Page 4 - Christmas Guides

Another Christmas approaches, and you may think that you already know all of the fun festive facts and statistics that there are to know, but you may be surprised by this collection of Christmas facts. 

There are super fun things to know about Christmas from every corner of the world and through various periods of history. So surprise your friends and colleagues at the next Christmas party with our...

Ever found your hand covered in mangled sticky tape with scraps of haphazardly cut wrapping paper strewn across your carpet?

We’ve all been there, don’t worry.

But this year is going to be different. Simply set the mood by playing some classic Chrimbo songs. We suggest Slade, Wizzard and Elton John, to get yourself sufficiently prepared whilst you sit alongside your artificial Christmas tree. Then...

After the final chocolate has been eaten and the last bottle of wine has popped its cork, there is nothing but a sense of deflation as cold and melancholic January rolls around. When the artificial Christmas tree and Christmas tree decorations have been taken down and packed away, we’re left with merely an expanding waistline and a ravished bank account. It’s not surprising that January hit us hard...

It’s a question which has stood the test of time: ‘When is the right time to put my Christmas tree up?’.

Start of December? First of the month? Just ahead of the family arriving? Before the neighbours? There’s a wide range of answers and opinions.

There are traditions involved also, and we’ll break them all down along with some of our favourite artificial Christmas trees for this festive season.

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If you’ve bought an artificial Christmas tree as an investment (good idea) you’ll want to make sure it looks exactly as it does in the photograph, right? Well, we’re here to help!

Take a look at our top tips for how to make a Christmas tree look fuller, below. Includes how to thicken up branches and fill out foliage to create a big and bushy Christmas tree you'll love!

Read on to find out how to make...

Nothing signals the coming end to a school term than a Christmas tree, and we understand that you want to choose the right one, within budget.

They could be for your school hall or foyer or even dotted around campus. Whichever it is, you want your tree to set the tone, be beautiful, and cost-effective. However, there are important factors to consider, in particular, why a real tree can be a poor choice...

Touted as the “Ultimate Winter Beverage for 2016”, you can be the first of a very merry crowd when you try this lovely Red Wine Hot Chocolate recipe. Perfect for when you’ve tucked the kids in bed and it’s time for a very festive wind-down in front of your cosy realistic Christmas tree.... Like a massive cuddle in a mug, this red wine hot chocolate is the perfect medley of wholesome Christmas vibes and

Nothing quite says Christmas like a enjoying a steaming mug of hot cocoa and wearing some snuggly slippers in front of a cosy snowy Christmas tree.... Whilst we can’t supply snuggly slippers for you lovely lot, we do have something else up our sleeve – a white hot chocolate recipe, perfect for making with the kids on chilling winter nights! We love this twist on the traditional milk chocolate version,

Christmas already seems a long time ago, doesn’t it? We’re all back to work and the days of eating loads, drinking before lunchtime, watching too much TV and then eating some more seem like a distant memory. Some people are even glad of the fact that Christmas is gone for another year (yes, really!), but we’re not, and we think that now is the perfect time to be planning for 2016. With that in mind,...

New Year’s Eve is a fairly standard affair in most places in the UK. We tend to get a little merry, watch Jools Holland’s Hootenanny because there’s nothing better on the TV and then maybe have a little sing song of Auld Lang Syne, but that’s usually about it. However, there are places around the world that have a whole host of crazy New Year traditions. Here are some of the most bizarre…

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