Christmas Trends from Pines and Needles

Back during lockdown all our working activities were compromised but the delivery drivers were still out there delivering those things that we just couldn’t go out and buy. I don’t know about you, but I became a bit of a...

Not being the most fashionable of people is something I have had to live with all my life. When you are not short or tall, good looking or ugly means that I am Mr Unremarkable. C’est la vie! This does...

I was looking through a local garden centre’s Christmas catalogue that dropped through my door over the weekend. To be fair the garden centre is pretty good and rather successful. We do travel the 9 miles there to get plants...

Tis the season to be jolly! Today I am looking at the positive impact Christmas can have on our mental health, and how we can raise our spirits during this festive season. Keeping traditions aliveThe Christmas holidays often bring up...

Christmas Trees were not always specially grown in Britain. Back in the day ...sometime in the 19th Century, Christmas Trees became really popular, probably in Germany first where they had notable appendages to the festive season for at least 300...

Charitable giving is an incredible thing. In the UK a staggering 64% of people gave to charities last year and over 51% donate time-to-time and 24% monthly. That gives me, I don’t know about you, a warm feeling inside. As...

I am a bit agnostic  (not sure that is the right word but I'm sure you get my drift) when it comes to the shopping experience. Retail therapy has been hit hard by the pandemic and although the vaccination programme...

Your Christmas Tree says so much about you. Well, doesn’t it? My kids are absolutely invested in Christmas Tree decoration. They remember all the decorations that we have stored in the loft, especially the ones they made at Primary School!...

Retailers talk about their products very often with little mention of the service they provide to demonstrate, aid buying right through to delivery and even maintenance. To my mind products and services are one and the same thing.I am always...