'Happiness can be found in the darkest of places if one remembers to turn on the light'
Hi guys 👋🏻
The decorating was in a few stages this year (mainly because I didn’t bring everything back from storage)
This was stage one of the decorating, which was mainly decorating the living room with lots of lights and positioning the trees (ready to decorate later!)
Here are the general decorations…
It’s starting to feel very festive 😃
What decorations are your favourites?
Mine are fairy lights.
Until Next Time,
Roseanne 🙂
Hi guys 👋🏻
Welcome to Blogmas Day Five!
An absolutely classic Blogmas post is my top five Christmas songs…
So, here it is!
1. Last Christmas by Wham!
My ALL TIME favourite. The best Christmas song of all time.
2. Step into Christmas by Elton John
It’s a brilliant catchy and upbeat Christmas song. This one always puts me in a good mood.
3. Merry Christmas by Ed Sheeran and Elton John
This is a very recent Christmas song and usually I love the classics the best, however I really do think that this one is a brilliant catchy Christmas song for more recent times in particular, it reminds you to enjoy, appreciate and embrace this festive time of year with family (especially after 2020) and I love a bit of Ed Sheeran, boy can he write a tune!
4. Merry Christmas Everyone by Shakin’ Stevens
This is an absolute classic, and it really reminds me of my childhood. I used to listen to it at home and on the TV music channels (when they were a thing) and it was always on loads, just a classic Christmas song.
5. Christmas Dance by Darren Criss
Darren Criss is one of my favourite artists, and again, this is quite a recently released song, from his album ‘A Very Darren Crissmas’, and I love it. It’s SO catchy and feel good. It gets you up and moving and having fun.
Until Next Time,
Roseanne 🙂
Hi guys 👋🏻
Welcome to Day Four of Blogmas!
And today I am going to show you which Advent Calendars I have this year. I’ve got a nice variety with a last minute addition.
Let’s take a look!
Up first, my chocolate advent calendar…
I got out my Harry Potter pocket advent calendar, this one you fill yourself.
I got me and my husband chocolate coins for each day.
It has 24 pockets, so I’ve put extra in for the 25th as I like yo have one for Christmas morning too.
Next up, I have my beautiful Pop up Harry Potter advent calendar. I bought this either last year or two years ago (I can’t remember)
It is so cool – and it’s great that you can refuse it!
I love the little decorations you get each day, to hang on the tree!
My final advent calendar is a F.R.I.E.N.D.S themed one. This was an unexpected one, but I couldn’t resist it. A bonus was that it was in a sale at my local bookshop, so it was a bargain.
This one comes with cool little F.R.I.E.N.D.S themed goodies such as decorations, bookmarks, puzzles (& I’m not sure what else yet!)
It’s fun to have a few different ones to open each morning!
What sort of advent calendar do you have?
Until Next Time,
Roseanne 🙂
Hi guys 👋🏻
Welcome to Day Two of Blogmas.
Today I did a spot of festive ‘baking’ with my Nephews.
We made Rice Crispy Christmas Puddings.
I’ll include the ingredients and recipe below. They are super easy, they came out so well and they are really effective.
These are fun just to make but would also be great on a festive buffet table.
Ingredients:
Method:
Give them a go and let me know how you get on!
Until Next Time,
Roseanne 🙂
Hi guys! 👋🏻
Welcome to Day Two of Blogmas!
Today I went to see a showing of the Christmas film, Elf.
It’s back in cinemas for the 20th anniversary of its release!
I love Elf, it’s my favourite Christmas film.
It was great to watch it on the big screen, and it was on Imax, so it really was big (& very loud 🤣)
A very festive and fun way to start the day!
What’s your favourite Christmase film?
Untim Next Time,
Roseanne 🙂
Hi guys 👋🏻
It’s that time of year again, yep – you guessed it… Blogmas time 🎄
It’s time to get festive and enjoy this wonderful spirit filled season.
And what better way than with 25 festive blog posts, throughout December!?!
What is Blogmas?
For each of the 25 days of advent, from December the First, leading up to Christmas Day, you post a festive themed blog post! This can be anything that you like, as long as the theme is Christmas!
What should I expect?
I do a variety of festive blog posts ranging from foodie recipes, my ‘favourites’, Christmas parties/events that I go to, Christmas traditions, decorations, and much more!
It’s a lot of festive fun and a great way to indulge in the festive season, picking up some ideas, tips, and tricks along the way.
So here we are! Day One of Blogmas.
Let’s do this!
& most importantly – enjoy.
24 days until Christmas!
Until Next Time,
Roseanne 🙂
Roseanne Byford 