Santa Train
Tomorrow is Christmas Eve and time for a favourite family tradition. The Santa Train has been an annual Christmas event since my eldest son was…
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Christmas past
For his homework recently, my younger son had to talk to a family member about what they remember of Christmas as a child. So he…
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Christmas day part 1
So we are doing Christmas day at our house this year. I use the term ‘we’ fairly loosely because it’s actually my husband. I am…
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Teetotal Christmas party
I don’t drink at all. This is perfectly normal. To me. I grew up in a family of non-drinkers, my old best friends hardly drank…
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Christmas performances part 2
This week, it’s all about the boys with the Christmas performances. Yesterday was my favourite performance ‘of the season’ (to use an Americanised Gary Barlow-ism)…
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Christmas performances part 1
It’s Christmas performance time and my head is close to exploding. With three kids, a job and a husband with his own business, the logistics…
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The early-ization of Christmas
I am resisting the early-ization of Christmas. (Yes, I did make that word up. I couldn’t think of the proper one and I didn’t even…
