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How to make a snowman

Dec 7, 2011

This is a cute project for a primary aged child to work on together with a parent. It involves...

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Young children and presents: Should we even bother?

Dec 7, 2011

Present giving at children's birthdays and Christmas has become a tense time for me. Each time a...

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The Semi-Detached Parent: It's wonky, and it's my Christmas tree

Dec 7, 2011

I learned this week that five-feet two-inch tall single mums struggle to purchase six-foot...

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A cut-price Christmas will still cost poorest families almost £200

Dec 6, 2011

Even the poorest families will splash out at least £182 on Christmas because of commercial...

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School Christmas choir concert ends in tears after bench students are stood on collapses

Dec 5, 2011

A school Christmas choir concert went a bit pear-shaped when the benches the singers were stood on...

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How to survive festive battles for stressed out families this Christmas

Dec 5, 2011

More and more stressed out families are going to have a ding-dong Christmas this year.

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Christmas in the capital: What to see and where to go in London

Dec 2, 2011

Whether you're heading to town for a day out, a weekend, or just for a few hours in the school...

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Bumbling Father Christmas disappoints children by losing his beard in awkward abseiling appearance

Dec 1, 2011

See the hilarious video of Father Christmas getting stuck while abseiling into a shopping centre to...

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The toys of Christmas past

Nov 26, 2011

Take a trip down memory lane with our round-up of nostalgic Christmas toys

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Father Christmas: How to keep the magic when big kids want to tell?

Nov 26, 2011

Dear Father Christmas, My name is Sally, and I've been a very, very good girl this year. Honest....

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Festive birth: I listened to Christmas songs in the operating theatre!

Nov 25, 2011

Rianda Sweeney, 36, knew a Christmas baby might be on the cards when she went into labour on the...

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Why is it always panic stations before Christmas?

Nov 25, 2011

Buying Christmas presents, ordering turkeys, stirring Christmas puddings and getting tinsel down...

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