Maza
07-12-2017, 10:26 AM
Have you had any nice festive outings with mindees or your family this year, or do you have any planned? Christmas markets? Santa? Switching on of Lights? Bus tours? Events? Pantos?
I don't have anything planned this year, which is most unusual. Our local lights were switched on last night and it's usually a sweet, small scale but very much a community event. We didn't go because DD had sewing club and I had my Early Years Christmas meal, so a bit sad that we missed it. DD can't stand traveling and so we're not planning on travelling to anything other than very local events this year. I can't stand crowds and so was never tempted to do Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park, or anything on that scale. Lots of people seem to go into central London to see all the window displays, but the travelling would possibly counteract the joy for us.
We've been to a garden centre and did some Christmas crafts at our National Trust last weekend. They are normally quite good but they weren't so imaginative this year. DD is too old to visit Santa (still believes, just) and so we went along to our neighbouring village to see him riding a horse dressed as a reindeer up and down the high street. He high fives all the kids and it's free, and less intimidating than going into a grotto!
I'd love to take her ice skating, but neither DH or I have done it before, so it would probably be a disaster.
What are you all up to?
I don't have anything planned this year, which is most unusual. Our local lights were switched on last night and it's usually a sweet, small scale but very much a community event. We didn't go because DD had sewing club and I had my Early Years Christmas meal, so a bit sad that we missed it. DD can't stand traveling and so we're not planning on travelling to anything other than very local events this year. I can't stand crowds and so was never tempted to do Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park, or anything on that scale. Lots of people seem to go into central London to see all the window displays, but the travelling would possibly counteract the joy for us.
We've been to a garden centre and did some Christmas crafts at our National Trust last weekend. They are normally quite good but they weren't so imaginative this year. DD is too old to visit Santa (still believes, just) and so we went along to our neighbouring village to see him riding a horse dressed as a reindeer up and down the high street. He high fives all the kids and it's free, and less intimidating than going into a grotto!
I'd love to take her ice skating, but neither DH or I have done it before, so it would probably be a disaster.
What are you all up to?