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Xmas
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Top 10 Xmas books for kids ages 8-12
Here you go, the second of the Muddy book guides to help you decide the best tomes for Christmas. As usual we’ve deployed the local experts, this time picking Sam’s brain at Books & Ink on her Top 10 fiction picks for kids 8-12. Star Wars Galactic Atlas This is the must have Christmas present […]
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Wouldn’t you though?
I'm sorry people, I've tried, but I can't hold off writing about it any more - Christmas is coming and you want a wreath as lovely as this you need to goddam plan for it!
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Wouldn’t you though?
Awwwwwww! I'm too far out of the baby zone, but my god if I had little ones again I'd be first in line for these gorgeous wooden skittles...
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Oh praise be! Chef tips for Xmas cooking
I am the original cocker-upper of Christmas lunch, so hopeless I habitually mess up the canapes, over-cook the turkey, get squeamish about stuffing, and have to get my mum to bring gravy every year because frankly on top of timing brussel sprouts whilst half-cut, I *sob* can’t cope… This year will be different. This year […]
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Deck the halls
Did you have the um-ah moment deciding whether to buy your Christmas tree last weekend? If like me, you have deferred until this weekend to get flouncy with the tinsel and holly, you’ll be interested in a little trip I took yesterday just north of Bicester to Stratton Audley Christmas Barn. Yeah, the clue is […]
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