Face painters everywhere will be adding the finishing touches to their Christmas face painting creations. Just like Halloween, Christmas is immensely popular for painters with designs as simple as a Christmas tree to the most stunning and elaborate creations covering faces, cheeks, arms, hands and legs to full head to toe body masterpieces. If you’re a beginner on the verge of your first face pai
Christmas may be a time for eating yourself silly, but it's also a time for traditions and once-a-year treats. Fresh chats to a cross-section of Nelsonians to find out what's on their menu for Christmas Day.
British immigrant Louise O'Donnell
For Louise O'Donnell, the perfect Christmas dinner is a traditional one, complete with cauliflower so mushy it falls apart as soon as you try to put
Give them a bag of old clothes – I did, says a noted child expert
It’s crunch time. There are precious few shopping days to decide what the children will get for Christmas from Mum and Dad — who traditionally provide the biggest and best present. The average family of four will spend £1,695 on Christmas this year, according to a study last month, a
Making the pudding has to be the most pleasurable bit of Christmas preparation. You can do it in a leisurely way, well ahead of the big day, and the smells it emits (as you mix and while it’s steaming) are the essence of Christmas. Make it on a Sunday afternoon, set it to steam, go and walk through dead leaves and return to a house fragrant with spi">
Making the pudding has to be the most pleasurable bit of Christmas preparation. You can do it in a leisurely way, well ahead of the big day, and the smells it emits (as you mix and while it’s steaming) are the essence of Christmas. Make it on a Sunday afternoon, set it to steam, go and walk through dead leaves and return to a house fragrant with spi
In some place - probably an idyllic village in Sweden - there are children who are thrilled to receive a sewing kit, or some biodegradable modelling clay, or anything knit-you-own, grow-your-own, or sustain-your-own. But here, in the real world, children are still drawn to three main areas of toy manufactur">
In some place - probably an idyllic village in Sweden - there are children who are thrilled to receive a sewing kit, or some biodegradable modelling clay, or anything knit-you-own, grow-your-own, or sustain-your-own. But here, in the real world, children are still drawn to three main areas of toy manufactur
Christmas collection
We have revisited what we love about traditional Christmas with our brand of quirky twist. Our wonderful collection of chocolate treats speak of nostalgia, cosy evenings by the fire, long walks in the woods, excitement and anticipation of Christmas morning, presents and times with loved ">
Christmas collection
We have revisited what we love about traditional Christmas with our brand of quirky twist. Our wonderful collection of chocolate treats speak of nostalgia, cosy evenings by the fire, long walks in the woods, excitement and anticipation of Christmas morning, presents and times with loved
