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Our favourite time of year! We love Christmas and all the festive celebrations. Here you can find our family Christmas traditions, festive days out and how to prepare your home for all the festivities. I’ve also written about appreciating the real meaning of Christmas and encouraging the children to be charitable.
After previously visiting Chester Zoo Lanterns, we were interested to see Knowsley offer a similar experience. Enchanted Christmas at Knowsley Safari Park seemed to be a smaller version of what Chester Zoo offered and while don’t walk around carrying lanterns, the light up animals looks really affective. We therefore decided to book tickets to see how the two compared.
Continue readingChristmas at Dunham Massey always seems to be something special. We’ve been aware of the Dunham Massey Christmas lights for a while now as they’ve been running since 2017 (and will be running again in 2020.) We’ve never spoken to anyone who has been and not loved it so we had high expectations of a great experience.
Continue readingAs any parent can attest to, Christmas can be a really costly time of year. With three kids of our own to buy for, not to mention other family members, friends and colleagues, it can soon rack up. However this year we’ve managed to keep costs as low as possible and saved money wherever possible.
I try and buy presents throughout the year so we’re not faced with a huge amount to pay in December. However if you have left things a little later, there are still ways you can save on your Christmas shopping. Here’s just a few ways to cut back and save.
Continue readingChristmas Eve is my favourite day of the whole year. I love the anticipation and excitement and even prefer it to the main day itself. We have been enjoying the festive tradition of a family Christmas Eve box since our boys were tiny. They’re now 10 and 8 and have a four year old sister enjoying the fun!
I’ve seen many people have individual Christmas Eve boxes for each child but we prefer a family one. However all of the ideas can be used in either an individual or family box.
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