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Blogmas 2023 Day Twenty: Our Christmas Tree 🎄

Hi guys 👋🏻

If you saw yesterday’s post it was all about my Harry Potter Christmas Tree! (Epic, I know)

So I thought it only right to also show you our main Christmas tree!

Here it is…

The colour scheme for our tree is very traditional, red, gold and green.

We have a basic, original set of baubles that my Mum got us when we moved in together (inc a star)…

And then we have a box of all of our specific baubles that we have collected, been gifted or made over the last 10 years (where did those 10 years go!!!)

I do love our little tree, and it looks lovely with the warm lights, red and gold tinsel and red star on top.

I do think that perhaps we will need to invest in a taller tree next year as it was getting hard to find free branches for all of our lovely baubles. We have added a few each year from various shops, creations from Nephews and Niece, picked up on holidays, and a new one from Mum each year.

What themed do you have for your tree?

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Blogmas 2023 Day Eighteen: Christmas Nails 💅 ✨️🎄

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I thought I would share with you my festive nails for today’s post.

Having my nails done is one of my favourite things to do, and I especially love it at Christmas time. This year I managed to fit in two sets of Festive nails!! Let’s take a look…

This was my November set. I went for a simpler design using those classic festive colours, red and gold.

I love the accent nails and the combination of the super glittery gold and shimmery red.

My next set for December (that I got today!!) was super festive.

We went for a lovely nude base with adorable little festive nail art drawn on each one.

She did Candy Canes, a Christmas pudding, a Christmas tree, and holly. She finished them off with a sprinking of snow on each nail

They look so awesome, and after a super festive weekend and only 3 days of work left, I am feeling extra festive now!

All ready for Christmas!

Do you get Christmas thened nails done?

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Blogmas 2023 Day Seventeen: Christmas book/film update 🌟

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So one of my favourite things about the festive period is all the times spent reading festive books and watching Christmas films.

I thought I would update you on which books and films I have read so far as well as what’s next on my list.

Let’s start with books!

I haven’t read as many as I would like at this point as I have been so busy, but I am hoping that once the holidays start, I can fit two more festive reads in.

So far I’ve read:

‘The Adventure of the Christmas pudding By Agatha Christie

&

‘That Festive Feeling’ By Heidi Swain

NEXT ON MY LIST…

‘The Christmas Book Club’ By Sarah Morgan

So far I’ve watched:

  • Elf
  • Teddy’s Christmas
  • The Holiday
  • Falling for Christmas
  • Deck the Halls

NEXT ON MY LIST…

  • What happens later
  • The Santa Claus
  • The Grinch who stole Christmas
  • Love Actually
  • The Snowman

8 days until Christmas !!

Until Next Time

Roseanne 🙂

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Blogmas 2023 Day Fifteen: Advent Calendar update 📆

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Welcome to another day of Blogmas and not just any day… It’s ten days until Christmas!!

So exciting.

I thought I would give you a little update on my advent calendars.

Check out Day Four here to see which calendars I have.

Let’s take a look…

The F.R.I.E.N.D.S advent calendar has been really fun with lots of cool little bits and bobs in it, including a bookmark, Central Perk coasters, Trivia, Christmas decorations and more!

I love this advent calendar. It’s so pretty and magical. I love the detail on it and the fact that it’s reusable.

I have lots of decorations on it so including a Golden Snitch, the Deathly Hallows Symbol, the Hogwarts house symbols, lots of magical creatures, and loads more.

That one is definitely my favourite, although I must say I am very much enjoying my morning chocolate coin from my third adventure calendar 😂

What advent calendar do you have?

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Blogmas 2023 Day Fourteen: The Rock n Roll Panto 🎄🎶

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We started off this week with one of our favourite traditions for the Christmas period… the Rock N Roll Panto at our local theatre.

Me and my husband Tim go every year at Christmas. It’s always a fun night out. This is like our 11th year of going.

This years show was Dick Whittington and his cat, which was actually the first panto we ever saw there together. It had a completely different spin on the story this time.

The show was as brilliant as always, with some familiar faces in the cast, great humour, and an awesomely colourful set. The music ans song choices were really great too.

We had a great time together 😃

Have you been to a Panto before? Which one?

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Blogmas 2023 Day Twelve: Bring a Board Night 🍴✨️🎅🏻

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At the beginning of December me and a few of our friends got together for a little festive celebration, a ‘Friendmas’ celebration if you will.

It was great to be able to all get together as its often hard at the best of times, let alone at Christmas.

I suggested a fun little ‘Bring a Board’ night where everyone brings a themed board of food

We had a variety of sweet and savoury food.

I did two boards, a savoury festive crisp board and a sweet, hot chocolate station board.

Here are my boards:

My Crisps board.
My Hot chocolate board with my velvetiser.
My Hot chocolate board.

It was a fun night. We caught up, listened to some Christmas songs, and played some fun games.

Have you done a ‘board night’ before?

What do you and your friends do to celeb together?

Roseanne 🙂

Until Next Time,

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Blogmas 2023 Day Eleven: Christmas Lights Tour ✨️

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Today’s post is a super festive one!

At the weekend me and my husband travelled to London to see my Uni friend and her family.

We decided to meet for an early dinner so that we had an opportunity to catch up.

We wanted to do somehtifn festive and fun because it’s Christmas time and we had her children with us too.

I found a Christmas Lights tour of London online, with brilliant reviews. This was right up my street.

It was so much fun, and it was so cool to see all of the amazing and varied Christmas lights around Central London.

Our tour guide was brilliant, she was really funny and very knowledgeable about London (being a 4th generation Londoner probably helps!) I liked that we not only saw the lights but she also talked us through them.

She also offered interesting facts about the famous landmarks and streets that our tour took us through.

We all had a brilliant time! It’s well worth a go if you want some fun and festive to do in London, in the lead up to Christmas.

We booked through a company called ‘Golden Tours’ which were great, easy to use and very reliable.

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Blogmas 2023 Day Nine: My favourite Christmas films 🎥

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I LOVE watching Christmas films, and it is one of the best ways to get yourself into the festive spirit.

So, without further ado, here are my top 10 Christmas films…

An absolute classic, Buddy is me at Christmas. It’s a lot of fun and SO quotable. If you want to feel super festive and get your Christmas spirit up to 100%, this is the film for you.
This film is a classic and is really fun to watch. It’s a great story and it is really heartwarming, too.
This one is so funny and it just makes me laugh because I work in a primary school. Obviously, this is a little exaggerated, but some of it is so relatable, and we all need a little bit of Mr. Poppy energy at Christmas time, especially in a school.
This is a British classic. I love all the different stories happening and all of the brilliant characters and actors in it. I still haven’t forgiven you Alan.
Again, another classic. This one is so funny, so quotable and has such a lovely message. The Grinch is such a vibe.
I watched this for the first time last year and LOVED it. I was so surprised but its brilliant and the message is amazing. I loved the story so much.
This is quite a recent one, and I loved it. It’s all based around the Wham song Last Christmas, which is my favourite Christmas song. The story is very clever.
This one has to be on at least once every year. It is the ultimate Christmas classic, and I watch it every Chrsutmas Eve. There’s a lot of childhood nostalgia attached to this film.
This was a new one last year, and it was another lovely story. It made me feel like I was inside a Christmas novel. It was that kind of story. I really enjoyed it.
I really enjoy watching this one each year because although it is a little sad the story is really lovely.

What is your favourite Christmas film?

16 days to go!

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Blogmas 2023 Day Eight: Christmas out & about 🎄

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Welcome to another Blogmas post.

I love walking around, going into town, and just generally seeing lots of fairy lights and Christmas lights all around.

They look lovely, especially in the evening and they make me feel really festive.

So, here are some photos that I’ve taken out and about (so far!)

17 days until Christmas 🎅🏻

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Blogmas 2023 Day Six: Decorating our home 🏡

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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 🙂

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