Golden eggs and vintage china …. just because!

Before blogging introduced me to others Christmas traditions around the world, I hadn’t really appreciated that Christmas crackers weren’t gracing everyone’s table on Christmas Day! I think they have reached the shores of Canada and Australia and other Commonwealth countries, but if you are reading this from another corner of the world, do let me…

School is finished for all 3 of my kids for Christmas, and it was also Christmas Jumper charity day at my son’s school. A few years ago there weren’t many Christmas jumpers to be found but in the shops, but now they are everywhere! When choosing one for my son, thanks to my iPhone and…