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Our Family’s Favourite Christmas Books The Lighthouse Keeper’s Christmas Ronald & David Armitage When poor Mr Grinling gets stuck in the lighthouse over Christmas there is panic that Father Christmas won’t get to them. But the story has a comforting end with the presents and Christmas dinner getting through. We like the cheeky seagulls in this story who try to snatch the food from the basket as it is winched out to the lighthouse. This story is part of a series of Lighthouse Keeper’s adventures but is far away our favourite. The Very Greatest Journey Dai Woolridge & Hannah Bunting This is a bang up to date retelling of the Christmas story for children. It’s also the book that you can get for free. Click on this link to down load a copy of the accompanying video or order a copy of the book in the UK: https://www.biblesociety.org.uk/get-involved/christmas/ The story reminds me of ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’ w...

Last week at the cinema I watched ‘Olaf’s Frozen Adventure’. It’s a short film where Olaf, in his usual comical style, is searching for a family tradition for Elsa and Anna. As I watched Olaf knocking on the doors of Arendelle to find out what tradition each family had, it made me consider what our family traditions are. When I first got married, I found it a challenge meshing two lots of family traditions together. However, since having my Little Lady we have actually found our own way. Here are some of ours: Making a gingerbread house is such a fun activity that usually involves eating plenty of sweets. I should fess up that we don’t exactly make the gingerbread house. We use a kit and decorate it. We have tried kits from various supermarkets but the best by far is from Lidl. (They sell out quickly!) The gingerbread is glossy and the sweets are juicy and it makes a particularly impressive house. We have Christmas music playing and take our time. The gingerbread house is...