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Gift inspiration: a handwritten recipe book
Features editor Abi was so inspired by her friend’s heartfelt birthday gift to her, she’s decided to pass on the inspiration this Christmas… Abi’s friend hand wrote each recipe in an old exercise book...
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The World’s First Christmas Card
This is the world’s first commercial Christmas card, commissioned in 1843 Image: postalheritage.org.uk This is the world’s first Christmas card, commissioned in 1843 by Henry Cole, the same year...
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Book club: Christmas books
God rest ye merry readers and settle in for the evening with a cup of hot punch and a winter’s tale filled with magical wardrobes, boisterous children and benevolent spirits… Why not join a Vintage...
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A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens (1843)
The Manchester book club discussed this well-known Christmas tale in a bustling tearoom We all know this tale by now: a bitter and tight-fisted businessman is visited by three ghosts who show him the...
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The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding, by Agatha Christie (1960)
The Cambridge Book Club met met in the grand surroundings of Parker’s Bar in the University Arms Hotel, all Poirot-esque leather seats, wooden panels and there was even some lovely big band music...
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Hercule Poirot’s Christmas, by Agatha Christie (1938)
The Sheffield group gathered at their usual atmospheric haunt, the Old House in the city centre, to discuss Christie’s murderous Christmas tale… Sheffield Book Club Even Christmas can’t escape the...
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The 101 Dalmatians, by Dodie Smith (1956)
The Shropshire Book Club discussed this children’s tale in a cosy cottage and munched on homemade dalmation-style bourbon cream biscuits… The Shropshire Book Club snacked on homemade ‘dalmatian-style’...
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Christmas With The Savages, by Mary Clive (1955)
Bristol Book Club organiser Emily hosted the meeting this month in her Clifton flat and provided mulled wine and other festive treats The Bristol Book Club supped on mulled wine as they discussed their...
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Deck the halls: orange and cinnamon garland
Fill your home with the aroma of orange and cinnamon with this simple but beautiful Christmas decoration Orange and cinnamon garland I actually made this orange and cinnamon garland two years ago, and...
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Make a Christmas wreath
Why buy a wreath when you can make one for free? It’s fun, it gets you out in the open air, and making it feels so, so Christmassy… Abi’s finished wreath I love making a Christmas wreath every year....
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