My festive favourites from 2018
Christmas may be over for another year but I thought I’d reflect on my festive favourites from 2018.
I did this last year when I looked back on my festive favourites from 2017.
Here’s a run down of some of my festive favourites from Christmas 2018
For the first time ever the hubby and I enjoyed Christmas Eve in our own home. My mam had put together a Christmas Eve box packed full of delicious treats and goodies.
Of course we also had new pyjamas for Christmas Eve too.
On Christmas Day we headed over to my parents house to celebrate with my side of the family.
We enjoyed a lovely meal which left me feeling just as stuffed as the turkey!
After which we played some games including pass the parcel and opened some presents.
My cousins then had to head off to visit more family but the fun didn’t stop for us.
More games including the fake news game and Catchphrase were enjoyed.
We also opened even more presents – we were very spoilt.
Later that night Steve and I headed back home and snuggled up on the sofa to enjoy the Call the Midwife Christmas special. I obviously cried as I always do!
The day after Boxing Day we headed to the Metro Centre to check out the sales. We got there fairly early and I exchanged a cardigan for two dresses and a pair of tights from Fat Face.
We also picked up some birthday presents for our niece.
In the evening it was time for the annual Christmas catch up with my friends. We headed to El Coto for tapas and it was a lovely evening.
Steve and I enjoyed a meal here for NE1 Restaurant Week back in August which you can catch up with here.
Unfortunately a migraine struck and I ended up being quite poorly on the night time.
Thankfully I was feeling much better the next day!
We headed down for Christmas part two with Steve’s side of the family for a long weekend.
We received more lovely gifts including the Greatest Showman on dvd which I am so excited to watch as I haven’t seen it yet!
On the Saturday we headed to the town where we used to live and popped in for a quick catch up with friends and to drop off some Christmas gifts.
We then had a spot of lunch at one of our favourite restaurants Millers for a posh fish finger sandwich.
On Sunday, Steve’s sister husband and our niece came over and we headed for a lovely family meal.
A tasty carvery followed by a knickerbocker glory for my dessert.
When we got home it was time to exchange gifts and we received the lovely present of a banquet evening at Lumley Castle which is where we celebrated our wedding.
We also headed out for a winter walk down the lane as it was a nice day.
Our niece was showing us just how good she is on her new hover board go-kart. Steve even had a go!
On New Year’s Eve we were back on the road heading back up north.
We had a quiet one in the house just the two of us.
To blow away the cobwebs on New Year’s Day we had a quick look around some furniture stores in the afternoon before heading to Tynemouth for some fish and chips.
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What were your festive favourites from 2018? Let me know in the comments below.
Other festive related posts
Take a look back on 2018 with my goodbye 2018 hello 2019 post
I had a bit of fun with the Christmas Tag
You can find out all about my Christmas family traditions
Read all about how I made my very own Christmas wreath
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What a lovely round up of your Christmas and New Year! I look forward to reading more from you in 2019 😁
That looks like an amazing Christmas! Hope you have a brilliant new year!
Thank you and same to you Suzie!
You look & sound as though you had a good time! Mine was pretty similar – I enjoyed Call The Midwife – although my menfolk weren’t so enthusiastic! We also took a walk on NYE around the saltmarshes where I live – not as sunny as previous years but mild, cloudy & dry still. It was a tad muddy in places so our usual walking route was cut short – I’m a woss when it comes to thick mud 😳 Happy New Year to you! 😊
I’m the same with mud! Sounds like you had a good one too!!
Yum, that food looked good. Always interesting to see how other people celebrate in other parts of the world. Loved it.
Lots of fun in your holiday season! We stayed at home and our children came home. It was relaxing and wonderful to have them here! Happy
New year 🥳
Sounds lovely! Happy New Year to you too!
Nothing wrong with a walk down memory lane, a week or so!
Sounds like you had a good time. Happy a bit late New Year. So 2019 and more memories
Sounds like you had such a nice Christmas and New Year! I love the pic of you both in the new PJ’s, so cute! Have you seen the Greatest Showman yet? It’s awesome! Great post Rachael, lovely photos, thanks for sharing! <3 xx
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I haven’t watched it yet but I am sure I will love it!!
Glad you had a lovely Christmas!
I love winter walks – it feels so good after spending so much time inside, unless of course it’s raining!
The idea with the Christmas Eve box seems to be getting more popular. Maybe I’ll put together a couple for us next Christmas.
I’ve always had new pyjamas for Christmas Eve since I was a baby but the whole Christmas Eve box thing was a new one – we really liked it.
Nice celebration with family. Tempting food and stroll in the sun. Lovely!!!