Here’s a photo from Christmas Day last year, which makes me laugh out loud. It’s my Mum and Dad. Dad is singing karaoke “Come On Baby Light My Fire” on the X Factor game for the Wii. Look at my Mum’s reaction to his performance! LOL
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Happy New Year!  I hope you all had a great Christmas!?  I had a lovely time with the family!  However, all good things come to an end, and I was back to work today.

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1. Do you open presents on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day?

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What to Do with Christmas Dinner Leftovers

Guest Post by Jen Malik

It’s fun (well, for most of us…I think!) to have the entire family together for a Christmas dinner. You share good food and good times on that special day of the year. But, what happens to the food once the meal is over? Well, I’ve got 8 ideas for you and hope they’ll come in handy.

- Make soup. Soup is a very comforting and warming dish when the temperature begins to dip. Using chicken or beef broth, you can use your leftovers to make some chicken noodle soup, turkey noodle soup or even beef stew.

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Forget Delia, Nigella or Jamie this year and try this cake recipe, but make sure you follow the instructions very very carefully …… It works for me!

* 2 cups flour
* 1 stick butter
* 1 cup of water
* 1 tsp baking soda
* 1 cup of sugar
* 1 tsp salt
* 1 cup of brown sugar
* Lemon juice
* 4 large eggs

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It’s Twin Tuesday again, and that means it’s time for me to answer the TwinTuesday Question of the Week:

“As a parent of twins, all I really want for the holidays is…”

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Can you believe it’s now only 80 days until Christmas? As part of my commitment to the Countdown to Christmas Challenge, I’d like to speak about Christmas Stockings today. Stockings are an important part of many families’ Christmas traditions, and yet they are easy to forget about until the last minute. If you have children, [...]

It may still only be September, but it’s a good time to start thinking about your Christmas cards. Come November or December, you’ll be far too busy to think about Christmas cards.

 I received an email from Jennifer Tankersley of ListPlanIt, this morning, notifying me that it was only 100 days until Christmas.  Does this observation fill you with panic, as it did to me this morning?

In the current economic climate, I’m sure I’m not the only one who is apprehensive about the cost of Christmas this year.  Whilst still looking forward to Christmas with my family and friends, I’ll certainly be having a more frugal Christmas this year.  My husband works in construction and things are still pretty quiet in that industry.  He is actually having to work down in England for the next couple of months, while his company tries to secure more contracts in Scotland.  This is not ideal, but it is certainly preferable to him being made redundant, so we can’t really complain.

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