The idea of making a New Year's resolution has always been super cringe to me - mainly because everyone I know who has made one has given up! However, New Year's Eve I actually made one...yes just the one : that each night as I got into bed, I'd start reading again. Reading a proper book, not an e-book, not a blog post,...

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There comes a time when it's natural for friendships to drift apart. Maybe one person did something, maybe you did something, maybe nobody did anything and it just happened. Maybe you just need a break from each other and space to grow up. The best kind of friendships though, are the ones that come back together like no time has passed. I have...

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Christmas with the Kranks (2004) This has to be my all-time favourite Christmas movie. In fact, it's our Christmas Eve tradition and my family and I quote this movie all-year-round; it has some great one-liners. With daughter Blair away for Christmas for the first time in 23 years, Nora and Luther Krank decide to skip Christmas and instead go on a cruise, much...

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Every year my neighbours on the main road fill their driveway with Christmas decorations and cover their house with lights. They've done this for a number of years but last night was the first time we were able to go and see the big switch-on. The owners put in so much time, effort and more importantly their own money, all in order to...

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This blog has been on hiatus WAY too long, but I thought, what better time to kickstart it again than Blogmas! So this first post is going to be a bit about me and what I love about Christmas. Christmas has always been my favourite holiday and ever since I was little, my family have always made it magical for me and my...

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