Our midweek musings on all things festive! We share all the latest Christmas ideas, information and inspiration with you.

Too many advent calendars … too little time! Get excited about latest festive releases with us! Read on for our Midweek Musings …

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- Awwww we knew we loved John Lewis! No minimum spend on Click and Collect from now until 19 October. And the return policy has already been extended to 28 January. Thanks JL, feeling a little Christmas shopping coming on…
- Liberty Advent Calendars on sale today. Who’s getting one?
- Now we can personalise our Jellycat bunny’s super soft ear at Selfridges toy dept in London! What’s more there’s an option to make a donation to the amazing The Toy Project at the same time. Talk about a win-win! We’re on our way….
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- OMG how seriously cute are these new Countdown to Christmas PJs from Selfie Craft Co?! Super soft and snuggly with an activity for each morning. Love love love!! (Just wondering if we’ll get them through the machine fast enough to be back on the following night hahaha!)
- Yey, Bill Bryson is back! And this time he’s talking all things Christmas! All about the weird and wonderful festive traditions and how they came to be. Sounds like we’ll be interspersing Bill’s dulcet tones amongst our Christmas songs coming November (exclusively on Audible).
- Word on the street is that Little Moons advent calendar will be back for 2022. Errrr YUM!!!!! Just making room in the freezer!
- Ice skating in the centre of Piece Hall!!! Does it get any more romantic and festive?!?! And there’s Frances’s gorgeous A Piece of Christmas year-round store waiting just up the stairs too. Now that’s a perfect December weekend right there! (Ice rink tickets on sale from Friday)
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- The North Pole hat boxes are so gorgeous, we’re lost for words! Hannah’s already ordered for her elf deliveries on 1 December (shhhh don’t tell the boys!)
- Mary’s back … and this time she’s bringing friends. Not sure we’d make it through Christmas without a dose of Mary Berry so can’t wait to see her tips and tricks for Christmas dinner in this new BBC show.
- An escape room advent calendar is pure genius! 24 puzzles to solve to find Santa’s golden book in time for Christmas. This has our family written all over it!!
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