Tag: 25 days of Christmas

Blogmas 2019 Day Eight: Decorating the Christmas tree 🎄

Heres to a very important Christmas tradition, the start of the festive season…

… putting up your tree!

Here is ours this year.

Here are my little helpers! They loved helping me decorate the tree.

& of course we needed snacks to keep us going during the decorating process.

I put our tree up quite early this year (in the middle of November, dont hate me!!) I love it.

I love our red, gold and green themed tree and each year I buy a new bauble. This year I got us a few which will feature in another of my Blogmas posts (Affordable Christmas decs)

I got ua a cute ‘2019’ bauble too.

Tell me about your tree? 🎄

Ho Ho Ho

Roseanne 🎅🏻

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Blogmas 2019 Day Seven: Pretzel reindeer 🦌❤

Pretzel Reindeers

These are so cute!

Here’s what you’ll need…

○Pretzels

○Rolos

○Red and/or brown smarties/MMs noses

○Edible eyes

○Non stick paper

○Baking tray

Heres how you make them…

○ First lay out your pretzels onto the paper (on a baking tray)

○Split a pretzel or use pretzel sticks to create antlers and place two of these underneath each pretzel, in position.

○Place rolos in the holes of the pretzels.

○Pop them in a low heat oven to melt the rolos.

○When the rolos start to go gooey you can take them out.

○Press the rolos down to spread out the gooey chocolate caramel over the surface of the pretzel.

○When its still melted pop a nose and eyes onto the reindeer pretzels to make the face.

(Make sure the pretzel antlers are pushed into the melted choc before you pop them into the fridge, so that they dont move out of position.)

I made a few with red Rudolph noses and a few with brown noses to make his pals.

○ Pop them into the fridge to cool.

Enjoy!

These would be so fun to make with kiddies, as Christmas day treats or as cute little homemade gifts popped into a festive treat bag.

18 Days until Christmas!!

Ho Ho Ho

Roseanne 🎅🏻

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Blogmas 2019: Day Six Decoration shopping 🎄

One shop that is doing amazing Christmas decorations this year is Matalan.

They have a great mix of traditional and more modern decorations.

They also have a real mix of the types of decorations that they sell, from small tree decorations, tinsel, wreaths, tall standing nutcrackers, centrepieces, table clothes, sacks, stockings and so much more!

It’s all really affordable too.

I’ll try and include as much info about prices etc as I can 👍🏻

Let’s take a look!

I was literally in Christmas heaven browsing the aisles!!

Christmas throws, From £6

These look super cosy ❤

They had a selection of different themed throws from the traditional Farisle patterned ones as well as tartan ones, reindeer and christmas tree patterned ones and block coloured ones, in various Christmas colours.

Assorted coloured Christmas Stockings & Christmas sacks (Sacks £10)

These luxurious lettered sacks and stockings are really lovely.

Santa and Snowman stockings and sacks

I love these traditional stockings and sacks.

Super cute and great for traditionalists a kids a like!

Pine cone Christmas wreaths. £15

These are SO pretty.

They had circular red pine cone wreaths and White heart shaped pine cone wreaths. They also did feather wreaths.

Assorted colour tinsel

Because let’s be honest, theres not alot that’s more christmassy than row upon row of tinsel!!! 🌟

Assorted tree decorations.

These were sectioned off by colour/style, so you’d definatly be able to find something to fit your style/colour or theme.

I hope you’ve enjoyed this little look into Matalans Christmas offerings.

I love Christmas decoration shopping SO MUCH!!!

Ho Ho Ho

Roseanne 🎅🏻

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Blogmas 2019 Day Five: Meet the blogger: A new Q&A with a little Christmas twist 🎄

Get to know me!

I thought this would be a bit of fun and it’s always interesting to find out a bit more about somebody.

So, here is a new Q&A, with a bit of Christmas thrown in, (of course) with lots of different questions from the last one.

I will leave the links to my previous Q&As below…

The Husband & Wife Christmas tag

Get to know me tag

Q & A

The Harry Potter tag

Autumn tag

What’s your Favourite Book?

The Harry Potter series.

The first Harry Potter book would have to be my ultimate fave at Christmas too. Their Christmas in that book just sounds so darn magical, it’s one of my favourite parts, I just wanna jump right in and join them.

One of my favourite authors Heidi Swain has set a few of her books at Christmas time, they always make me feel so cosy and Christmassy.

What are your 5 Favourite Movies?

1. The Harry Potter films

2. Back to the future

3. LOTR

4. About Time

5. Goodnight Mr Tom

Christmas movies???

  1. Deck the halls
  2. The Snowman
  3. The Grinch

4. Elf

Where’s the most beautiful place you’ve ever been to?

Venice 😍

What accomplishment are you most proud of?

Getting my degree! I worked bloody hard for that and I really enjoyed it. I loved learning more about a topic I find some interesting and it has really helped my career.

In 2019?

Completing a half marathon in my hometown. It was bloody hard!!

If you could ask your pet 3 questions, what would they be?

1. Do you like me?
2. What do your different squeaks mean?
3. Are you ok?

If your wondering, the pet we have is a guinea pig.

When you’re having a bad day, what do you do to make yourself feel better?

Have a hug with my husband & read a book.

Although at Christmas I’d probably wrap some presents, admire my tree or sit in cosy pjs, in my lounge surrounded by Christmas lights.

Using one word, how would you describe your family?

Cray-Cray

Who is the kindest person you know?

My husband ♡

Favourite Christmas tradition…

This is so hard!! I love a tradition.

Probably Christmas Stockings and going to look at Christmas lights on Christmas eve!

If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would it be?

Without a shadow of a doubt I would travel back to Florida & visit Universal Studios again ❤⚡🌍 & Disney 🌟🏰 SO MAGICAL.

I would 100% love to visit Disneyland Paris at Christmas, I bet its absolutely breathtaking and the ultimate magical Christmas experience. One day.

If you could shop for free at one store, which would you choose?

Primark!!

They have so many Christmas jumpers, T-Shirts, little bits and Bob’s and decorations atm! I would be in my element.

Who would play you in a movie about your life?

Miranda Hart 🤣 & it would need to be set at Christmas.

Favourite Christmas TV?

I usually watch the TV Christmas films, whichever ones are on, and I like to watch the Christmas episodes of Doctor who, Eastenders etc.

But, Christmas specials or episodes of my favourite shows are the best. I love binging on them all at Christmas time… Gavin & Stacey (WHO ELSE IS FRIGGIN’ EXCITED FOR THE NEW CHRISTMAS SPECIAL AHHHHHH) Miranda, Glee.

What’s the one food you could never bring yourself to eat?

Oysters, cockles, mussels, that sort of seafood 🤢 & black pudding 🤢

At Christmas?

Giblets, yuk! And Christmas pud, also yuk!

Favourite Christmas food?

Apart from the Christmas dinner itself of course?!? Probably, all the yummy sweet stuff like chocolate oranges, shortbread, panattone…Mums trifle & Christmas bakes.

Let me know some of your festive faves.

See you tomorrow for another Blogmas post ❄

20 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS

Ho Ho Ho

Roseanne 🎅🏻

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Blogmas 2019 Day Four: ‘The Season’ Musical ❄

Day four of Blogmas is here!

Recently me and my husband Tim made an impromptu visit to the theatre. I saw a local Christmassy show advertised on Facebook and thought, why not!?

Every year we see the Rock N roll Christmas panto at the same theatre so we hoped this would be to the same standard! And it didn’t disappoint.

‘A New Musical by Jim Barne & Kit Buchan

It’s Christmas Eve and Dougal has travelled from Ipswich to New York for his father’s wedding. At JFK Airport he’s greeted by Robyn. Tomorrow her sister becomes his stepmother and Robyn’s dreading it. Dougal can’t wait. But then Dougal loves Christmas and Robyn’s the original Grinch.

Thrown together for a wild weekend in the city that never sleeps, their adventure becomes a musical whirlwind of confession, frustration and maxing-out credit cards in Macy’s. Will these two endearing misfits provide the ultimate test for the theory that opposites always attract? ‘

It had a lovely Christmassy feel to it and it was a very cute story.

The songs and acting were great and it was really funny, a feel good story.

It was set in NYC at Christmas which is famously magical and festive at Christmas so that was really cool.
I always think it’s so amazing how they do such an awesome job of portraying a story with few actors (there were only 2 in this show) and a simple stage layout that they adapt for different scenes. It’s very clever.

We felt so festive afterwards and it was the perfect pre Christmas activity!

I’m really glad we went as we don’t often go to these kinds of shows, favouring the cinema. It was a very welcome change and a lovely evening spent together.

21 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS 🎄

Ho Ho Ho

Roseanne 🎅🏻

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Blogmas 2019 Day Three: Christmas jumper guide

Festive fashion that doesn’t have to break the bank!

Here’s my guide to some of the best Christmas jumpers that I have seen this year on the high street ans online ….

Primark

‘Santa Claus is coming to town’

It sings.

Need I say anymore??

It’s nice, simple, cute & has beautiful red glittery embroidered writing, and did I mention, IT SINGS.

£12

Primark have a brilliant selection of Christmas jumpers and Christmas T-Shirts this year.

They are definatly worth a look.

Matalan

Fab-Yule-Us

Because who doesnt love a Christmas play on words.

This is one of my favourites this year.

£15

Next

‘Pigs in blankets’

So cute.

£30

‘Pink, high neck Ho, Ho, Ho Jumper.’

Such a lovely colour.

£32

Such a pretty reindeer 🦌

£35

George at Asda

How could j not include a Harry Potter Jumper…

£14

‘Merry & Bright’

£16

This is adorable.

Penguins always look cute on a Christmas jumper 🐧

£16

New Look

Longline Slogan Chrsitmas Jumper

£25.99

This looks super cosy and cute.

I like how you could team this with skinny Jean’s or leggings for a super comfy Christmas outfit.

Asos

Asos Christmas Charity jumper

I love the stylish cream colour of this jumper. The detailing of the colourful embroidered trees is really pretty, nice ans simple but effective. I like how they look like the they are made out of tinsel.

£28

Asos have a lovely selection of Fairisle patterned Christmas jumpers. So much so that I couldn’t choose! They ranged in style, size of the pattern and colour. Definatly worth checking out if you dont want anything too gimicky for a Christmas, something with a little festive feel to it.

Misguided

Rudolph, sequins, pom poms, what’s not to love!?!?

£25

I hope you’ve found this Christmas jumper guide helpful. Get those numpers bought and wear them with pride this December.

Christmas really is the most magical time of the year!!!

22 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS!

Ho Ho Ho

Roseanne 🎅🏻

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Blogmas 2019 Day Two: My reading challenge, the December edition 📚

We’ve made it to the final month of my reading challenge! I’m honestly surprised I managed to keep this up all year but also very pleased.

I will do a little round up in Jan of everything that I have read this year and perhaps introduce a new challenge for 2020.

Firstly, I will share with you what I read in November…

  • A Christmas gift by Sue Moorcroft
  • T’was the Nightshift before Christmas by Adam Kay
  • A wedding in December by Sarah Morgan

I thoroughly enjoyed all of these books and they have definitely got me into the festive spirit

So, without further ado, for the last time in 2019, here are my reading picks for this month…

The Christmas Wishlist by Heidi Swain

After being let go from her job in a swanky hotel just weeks before Christmas, Hattie is feeling lost. Even more so when her high-flying boyfriend announces he’s landed his dream job in Abu Dhabi and asks her to move with him. Luckily, Hattie’s long-time friend Dolly is on hand to help and invites Hattie to spend one last holiday in the small, festive town of Wynbridge, determined to give her a Christmas to remember . . .
Upon Hattie’s arrival, holiday preparations are in full swing. But for Hattie, whose Christmas cheer has long since run out, it’ll take more than mince pies and mistletoe to open her heart to the season once more. Relishing the task of reigniting Hattie’s Christmas spirit, Dolly suggests they create a wish list of all the things the season can offer, and with the helpful hands of Wynbridge’s resident handyman, Beamish, Hattie finds her frosty exterior is starting to thaw.
As Wynbridge prepares for its most spectacular Christmas yet, will Hattie leave snowy England behind for life in a sunnier clime, or will she in fact realise that her heart’s desire lies much closer to home?

The Christmas Stocking and Other Stories by Katie Fforde

THE CHRISTMAS STOCKING: Romy is all set to join her boyfriend and his family in France for Christmas, though truth be told she isn’t looking forward to it very much. And then she meets Felix – and her plans for the big day suddenly become a lot more interesting.

CANDLELIGHT AT CHRISTMAS: It was meant to be the perfect Christmas – surrounded by friends and family in their beautiful home in the country. But then the lights go out, and Fenella knows she will have to work very hard to keep everyone happy …

THE CHRISTMAS FAIRY: It’s Christmas Eve in Crinan, and a young man is on his own with only his nephew and niece for company. Then Ella arrives. Dressed as a fairy, she is determined to wave her wand and give them all the best Christmas ever.
And many more!

23 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS 🎄

See you tomorrow for Blogmas Day 3!

Ho Ho Ho

Roseanne 🎅🏻

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Blogmas 2019 is here: My advent calendars 🎄

(Sung to the tune of Whizzard) IT’S BLOGMAS!!!!!!!!

Yep, its that crazy time of year again, but over here on Roseannes blog it’s one of my favourite times!

Why? 1. Because I love Christmas and 2. I love writing festive posts 🎅🏻🎄

What can be better than spreading a but of festive cheer during this magical time of year?!?

Now, I thought I would start Blogmas by showing you my advent calendars for this year, as they too begin today.

So, lets take a look…

Hotel Chocolat Milk Chocolate advent Calendar

24 days of delicious milk chocolate characters. Today was a Father Christmas.

Lego Harry Potter advent calendar

This is so awesome!!

This calendar also has 24 days, each day you get another character or piece to create a Christmassy Hogwarts Lego scene.

Today, behind the first window I got Harry Potter in his Christmas Weasley jumper.

I can’t wait to see the scene build up.

See you again tomorrow

For more Blogmassy fun!

Until next time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Blogmas Day 25: Christmas eve boxes🎁 that’s a wrap!

🎅 MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE 🎅

Yesterday we had fun enjoying some festive frivolity with my sisters, niece & nephews and then out with friends for lunch.

In the evening, once we had seen the Christmas lights, we cracked open the Christmas eve boxes for the boys.

For the adults we all had new pjs, I had friends ones, Tim had dinosaur ones and Sarah & Dan had Grinch ones.

I put together a Christmas eve box for my nephews Noah & Casey as well as my niece Evie-Mae.

They seemed to really enjoy it.

They all especially liked the little light up, spinning toys.

So, what did I put into the boxes?

The boxes varied slightly as Noah & Casey are a bit older than Evie.

Noah & Casey

○Chocolate coins

○A Chocolate lolly each

○Reindeer food

○A light up, spinning toy

○A little Christmas book

○A Christmas puzzle

○New, Cosy Pjs

Evie-Mae

○Chocolate coins

○A Little Christmas book

○A light up, spinning toy

○A little Christmas book

○New, Cosy Pjs

Look at them in their matching Harry Potter Pjs 😍

They all seemed to enjoy their boxes and it’s a fun, cute little tradition to add some more magic to Christmas eve.

I love seeing their excited little faves.

I hope you have enjoyed my Blogmas posts this year, I love doing it, it always makes me feel so festive and I love sharing my love of Christmas.

I hope you all have the very best Christmas & a Happy New year.

See you in 2019!!

Roseanne 🙂

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Blogmas Day 24: Decorating gingerbread men.

It’s Christmas Eve!!

I can’t believe it, this Blogmas has been the quickest yet.

Only One day to go!!

love doing festive craft and cooking with my nephews and niece.

I found these cute ‘decorate your own gingerbread man’ sets in the Co-op.

You get six mini gingerbread men (perfect for little ones) some icing tubes and sprinkles to decorate.

This is great for little ones as the gingerbread men aren’t too big, a good treat size, and nice and simple for them to.

They were all very excited to get started.

The set came with a little tube of icing and two different types of sprinkles.

It was a nice little bit of festive fun for the kiddies and of course their favourite part was the eating!

Merry Christmas Eve!

If you want to know how we are spending Christmas eve have a look at Blogmas Day Five

Whatever you are doing, I hope it’s a good one 🎄

Until next time,

Roseanne 🙂

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