Christmas traditions
The best Christmas present reaction ever
The most extreme reaction ever to receiving a longed-for present? ...
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Diary of a 6-year-old: Dear Father Christmas
Dear Father Christmas (or Santa), I'm sure you are called Father Christmas but my cousin Angela who lives in America, ...
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School play sorted: Single Parent Dad
My son's school performances are always a stressful affair. Before they even happen there's the deciding who gets to use ...
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Strop of the Week: Okay it was me!
Strop Scene: Well known department store. Not dead keen to name names as I'm still expecting some kind of legal ...
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Diary of a 6-year-old: Can Father Christmas hear ok?
I've been thinking about it and Father Christmas must be very, very old. Great Grandma Edith was really old before she died. ...
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Do I buy a real Christmas tree this year? Slugs, Snails and Puppy Dog Tales
I love a real Christmas tree. The way it scents the house with its delicious fresh pine fragrance always gets me in the ...
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What are your Boxing Day traditions?
Whilst we all have our own family traditions for Christmas Day, the basic elements of the gifts, feast and moaning about ...
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What treats do you leave out for Father Christmas?
So how are your preparations going for the big day? Have you peeled that mountain of spuds and taken delivery of a turkey ...
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What do you do on Christmas Eve?
I loved hearing about all your family Christmas traditions when we discussed them here. So let's look at the night before ...
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Tip of the Day - Get Father Christmas to wrap the gifts
This is one of those tips that (I'm afraid) will take a bit of work, but it's worth it. Though if your house is anything like ...
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Christmas books to share with your children
In an ideal world I'd have a different Christmas book for every day of December to share with the children but -- alas -- ...
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Dilemma of the day: Should we drive to visit the family at Christmas?
Q: I am dreading Christmas Day again already. We seem to spend all the holidays driving to my parents and driving to my in ...
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