Blogmas Day 12: The Christmas stocking (part 2)

Last year, I wrote about how one of the biggest thrills of childhood Christmases was the stocking at the end … More

Blogmas Day 11: This week’s small pleasures

With having done a blog post every day this week, picking out particular things as small pleasures that I haven’t … More

No series of blogmas posts is complete without some reference to Christmas music. Whether it be A Festival of Nine … More

Today we picked up our supply of Swedish food for Christmas. With a fridge now full of different herrings, and … More

So here we are at the end of week 1 of Blogmas and Christmas only a couple of weeks away. … More

Today’s post comes with help from Jamie of Don’t Give A Jam who I ‘met’ during last year’s blogmas. … More

Every year since 1966, a 13m Yulbocken or Christmas goat or is erected in the town hall square in Gävle.

Actually, today, 4th December, is my Name Day. If you live in a country that celebrates Name Days (eg Poland … More

I got some bad news this morning, which has kind of altered what I was going to write today. It … More

Welcome to Thistles and Kiwis Blogmas 2017! Being in the Southern Hemisphere, Christmas is in the summer, so no big … More