Twenty-Five Food Questions Tag

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We all love a good tag post and I’ve had this one saved for ages so I figured now was the time to finally push it live! Here goes!

1. What’s your favourite breakfast?
Porridge with almond milk, chia seeds, maple syrup and cinnamon or, granola with almond milk –Aldi and Asda do a lovely tropical mix which I highly recommend!

2. How do you drink your coffee?
Black with half a teaspoon of sugar. I prefer white coffee but unless I have oat or coconut milk in the fridge, I find most nut milks make coffee look horrible (even though it still tastes fine).

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The Christmas Tag

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Blogmas Day 5

Hey Sweeties,

I’ll be honest, I haven’t been formally ‘tagged’ to do this post but today I discovered Emma over at All About the Style and she did the Christmas tag on day 2 of Blogmas. She then tagged everyone doing Blogmas and I took that as my cue to join in too!

Before you read the questions, I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed writing this post –amazing really for something so simple. I initially didn’t think I had a specific Christmas memory but when I was answering a couple of the other questions I was reminded about old times with my brothers when this time of year was full of innocence and genuine excitement. Although Christmas is still a great time of year for me, it changes and means different things when you grow up out of your childhood.

Enjoy.

Christmas Tag

1. What is your favourite Christmas film(s)?

Father Christmas, Mickey’s Christmas Carol and The Snowman have been family favourites for as long as I can remember and for me these are hard to beat.

More recently, The Snowman and the Snowdog has become a firm Christmas film staple and I am hoping this year to get properly on board the Elf bandwagon…

 

  1. Do you open your Christmas presents on Christmas Eve or Christmas morning?

Christmas morning, always.

 

  1. Do you have a favourite Christmas memory?

I think for me it would be Christmas morning when my brothers and I were still young enough to get super excited about Christmas and Santa arriving that they would always wake me up at about 4AM to show me something from their stocking. I of course then would not be able to fall back to sleep so would end up opening my stocking too. It all changed when we became teenagers and would lie in instead to a more appropriate hour.

 

  1. Favourite festive food?

Mice pies… once you allow yourself to buy a pack from the supermarket or have one over a coffee/hot chocolate in Costa/Nero or Starbucks I believe it shows that you have accepted Christmas is on the way and it’s time to get festive!

 

  1. Favourite gift?

In recent years my family have calmed down with gift buying but to be honest, there is no one thing I have received that tops everything. For me –more so now at this time of life where you don’t really need anything- the best gifts are genuine surprises whereby it was never asked for but maybe something someone secretly noted how much you liked the look of and has thus bought it out of thoughtfulness.

 

  1. Christmas scent?

Freshly cooked/warmed up mince pies and anything with cinnamon always makes me feel Christmassy.

 

  1. Do you have any Christmas Eve traditions?

When I was younger and living at home we always watched a specific set of films –Mickey’s Christmas Carol, The Snowman and Father Christmas. (A Muppet’s Christmas Carol was added into the mix in later years occasionally). After the films, Dad would read my two brothers and I three stories –The night before Christmas, Frog & Toad Christmas Eve (best to Google it), and Wake Up Bear It’s Christmas. We would then put out a mince pie and a carrot before sleep.

 

  1. What tops your Christmas tree?

At the moment I have topped my tree with a beautiful blue and green peacock decoration I bought from Liberty of London (see Blogmas Day 4), until I find a star or maybe an angel. My family have always had a star at the top.

 

  1. As a kid, what was the one (crazy/wild/extravagant) gift you always asked for but never received?

A pony… I’m still waiting.

 

  1. What is the best part about Christmas for you?

Now I have moved away from home, I totally appreciate the importance of family. I don’t see them enough as it is so for me Christmas is not about presents; it’s about the coming together of your loved ones (apologies for the cliché). I am excited for the future when both Ian’s family and mine come together for the occasion and even better when the next generation gets born; Christmas really does come alive with Children around. 

 

So there you go, Christmas Tag. Done! 

I will follow Emma’s instruction and I too now tag all those doing Blogmas! Let me know your responses by sharing your links in my comments so I can check them out. Please also feel free to invite me to participate in other tags; whatever they are as they are not only fun but also a great way to get to know each other.

Until tomorrow x

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