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Posted on December 1, 2018April 10, 2019

Chris’s 12-month Christmas planner

For most of us, preparing for Christmas is generally done in December, or if we’re extra-organised, perhaps November – but… Continue reading...
Posted on October 1, 2018December 4, 2018

A happy, all-cash Christmas!

We all tend to groan and roll our eyes when the shops start piling up their Christmas stock the minute… Continue reading...
Posted on December 1, 2017February 7, 2018

Stocking up for Christmas

If you were thinking of a suitable receptacle for Christmas gifts, it’s unlikely that an old sock would be the… Continue reading...
Posted on December 1, 2017February 7, 2018

The gift that keeps on giving

Thousands of unwanted Christmas presents will be thrown away in the coming weeks, but what is the best way to… Continue reading...
Posted on December 1, 2015April 18, 2017

Circle of life

It might look like just a pretty, twinkly adornment to welcome guests to your home at Christmas, but the festive… Continue reading...
Posted on December 1, 2014April 19, 2017

History of the Christmas Pud

Like Christmas, the traditional Christmas pudding has changed somewhat over the years. So with the festive season drawing ever closer,… Continue reading...
Posted on December 1, 2014April 19, 2017

Planting a kiss at Christmas

They were originally used in pre-Christian times to help celebrate the Winter Solstice Festival, to ward off evil spirits and… Continue reading...
Posted on December 1, 2014April 19, 2017

Pull the other one…

You pull a Christmas cracker with the person sitting next to you, and inevitably stick the paper hat on your… Continue reading...
Posted on December 1, 2012April 24, 2017

Relaxed Christmas shopping at Arreton Old Village

The Village has the three main ingredients you need for festive fulfilment; great local produce, unique gifts and a heart-warming… Continue reading...
Posted on December 1, 2007April 26, 2017

What’s in your equestrian Christmas stocking?

For the horse owner, the winter can be very long and dark. Mud and rain is dished out in uneven… Continue reading...
Posted on December 1, 2006May 3, 2017

My memories of Christmas on the Isle of Wight

Born just five years before the Wall Street crash and the crushing Depression that followed it, Island octagenarian Elsie Butcher… Continue reading...

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