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One of our advent traditions is to make and decorate a gingerbread house. With being out of the country this year we accepted a pre cooked one from Sykes Cottages to build and decorate. Unfortunately ours came a little damaged (hence the silver foil bottom), but I managed to get it stuck together and then provided
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I love candle light, especially during the Autumn and winter months when the dark nights are upon us. Â There is something warming and comforting and these festive jam jar candle holders are so easy to make.
I used to be something of a beautyaholic.  I adore potions and lotions  and BC (before Children) I would spend my hard earned cash on lots of new and exciting cosmetics that promised the world.  I loved the packaging, the anticipation and the whole buying something for me. Now my life is different.  The only
We love Reindeer food. It is a tradition in The Mad House to go out and sprinkle it on Christmas Eve and to track Santa on Norad. There are endless recipes for Reindeer food on the internet and mine is no different or special, but it is much loved and used over the years.
One of my favorite tradition over the festive period is the Christmas Eve Gifts which are left from our Christmas Eve Elves. Â I adore Christmas Eve, there is something really special about the anticipation of Christmas Day and we spend it as a family as MadDad always tried to get it off. Â We make sure
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I read a really thoughtful and insightful post over at Tales from a Happy Home, where Gillian noted that she noted the Christmas countdowns as they tended to make her feel panicked about Christmas looming ever closer. The thing is Christmas is not supposed to be a time of stress and strain or panic, but
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We first made these back in December 2010 and I still use my not so ginery gingerbread recipe. I think I first saw this on Martha Stewart’s web site a long time ago and we have been making them every year since and they have become part of our Christmas and Advent tradition. Ingredients –
The Telegraph recently reported that the average British household will spend nearly £3,300 on Christmas this year! I couldn’t believe this figure at first, but once you tot up the costs of the presents, food, wrapping paper and decorations, you’re well on the way to hitting that amount. My friends and I always look to
