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Affordable Luxuries
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 recluse. By the end of the first lockdown, I really didn’t want to go out shopping but thanks to the internet I was able to indulge in lots of affordable...
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Is a Real Christmas Tree a Fashion Statement?
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 not mean that I don’t appreciate things of beauty, far from it. Born in the 20th Century I do like contemporary design as it speaks of all the possibilities that...
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Couples' Arguments
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 and other garden accoutrements at least once or twice during the summer months quite simply because it has the widest variety and selection of plants. Since we came out of...
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Mental Health - How Christmas can lift our spirits
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 fond memories, particularly as it is a time of year when family and friends get together, reminisce, and recreate traditions from past Christmases. Studies have shown that when engaging in...
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UK Grown ...and delivered!
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 years. If you are interested our friends at Wikipedia will give you a very detailed history. In Britain where the tradition of decorating churches with evergreens at Christmas was long...