First Sunday in Advent

It’s the weekend, and only 29 days to go until Christmas Day.  On my way back from London this evening I stopped off in Newmarket to do a little shopping.  With the Christmas lights on and the bustle of a busy of a cold Friday night it really feels like Christmas is on it’s way.

I got back in the car and was relaxing listening to In Tune on Radio 3 when they mentioned that on Sunday afternoon at 4pm they would be broadcasting an Advent Carol Service live from St John’s College, just down the road in Cambridge. I’m really looking forward to this and will be planning my Sunday to make sure we can sit down at 4pm and enjoy this.  My husband is really into his HiFi equipment and will no doubt be streaming the Radio 3 High Definition sound into our sitting room.  This will really mark the official start of the Christmas season.

Have a lovely weekend, all being well I’ll be back tomorrow with some more Christmas gift ideas.

Linda

Tags: First advert, Newmarket, Radio 3

First Christmas 2010 Advert Spotted

With 175 days until Christmas 2010 I’ve just finished watching the last in the current run of Doctor Who on BBC Three.  There it was, right at the end a great big plug for Doctor Who this Christmas.  How ironic that the first advert for this Christmas was spotted on the BBC of all places.

I’ll be keeping an eye on this over the coming weeks.  I firmly believe that there should be a law against advertising Christmas events and products before Halloween has been and gone and Firework night is just around the corner.  That said I can’t wait to see the next episode of Doctor Who at Christmas.

Tags: Doctor Who, First advert