Tag Archives: christmas

Monday Miscellany: 2025

Posted on January 6, 2025 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! I was planning on having a strong autumn and winter as the end to 2024 but in reality, I fought 2024 to a draw and honestly it could have been worse. That meant this space got neglected as … Continue reading →

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Second Sunday of Advent: Christ has no body but yours

Posted on December 8, 2024 by nicdempsey

So I had a whole post prepped for the first Sunday of Advent but I got distracted and didn’t post it. The dictionary definition of Advent is ‘the beginning of an event, the invention of something or the arrival of … Continue reading →

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Twelfth Night

Posted on January 5, 2023 by nicdempsey

Today is the last day of Christmas (although we are still in Christmastide until Candlemas on 2nd February). My tree went up on Christmas Eve and will come down tomorrow morning so here it is in all it’s glory.

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Sunday Music: Here Comes Chanukah – Neil Diamond

Posted on December 22, 2019 by nicdempsey

Today is the first day of Chanukah, so this feels appropriate

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Sunday Music: Gabriel’s Message – Sting

Posted on December 8, 2019 by nicdempsey

This is an Advent carol which technically is right.

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Oh Christmas Tree

Posted on December 25, 2018 by nicdempsey

Happy Christmas! As is traditional, we put the tree up last night…

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Panic…

Posted on December 20, 2018 by nicdempsey

It’s 5 days to Christmas. If you’re panicking because you’re not gift ready for Christmas, first don’t panic! Here are a couple of quick ideas.. Or my go to biscuits or cheese stars Or salt dough decorations or fudge…

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Monday Miscellany: A funeral, the nephews and a perfect hair day

Posted on December 17, 2018 by nicdempsey

This week felt busy even though it wasn’t actually all that busy. There was the work Christmas lunch, which went longer than expected and featured my first and last jaeger bomb Then after three pretty frantic days at work on … Continue reading →

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12 Days of Christmas

Posted on January 3, 2018 by nicdempsey

….or why my tree is still up and won’t come down until Friday. I love Christmas and my favourite part of it is my tree. Every year though, I spend the 1st t0 23rd of December wondering why the trees … Continue reading →

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Christmas with the family

Posted on December 30, 2017 by nicdempsey

This year Ma and I spent Christmas day at Ben and Laura’s. There were two excited little boys, eventually. Littlest was having a nap and eldest got an X-box so not a lot of conversation from those two for a … Continue reading →

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