The Christmas tree blends pagan winter solstice traditions with German Christian customs from the 16th century; notably Martin Luther adding candles, which spread via German royalty (like Queen Charlotte & Prince Albert) to become the worldwide phenomenon it is today. #hotsanta
13.12.2025 01:22 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Welcoming your wife home from her work Christmas party… #doodleaday
13.12.2025 00:58 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Before the mistletoe there was the kissing ball: made from pine, evergreen and mistletoe, wound through a wooden frame. Georgian Christmas was all about gathering with loved ones & celebrating. Kissing balls were hung in entrances & doorways to the home. #hotsanta #doodleaday
12.12.2025 00:43 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The earliest documented references to Yule logs date back to the Tudor period. It would be brought into the home on Christmas Eve, placed on the fire and expected to burn from Christmas Eve until Christmas night – so it had to be big! #hotsanta #doodleaday #christmastraditions
11.12.2025 00:33 — 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Yup. It’s so annoying that as you get older, healing takes sooooo much longer and is so easy to set back as well. Hey ho… back to the recovery exercises I guess… #doodleaday
11.12.2025 00:32 — 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Early days of a long and illustrious career! #doodleaday #hotsanta #christmascoutdown #xmastraditions
09.12.2025 23:58 — 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Actually really good fun - and the audience reaction reinforced my belief in the essential good nature of the majority of today’s teenagers. #doodleaday
09.12.2025 23:25 — 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Christmas was officially recognised in 336CE, and into the early Middle Ages was a continuation of existing midwinter celebrations. #hotsanta #christmascountdown #doodleaday
09.12.2025 00:29 — 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Been a busy few months but hopefully we’ll get a few more of these when things quieten down a bit in the new year! #doodleaday
09.12.2025 00:00 — 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
And we’re off! I’m looking forward to sharing some fascinating old traditions and stories… #doodleaday #hotsanta
08.12.2025 00:18 — 👍 12 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Sometimes it’s worth remembering how things used to be, to appreciate what we have… #doodleaday #hotsanta
08.12.2025 00:14 — 👍 12 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
…although I quite like the grey (and to be honest, it takes less ‘help’ than last year!) #doodleaday
07.12.2025 23:48 — 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
It’s such a delight - the little faces as they walk in. It warms the heart… #doodleaday
06.12.2025 22:51 — 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
They are so funny. Hope the kids all love it. Shame I’m stuck in my grotto so won’t get to see it in front of an audience. Anyway, let’s bring on the fun - “It’s Chriiiiiiiiistmaaaaaaaaas!” #doodleady
06.12.2025 00:37 — 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I do love a bit of a mash-up. Let’s see where this goes!!! #doodleaday #hotsanta #christmascountdown
05.12.2025 15:51 — 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The power of art! Even the most cynical end up having fun!!! #doodleaday #artfun
04.12.2025 23:48 — 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
He’s bringing in an expert… #hotsanta #doodleaday #christmascountdown
04.12.2025 15:05 — 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Oops. Busy day yesterday so 2 of these incoming today… #doodleaday #hotsanta
04.12.2025 09:54 — 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
So many of the exact toys I played with, magazines I read, objects from around the houses of my childhood - all now items of historic interest! Yes, I made me feel old but also it was pretty cool too! #doodleaday
03.12.2025 23:57 — 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I feel so unfit at the moment… just the thought of starting to turn that around is exhausting and terrifying! But hey, I do like a challenge… #doodleaday #fitnessfailure
03.12.2025 00:24 — 👍 14 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Oh those lists… #hotsanta #doodleaday #christmascountdown
02.12.2025 15:29 — 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
It’s the only way I can explain how it always seems to be so late when I go to bed… #doodeaday
02.12.2025 00:21 — 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
It’s December again, so that can only mean one thing… he’s back!!! #doodleaday #hotsanta #christmascountdown
01.12.2025 09:42 — 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 1
Joy used to be in charge of decorating. After she died, Lily took over. Now, it’s a team effort, with some new decorations added, mixed with the old. It grows, it changes, it evolves, it blends. Christmas decorating as a metaphor for life. X #doodleaday #widowerlife #loveafterloss #blendedfamily
30.11.2025 23:00 — 👍 13 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Remind me never to go pot-holing… or indeed, if I do, then don’t follow me!!! #doodleaday
30.11.2025 00:01 — 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Must be third time since dinner… #doodleaday
29.11.2025 01:23 — 👍 14 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
New baubles. Looking forward to seeing them up on the tree… decorating Sunday! #doodleaday
28.11.2025 00:25 — 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
And it’s worse when it’s cold!!! #doodleaday
27.11.2025 00:43 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
It was totally worth it… although I may need to be rolled into work tomorrow… #doodleaday
26.11.2025 00:08 — 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Currently devouring Mick Herron’s Slow House series (source for the tv series Slow Horses), brilliantly read by Sean Barrett. #doodleaday
25.11.2025 00:22 — 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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