Today’s writing prompt is suitable for Christmas or any time of year! It’s all about music. I love to sing, and it’s something I’ve really missed in the pandemic. I hope one day to join a choir again and enjoy singing the choral harmonies that I enjoyed when I was
You can’t really think about Christmas here in the UK without thinking of snow, even though it’s actually quite rare that it’s snowy at Christmas. Today, draw a picture, add a journal entry, create a scrapbook page, write a poem, whatever you feel appropriate, so long as it’s about: Snow
Sparkle and glitter aren’t really my thing. As a crafter I hate glitter because it goes everywhere and it’s often not sustainable, as it is mostly made of plastic and a pollutant. But just sometimes, on a party dress, or a Christmas tree, a bit of bling is appropriate. So
Today I watched a lovely documentary on Netflix called “The Ponds”. It’s about people who swim in the ponds on Hampstead Heath in London. Cold water swimmers are an evangelistic lot. They’ll recite all the benefits of cold water swimming (there are several). I noticed there was no neoprene at
I love giving gifts, even though it’s sometimes difficult to thnk of the right thing. In our family there’s a bit of a tradition of leaving gifts till you see something “that says your name to me”. So gifts can turn up at different times of year. But there is
I love the traditional Christmas dinner, turkey, and roast parsnips and potatoes and sprouts, pigs in blankets, and Christmas pudding (though the brandy sauce is a little difficult now I’m lactose-intolerant). We also have other foodie traditions. What do you like to eat? Be creative about your favourite Festive food
It’s a lovely time of year if you like lights. I love to go round the local area and follow the Advent Trail. Normally I have to say the shops, cafes and bars here are very good at not leaving lights on throughout the night, as happens in some places.
Here’s one that’s both foodie and colour-based. The colour of wine, whether it’s red or white, or pink. What does it look like? What does it remind you of? What can you see in the depths (you’ve an excuse right here… or not!)? The colour of wine
Angel at Christmas means the angel on top of the Christmas tree – or maybe you have a fairy on top and Angel means a child in a nativity play or Dr Who’s Weeping Angels, or something else. Draw a picture, add a journal entry, create a scrapbook page (here’s
Have you got yours up yet? We don’t put ur Christmas tree up until much nearer Christmas. When I was a child we always put it up on Christmas Eve – the first day of Christmas. But we kept it for the full 12 days of Christmas and a little