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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...