Are your teenagers too cool for lots of your Christmas traditions now? Mine too! Here's some Christmas traditions that even your teenagers will enjoy!Ever since we had kids, one of the best things about Christmas has always been the Christmas family traditions that we've either started as a new family or carried on from when Mr Frugal and I were children ourselves.Last year though, we really noticed a difference in the things that the kids wanted to do with us and some of the things we've done ever since they were toddlers didn't go down as well as they used … [Read more...]
How to Say No to Christmas Invitations (Without Feeling Guilty)….
Christmas is such a lovely time of year, but it can also be one of the busiest. The closer we get to December, the faster the invites seem to roll in. Work parties, drinks with different friend groups, meals out, family gatherings, a quick catch-up that somehow turns into a full evening… it all adds up. Some of these things I genuinely look forward to, but others? Not so much.In the past, I’ve pretty much said yes to everything because I didn’t want to offend anyone or seem anti-social. I’d accept the invite and show up, even when I was exhausted or completely overwhelmed (which, … [Read more...]
Review: Stockeld Park Christmas Adventure….
The Stockeld Park Christmas Adventure is definitely one of our favourite Christmas family traditions! It's somewhere we've been many times as a family and I don't think we've ever had anything other than an amazing family day!If you've never heard of the Stockeld Park Christmas Adventure before, it's located between Harrogate and Wetherby in North Yorkshire and is exactly what it says it is - a Christmas Adventure. There's an Illuminated Maze to navigate around, an enchanted forest filled with magical things to see and numerous playparks for the kids dotted … [Read more...]
Why we’re planning a handmade Christmas….
For a couple of years, I've wanted to make a bit of a change to our family's Christmas celebrations - this year I'm finally doing it. Read on to find out why we're planning a handmade Christmas and what that looks like for us...Why we're making a change Usually, from about the middle of November, our lives start to go into overdrive with so much going on across everyone's lives that I get exhausted just thinking about it.There are all the usual Christmas school and work commitments, the fun Christmas days out, the gift choosing and shopping, the wrapping, the visiting, the Secret … [Read more...]
Homemade Advent Calendars for grown-ups….
Earlier on today, I shared some a post with 10 homemade Advent Calendar ideas and as I pressed publish, it occurred to me that all of the ideas were aimed at kids. That didn't seem fair so I thought I'd see if I could find some ideas for homemade advent calendars for grown-ups...I'm not going to lie, I struggled to find many ideas for homemade advent calendars for grown-ups which I kind of get but at the same time, I love Christmas almost as much now as a grown-up as I did as a child - maybe even more so. ;-)I got some great ideas from fellow bloggers though and I'm hoping to … [Read more...]
10 Homemade Advent Calendar Ideas….
If you need some homemade Advent calendar inspiration then you're definitely in the right place because I'm sharing 10 Homemade Advent Calendar Ideas with you today!Like most families, we've had our fair share of shop-bought advent calendars over the years - we've had the usual chocolate calendars, a couple of Lego and Playmobil calendars and even a couple of beauty calendars and there's nothing wrong with that at all. Until the last couple of years, the kids have always loved jumping out of bed on a morning to open that day's door and find out what's in there waiting for them - … [Read more...]
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