Posted by admin on Aug 26, 2009 in
News and Comment The weather maybe hot and the days long but give it a couple of months and it will be dark when you travel home at night. This maybe a depressing thought, but I am always cheered with the thought of bonfire night and then Christmas to brighten the winter gloom.
It may well be too early to think about Christmas arrangements but the office party always needs a bit of planning. If you are looking to book a venue or just a restaurant it pays to book early to get the right package. Firstly, this includes a night that everyone can make, preferably a Friday so no bleary eyes the next day. If you are going for a venue for a themed night, food and drink it is even more important to get this booked early. Abba and other tribute bands are booked early and are great way of people letting their hair down and relaxing as there is usually some fancy dress involved too.
If this sounds too ambitious or expensive a festive meal out can still be great fun especially if combined with a secret santa. Some joke Christmas presents under £5 always get a laugh and passes the time when everyone is waiting for their starter.
Restaurants also make the effort to have a Christmas inspired menu to add to the seasonal spirit, so you can get your taste of turkey and Christmas pudding early or avoid these yuletide offerings if you think you will be fed up with it by Christmas day.
Whatever, you choose, make sure you approach it with the right attitude and enjoy yourself.
Tags: Christmas Gifts, Christmas Presents
Posted by admin on Aug 22, 2009 in
News and Comment It’s now 124 days until Christmas and the BBC website is reporting that a Greater Manchetster town has put up their Christmas lights and will be progressively switching them on as we get closer to Christmas. (See the full story on the BBC Website – click here.) Is it me or is there something wrong with Christmas lights and Christmas decorations before we’ve finished the summer holidays, Halloween and Bonfire Night? If you’ve got a view on this or you know of a town or shopping centre that’s got their Christmas lights and Christmas Decorations up early please let us know by leaving a comment below.
Tags: Christmas Decorations, Christmas Lights
Posted by admin on Aug 16, 2009 in
News and Comment Following on from the story about Selfridges opening their Christmas department early there is an article in todays independent entitled “Are we there yet? Only 131 days until Christmas, start planning your escape now..”. This has some ideas about planning an escape for Christmas this year.
Tags: escape
Posted by admin on Aug 15, 2009 in
News and Comment At the time of writing in early August there are over 130 days until Christmas yet I woke to a news story on the radio about Selfridges openning their Christmas department early this year.
According to the BBC Website A spokeswoman for Selfridges said: “It gets earlier and earlier every year. This year there are a lot of tourists in London because of the situation with sterling.” and apparently Christmas departments open in their Manchester and Birmingham branches open in October.
I remember when we wouldn’t start to think about Christmas until after Bonfire Night or at least Halloween.
Do you think starting the Christmas season in August is a good or bad thing?
Tags: Christmas, Selfridges