No series of blogmas posts is complete without some reference to Christmas music. Whether it be A Festival of Nine…
Blogmas 2017 Day 9: Food
Today we picked up our supply of Swedish food for Christmas. With a fridge now full of different herrings, and…
Blogmas 2017 Day 8: Friday
So here we are at the end of week 1 of Blogmas and Christmas only a couple of weeks away.…
Blogmas 2017 Day 7: Christmas Q & A
Today’s post comes with help from Jamie of Don’t Give A Jam who I ‘met’ during last year’s blogmas. …
Blogmas 2017 Day 6: The Gävle Goat
Every year since 1966, a 13m Yulbocken or Christmas goat or is erected in the town hall square in Gävle.
Blogmas 2017 Day 5: Let’s eat
This is the season of food. Whether you are in the northern hemisphere and enjoying soups, stews and hot chocolate,…
Blogmas 2017 Day 4: This week’s small pleasures #77
Actually, today, 4th December, is my Name Day. If you live in a country that celebrates Name Days (eg Poland…
Blogmas 2017 Day 3: Thorndon Fair
Saturday ended with some positive news, and as life goes on, so too must blogmas for this year. Today, Sunday,…
Blogmas 2017 Day 2
I got some bad news this morning, which has kind of altered what I was going to write today. It…
Blogmas 2017 Day 1
Welcome to Thistles and Kiwis Blogmas 2017! Being in the Southern Hemisphere, Christmas is in the summer, so no big…
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