People seem to forget its to celebrate Jesus’s Birthday ! And I’m not religious..
Top tips from me include
1 house sit for friends who go away for Christmas so you get to see a nice tree for a few days then come home to a tatt free house
2 visit a country where Christianity is not a popular religion, highly recommend India

I don’t like the commercialism of Christmas, and I certainly don’t like the stress of it. The sooner I can get everything prepared and done, the better. We are having a buffet style meal – I’ve ordered the salads and sandwiches, – well, when you could have 10 people dropping in (stepsons, grandchildren and others) it is a lot easier, and it is something that I want to eat. I would have liked to to have Christmas Day to ourselves, and have Christmas 2 on Boxing Day, but that isn’t to be this year. Once we’ve done presents, I like the idea of time doing what each of us want to do. I’m not going to be caught up in the ‘what we should do’ trick – the day is what we make it, and when you have fostered children and young people for a while, you become adept at altering your expectations for the day, and going with the flow. I totally agree with you about the getting into debt – it is so unnecessary, and unhelpful.

I wish you a peaceful, restful, and joyous holiday.

Thank you, useful and you have reminded me that my daughter would like one of these, I rather fancy the idea as well.

Have heard a lot about weighted quilts, have had friends ask me to make them, but the research about child weight to quilt weight was a step too far for my calculator & brain. I have heard it helps with SEN (Special Educational Needs) pupils, but was not prepared to endanger them (some of my friends children) by getting it wrong. So why is weight important, why is it soothing? I do the opposite in the winter, heavy down winter quilt goes on and I get pains in my feet, cramps in my legs, breathlessness, because of the weight, unable to cope with the weight, I throw the wretched thing off & get a towel from the bathroom as a blankie so I don’t freeze 🙁

This sounds like the perfect course for anyone wanting to learn a new skill, Lynda has won so many awards for her quilting she would be the best person to learn from.

Congratulations Lynda! Big shoes to fill but I’m sure you’re up to it.

Fantastic! What an honour – on all counts

Good luck in your new role. Congratulations on your win too.

Thank you for the review Abigail

Just stunning.p

Amazing, I love the close ups as it gives you the detail which you can’t see from a full photo. Wonderful work

Thank you for giving us such an insight to the creation of Veothass Drago, loved seeing him in the flesh at the FOQ, now appreciate even more how much work went into making this