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Holly A Brown's avatar

Love love love all of these!! I feel like printing it off, sticking it on the fridge, and working through them all 😍

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Aimée Francis's avatar

Oooh, I'm really looking forward to reading a book in one sitting especially! It takes my right back to childhood

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Holly A Brown's avatar

Ooh yes! For me it was all the cooking ones: making gingerbread and homemade gifts especially. I love to make extended family marmalade for Christmas and really must get cracking!

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Amelia Horne's avatar

I concur :)

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Inspired and Growing's avatar

Seasonal lists like these are always so fun and inspiring! I love how they capture the essence of the season and offer great ideas to make the most of it!

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Amie Elizabeth White's avatar

So joyous!! I've copied and pasted an unexpectedly large number of them to my notes so I can mark them off!

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Aimée Francis's avatar

I should do that too so I actually end up doing them 🤞

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Giulia Scarpaleggia's avatar

I loved this list: non-prescriptive and joyful!

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Aimée Francis's avatar

Happy Christmas to you, Giulia! Attending one of your cookery retreats is on my to-wish for list in 2025! xx

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Giulia Scarpaleggia's avatar

how I would love to have you here!

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Antonia Taylor's avatar

Just reading this made my breath slow down ...outside of Cyber Week emails and end of year fatigue...THIS is Christmas. xo

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Alex Keerie's avatar

No 29. The Fortnum and Mason display is definitely to be marvelled at! Great list of things to do this Christmas.

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Aimée Francis's avatar

I'm going to see it tomorrow and I can't wait!

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Ali Edwards's avatar

I love giving books as Christmas gifts - I've been doing it for a few years and people are always really please to receive an actual book as lots of us no longer read physical books anymore! Will definitely have to try the Icelandic book swap, next...

I'd add, if you're in the North of England, a trip to see the Fenwick Christmas window in Newcastle is definitely one for the 'could-do' list and a well-established tradition for many of us in this part of the world.

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Aimée Francis's avatar

Ooooo I love a physical book and the delight of having too many to fit on my bookshelves. That said there are certain books I don’t feel I need a copy of and would happily read on candle. I also love audiobooks but again very much depends!

Thank you for the recommendation! I’ve actually only been to the Lake District and don’t know the North at all.) I bet there are glorious places near you x

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M i r a b e l's avatar

I love all of these! I want to be in England and doing all these not sweltering Australia.

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Aimée Francis's avatar

Aw, I would love to be somewhere with the sunshine on my face and not the constant storms beating outside!

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Jan Yanello's avatar

Gingerbread, the Tailor of Gloucester, and brightly colored paper chains (thanks to a basement stash of old flower calendars) are all on our December/January list this year! I do so love the many ways to bring brilliance into the coldest months. And I'll be drawing a few more from this list during the children's Christmas holiday, Aimée. Thank you for sharing!

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Aimée Francis's avatar

Thank you so much for saying this ❤️

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Rachel Shenk's avatar

Lovely list. Small things can do so much to put us in the festive mood.🎄And I’m always glad when you include the cheesemonger…

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Aimée Francis's avatar

You know me! I can’t resist the cheesemonger! 🤤❤️

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Rachel Maiyun's avatar

Loving these and your humour woven amongst them Aimee 🎄 I’m going to do as many of these as I can before Christmas and on the Southern Hemisphere. Merry Christmas!

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Angela Marrant's avatar

Number 36 is my today!! 🎊🎄😁🙏

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Caitlin Gemmell's avatar

Beautiful list. Sounds like my kind of Yuletide. 😀

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Rebecca Lötscher's avatar

What a wonderful list! ❤

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Lauren Powell's avatar

Have been lucky enough to experience a handful of these over the past few days, including lighting candles at dinner, buying book gifts at a local bookshop, writing Christmas cards, and signing up to a Jolabokaflod jolly - and it all feels wonderful 🥰

Thank you for this lovely list! 🎄

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Lindsey Fears's avatar

I love this so much! Makes me feel happy inside! And makes me want to go to England! 😊

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