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Blogmas 2023 Day Twenty Three: What’s on my Christmas table? 🎄

Hi guys 👋🏻

So we all have a Christmas table, right?!?!

That table in your kitchen or lounge that slowly gets filled with delicious Christmas nibbles throughout December, all ready to enjoy in and around the festive period.

It’s nice to have some festive nibbles around for any wrapping sessions, festive film nights, or if you have any guests pop over.

We have a nice mixture of sweet & savoury going on.

Let’s take a look at ours…

This is a new addition but we liked the look of this as I love chocolate and my husband loves sweets.
These are my favourite mince pies from the COOP.
Pringles are a must. These are mine and my husbands favourite flavours (Mine on the left, his on the right)
Heroes! The best of all the festive chocolate tins.
A tin of shortbread is a Christmas must have.
My Nana always had these at her house on Christmas day so I had to pick some up when I saw them.
A selection of festive chocs! Lindt originals alway look so festive.

It is mainly sweet goodies to be fair, haha, but we have savoury crisps and plenty of party food and cheese and biscuits to counteract the sweetness.

I also have keep my festive headbands/glasses/hats etc on here incase I need them or any guests need to be made more festive 🤣

What are your favourite festive nibbles?

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Blogmas 2023 Day Sixteen: Work Xmas Meal #2 🎄

Hi guys 👋🏻

Last night, I had my second work Christmas meal.

This time we went to Ask Italian.

I chose from the three course festivo menu.

I started with an Espresso Martini 🍸

Here’s what I went for…

Festive Sage meatballs. These were really tasty, soft, and delicious in the tomato sauce.

Festive Carbonara with Crispy Pancetta & Brussel Sprouts (Sounds weird, was amazing and a delicious way to serve sprouts!!)

Orange Panattone pudding with Ice cream 🍊 This was a really yummy mix between a sponge pudding and a Panattone. My only improvement would be that it needed more ice cream as it was quite a big pudding.

It was all really delicious. I particularly enjoyed the Carbonara.

We had a lovely time & it was good to have a chat not at work!

Have you had your work christmas meal yet?

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Blogmas 2023 Day Fifteen: Advent Calendar update 📆

Hi guys 👋🏻

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 Thirteen: Homemade Christmas Cards

Hi Guys 👋🏻

I always try and make some time to create some homemade Christmas cards, especially at Christmas.

I feel like this year has been a bit hectic! And time has run away with me a little towards the end of term, at work.

However, I have found the time (and thankfully some supplies from last year) to make a few cards for people.

I’ve gone for a couple of different themes from traditional colours to icy/snowy themed ones. I haven’t finished my cards for my immediate family & friends yet, but here is a little look at a few I’ve made to send off.

Have you ever had a go at making your own cards?

Until Next Time,

Roseanne 🙂

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Blogmas 2023 Day Nine: My favourite Christmas films 🎥

Hi guys 👋🏻

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 Five: My top 5 favourite Christmas Songs 🎵

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 🙂

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Blogmas 2023 is here!

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 🙂

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