander went up on the wall and the decorations came out of the boxes and got dusted off for another years use so I thought seeing as my daughter is 3 now she will really ...  Read the complete review

If I had no children Christmas would be a very different season for me. I do not know if it would be better or worse. I know that with children December ends up being the busiest month of the year. I am not talking about the extra work involved in present and food preparation for the big day no I am talking about the events I have to go to! The first Christmas party I went to this year was on 4th December which is very early but the Youth group I run and my oldest attends finished for the year with a bash. The previous week food had been made by the youngsters so you could eat it if you felt brave. This was a traditional party with games and food, balloons ...  Read the complete review

My original op on Northpole.com is underneath but I just thought that I'd share another Christmas website with you seeing as though, for some reason, Dooyoo would not let me write another opinion in the same category. I could only modify the one I had alrady written. So, apologies for the length!! You can find this site at www.noradsanta.org/english/index.html and it is a website that enables you to track Santa on his busy night. First a bit of background ~ Norad is a binational organization of Canada and the United States who are resposible for the aerospace defence of the two countries. I won't go into too much detail about this as this is something you ...  Read the complete review

It never ceases to amaze me how year after year, the shops can introduce their Christmas themes literally months before Christmas itself. There have been times when I have been shopping, and the sun is shining away outside in the high street, but inside the shop assistances are setting up Christmas trees and decorations as if it’s the week before Christmas. I have even wanted to run up to them and say; “No, don’t do it, it’s not even officially Winter yet, we’ll all be sick of it by Christmas!” The thing is, I love Christmas, not just because of the memories of my own childhood and the intense excitement that grew in the lead ...  Read the complete review

It was chrismas day 1996. My husband and I had been really busy in the pub that we ran in our home town. The night before all the revellers had been in to celebrate chrismas eve and it had been the early hours before we had got rid of the crowds and been able to crawl to bed exhausted. I was up early on xmas morning to prepare the usuall chrismas dinner for the family which was a tradition that had gone on for many years. This year though was a little more special as my son had died just three months before and had left two small children aged one and three. We wanted to make the day a bit more 'magic' for them. My husband had spent most of the ...  Read the complete review