Category: Celebrations

Blogmas 2025 ⛄️ Day 16: Christmas Lights Switch on ✨️🎄

Hi guys 👋🏻

Welcome to Blogmas Day 16!

A few weeks ago me and my husband went to our town Christmas lights switch on. It was a nice little Sunday evening festive activity and it made me feel very Christmassy in November.

Here are some pictures from the evening 😊

I haven’t been able to go to a switch on in our town for years as they’ve been on a Thursday when I’ve been at work so it was nice for it be on a weekend.

Perfect with a mint hot choc in hand.

Have you been to your local lights switch on?

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Blogmas 2025 ⛄️ Day 15: My Harry Potter Christmas tree 🎄 ⚡️

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ONLY 10 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS!!!! WOOHOO!!!

Just like every year, I have a Harry Potter Christmas tree 🎄  it goes up in our bedroom.

So here it is in all its glory! Super happy with it again this year. Loving the addition of the floating candles too 😍

I love the coloured lights and that they are the Hogwarts house colours. I also have some star lights around our curtains (also Hogwarts house colours)

It looks super magical in our room, I love it.

The Sorting Hat works so well as a tree topper too!

Do you have a themed tree?

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Blogmas 2025 ⛄️ Day 13: Christmas decorations in London ✨️

Hi guys 👋🏻

Today me and my husband went to London.

We saw a show at Canary Wharf and met up with my Uni friend and her family ar Westfield for dinner.

I thought it would be nice to take some photos of all the lovely festive decorations that I see in London, as they do Christmas lights and decorations so well there.

I love taking festive photos and I thought it would make a nice festive blog post for Blogmas.

Let’s take a look!

12 days to go!

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Blogmas 2025 ⛄️ Day 11: New Christmas Tree Decs 🎄

Hi guys!

Only 2 weeks to go!!

Here is Day 11 of Blogmas and this year’s new tree decorations.

My Mum got us the top two, in our red, gold and green theme.

The others I’ve bought.

Have you bought new Christmas decorations this year? What did you get?

14 days to go!

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Blogmas 2025 ⛄️ Day 10: New Christmas decorations

Hi guys 👋🏻

Welcome to day 10 of Blogmas! 15 days to go!

Here are some of the new Christmas decorations I have bought this year 😊

Christmas lights ✨️

I love these retro style lights, the colours, the shape are so nostalgic from my childhood.

I love a coloured Christmas light.

This set of three lights us trees were so reasonable and I love how pretty and effective they are.

Our theme is a traditional vibe so I went for the red and gold ones.

I also picked up these twi cute little window lights. These are probably one of my fave are purchases. Also from Aldi.

I had to get this tradional style standing Santa as he just looks so jolly.

Perfect for our traditional theme.

And also got us some new bedding 🛌

I got us the one pictured above which is festive Guinea Pig bedding as well as a cute Capybara festive bedding. Love it.

And finally, I have bought some new baubles for our tree. I picked these up from Flying Tiger.  I love to buy a couple of new baubles each year (which is probably a bad idea as we have loads haha)

Have you bought any new decorations this year?

15 days to go!!

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Blogmas 2025 ⛄️ Day 8: A Christmas Roast 🎄

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Happy Monday!

I had a thoroughly festive weekend that was rounded off yesterday with a delicious roast for lunch with my friend.

We met up for a last meet up before Christmas and to exchange our Christmas presents/cards with each other.

We went for a proper, traditional Sunday lunch at a lovely pub. It was so cosy and festive in there and the food was delicious.

We both went for the turkey roast dinner that came with Pigs in Blankets. I also got some Cauliflower cheese. The turkey and the pig in blanket was my favourite part but it was all really tasty.

For dessert I went for the Chocolate Fondant served with white chocolate ice cream and crumbled shortbread biscuit. I love a chocolate dessert and this really hit the spot.

We had a lovely time, a great pre Christmas catch up with some tasty food. A great way to round off a fun, festive weekend.

Did you get up to anything festive this weekend?

17 days to go!

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Blogmas 2025 ⛄️ Day 6: Christmas Tree Festival 🎄

Hi guys 👋🏻

We are almost a week into Blogmas! I had a nice little festive start to the weekend today with my youngest nephew. He stayed for a sleepover and then we headed to the Christmas Tree Festival this morning.

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On the way we grabbed a festive hot chocolate.

The Christmas trees have all been decorated by local businesses, groups, schools etc and have their own little theme .

It was so lovely and magical ✨️

Such a fun little festive activity ✨️

What festive activities are you up to this weekend?

19 days to go!

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Blogmas 2025 ⛄️ Day 5: Christmas Eve Boxes 📦

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Every year since they were born I have created Christmas Eve boxes for my nephews and niece, and its one of my favourite traditions 😊

It’s just a little christmassy box of goodies to enjoy on the eve of Christmas and I’ve included different things over the years!

Here’s what I will be including this year for KS2 aged children (why do they grow up so quickly 😭) its super fun getting things you know they’ll like.

I have included Prices and shops where possible.

Let’s take a look!

Giant Chocolate Coins – Flying Tiger
Magic Snow, Build your own snowman – The Works £1.50
Wall climbing Grinch – The Works £3
Capybara Bath Bombs- Primark £1.30
Gonk teddy – The Works £2
Make your own Reindeer hat – The Works £2
Christmas Bouncy Putty – The Works £2

Hopefully they’ll enjoy these fun little bits and bob’s.

20 days until Christmas!

⭐️

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Blogmas 2025 ⛄️ Day 4: Fun, festive craft ideas for kids

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Here are some fun, festive craft activities to keep the kiddies occupied this Christmas! Guaranteed to get you into the festive spirit ✨️

Painting

Reindeer Rudolph printing.
Gingerbread printing.
Christmas Wreaths.
Handprint Christmas cards.
Create their own festive masterpiece all wrapped up for family. A great present.

Festive fun

Design your own Christmas jumper.
Finish the Christmas lights.
Build a chimney for Santa.

Nature Activities

Nature Christmas Craft.
Nature Christmas Wreaths.
Nature Christmas trees.

Paper craft

Make a snowflake.
Christmas paper chains.
Elf yourself.

Lots of festive fun to be had!

I can’t wait to try some of these out.

21 days to go!

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Blogmas 2025 ⛄️ Day 3: Christmas light trail

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I love Christmas lights so when my mother in law invited us along to our local light trail with herself and some of her friends, how could we say no!

And it was brilliant.

We actually went to this display last year for its inaugural year but it was in a different park in my hometown and it was very expensive. This year the trail was set up in a different park and the layout of the park worked much better for this event. It had a more natural trail with paths as apposed to last year when the lights were in big open areas, which wasn’t quite as effective. They have also made it much more affordable which is great!

There were loads more lights, lovely atmospheric music and smoke to add to the magical vibe. There was also a nice little food court in the middle which served delicious hot chocolates. My mint one was so yummy I had two 😋 🤣

I also liked that you could go around the trail more than once, so we did!

The only annoying thing was the torrential rain haha – not ideal! But it was so wet you kinda just had to get on with it by the end haha. It was still a lovely, festive evening.

So, without further ado, let’s take a look at the trail!

Have you been to a Christmas light trail?

22 days to go!

🎄

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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