Special Treats

My 10 Christmas Treats

1. Gingerbread Lattes
2. Mince Pies with Cheese
3. Christmas Candles (especially Sparkling Cinnamon)
4. New Pyjamas
5. Boxing Day Sandwiches (with lots of salt, mayo and crispy lettuce)
6. Playing Board Games (every year me, my mum, my brother and anybody else who fancied it used to have a running game of poker all Christmas Day)
7. Bucks Fizz with Lox and Bagels for Christmas Morning Breakfast
8. Christmas Bedding and Linen (all as cheap as chips but I love my reindeer pillows)
9. Merry Christmas...from complete strangers
10. All the wonderful Christmas Music (I restrain myself until December and then it is all Phil Spector all the time in our house!)

Holidays are coming, holidays are coming...

Everybody has their own triggers for the beginning of the festive season. The Boy's is the infamous Coca Cola advert. The one with the massive trailer and little boy running through snow covered pine forests.

Mine is the Starbucks red cups which signify the return of their Gingerbread Latte. Saying that this year's first one was disappointing. No as creamy and delicious as I remember. But just seeing people wandering around with the red cups makes me feel all Christmassy.

The Christmas markets in Manchester will be up and running from next week. The cottages are up but no people selling their wares. There is a winter themed pop up bar right next to my work so might have to have a little sample of their Manchester Mulled Wine (spiked with Vimto).