Showing posts with label Surviving Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Surviving Christmas. Show all posts

Sunday, 15 December 2024

Countdown to Christmas: Day 15


Another day of celebrating the countdown to Christmas!

Lizard



And another day of our festive Cornish getaway.

Grapefruit Shower Steamer



Today, my shower was scented with grapefruit!

Coastal Path Walk




We went for a walk from our cottage to Lizard village along the coastal path this morning. It's not a long walk, but it's very pretty.

Mince Pie at Twisted Lizard



We popped into Twisted Lizard, a quirky little gift shop that's opened since the last time we were here, to get a couple of Christmas gifts, and we got mulled wine and a homemade mince pie!

Ann’s Pasties



Our main reason for walking into Lizard (apart from the lovely scenery and the Christmas shopping) was to get a couple of pasties from Ann's Pasties, our favourite Cornish pasty shop!

Christmas Tree Cake



We also got these gorgeous cakes!

Abominable Books



As always, I've been saving my latest Abominable Books subscription box for a treat. I opened it this afternoon, and I got Feast While You Can by Mikaella Clements and Onjuli Datta, Marginal by Tom Carlisle, a festive flapjack and some other horror goodies.

Surviving Christmas



Tonight's Christmas film was Surviving Christmas.

Hotel Magnifique



After the film, I read Hotel Magnifique by Emily J. Taylor. What a gorgeous book this is! I absolutely loved it!

Advent Tea



Today's tea from my Bird and Blend advent calendar was Mulled Cider!

Advent Model



And today's model from our other advent calendar was a little snow plough!

Sunday, 1 January 2023

Countdown to Christmas: Day 17


And another belated Christmas blog from me. Still a lot of stuff to post about, so I'll keep going till I get to Day 24!

Advent Tea



Day 17 of my Bird and Blend Tea calendar was Strawberry and Pomegranate!

‘The Trials of Christmas’



The next Christmas chapter I read from Ronald Hutton's Stations of the Sun was 'The Trials of Christmas'.

3 Minute Santas



Although we were on holiday this week, the show had to go on. My Hannah's Bookshelf Pre-Christmas Special (which is a selection of festive flash fiction called 3 Minute Santas) went out today on North Manchester FM.

Bakewell Mincemeat Flapjack




While we were in St Ives, we bought some lovely festive flapjacks from Flapjackery. Today we had the Bakewell Mincemeat one.

Magpie Murders



I read Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz while we were away. I loved this book so much, I was genuinely gutted when I finished it.

Surviving Christmas



Tonight we had a double-bill of festive films, starting with Surviving Christmas!

Four Christmases



And our double-bill of 'no one should go to Fiji at Christmas' films concluded with Four Christmases!