Top Tips for Visiting Lapland Manchester
We recently visited Lapland Manchester as a family of three with our excited six-year-old, so I thought I’d share my top tips to help you get the most magical experience possible.
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Fireside Stories with Father Christmas at Raby Castle – review
We enjoyed our first Fireside Stories with Father Christmas at Raby Castle so thought I’d share an honest review.
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Santa Special Heatherslaw Light Railway – review
We had our first ride on the Santa Special Heatherslaw to ‘North Pole Station’ at Heatherslaw Light Railway so thought I’d share an honest review.
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Father Christmas’ Grotto at Beamish Museum – review
We had our first visit to Santa’s Grotto at Beamish Museum so thought I would share our review.
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Santa’s Grotto at Lanchester Garden Centre – review
We had our first visit to Santa’s Grotto at Lanchester Garden Centre so thought I would share our honest review.
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Festive favourites from 2019
Christmas may be over for another year but I thought I’d reflect on my festive favourites from 2019.
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5 things I’m looking forward to for Elsie’s first Christmas
It’s Elsie’s first Christmas and I’m so excited so I thought I’d share the 5 things I’m looking forward to. She’ll barely be five months old on the day itself but that doesn’t mean we can’t start the magic of Christmas with her now and start our own family Christmas traditions. I think children really…
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The Christmas Tag
As it’s almost the big day I thought I’d take part in some festive fun with the Christmas Tag which I was inspired to do by Orla from Fancy Paper blog. You can read her post here. 1. What is your favourite Christmas film? I love Miracle on 34th Street, both Home Alone films and…
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My Christmas family traditions
With it being Christmas Eve I’m feeling reflective on my family traditions for the festive period. It’s probably because on top of the usual hustle and bustle of juggling work with preparing for Christmas we’ve also moved into our new home, so we might not be carrying out some of our traditions this year.

