The Christmas Card. Hannah stared at the envelope on her doormat for a few seconds in confusion. Hardly anyone ever wrote her cards or letters, in fact most of the post she got was junk mail or flyers for the local takeaways, and the handwriting on the front of the card was one that she … More An Advent Of Writing – Day 14
The Winter Solstice. One of the best things about the run up to Christmas is the winter solstice, the 21st of December. It’s been thought that the winter solstice has been celebrated in the UK for thousands of years and that stonehenge was possibly built to commemorate both the summer and winter solstices. It’s also … More An Advent Of Writing – Day 13
Christmas Songs. Christmas music is one of those things that people tend to either love or hate. Usually the people that hate it are the people who have spent any sort of time in retail around the Christmas period, where they play non stop Christmas carols since November. If you hear the same song enough … More An Advent Of Writing – Day 12
Christmas Can Be Lonely. Christmas is a time associated with happiness, cheer, laughter, goodwill, family. All very positive things, and for most people it is a positive season. But for some people Christmas can be intensely lonely. Not everyone has friends or family to spend the holidays with, and seeing everyone else enjoying themselves can … More An Advent Of Writing – Day 11
Socks. Socks are amazing. I love socks. However, as a child socks are the worst Christmas gift you can get. They’re boring, and dull, and no one likes socks. Getting new pairs of socks in your stocking was always a disappointment. How can you get excited about socks when all you really wanted were new … More An Advent Of Writing – Day 10
The Perfect Tree. Ever since she’d been a child she’d always wanted to go to a local tree farm to pick her own tree for christmas. There was something magical about the idea of going somewhere to pick out that perfect tree, the one that would fit just right in to your home, the one … More An Advent Of Writing – Day 9
Mistletoe. Kissing someone under the mistletoe id one of those old fashioned Christmas traditions that, whilst still prevalent in a whole host of christmas movies, seems to have fallen somewhat out of favour in recent years. It’s rare these days to find mistletoe hanging in houses, however for Natalie it had always been the first … More An Advent Of Writing – Day 8
The Puppy. The little brown and white puppy had been at the rescue centre for months. In fact he’d been there for so long that he could hardly be called a puppy anymore, as he was almost a year old. Like most of the dogs in the rescue centre he was there through no fault … More An Advent Of Writing – Day 7
A Christmas Date. As she stood on the ice watching her date skate towards her it suddenly struck her just how surreal this situation was. Ever since she was a child she had dreamt about having one of those cliche Hallmark Christmas movie dates. The ones where the couple go ice-skating on a frozen lake … More An Advent Of Writing – Day 6
The Secret Santa. Cait could feel the innocuous looking piece of paper burning a hole in the bottom of her pocket. The piece of paper only contained seven little letters, but each one felt as though it weighed at least a pound. Jessica. The name of her secret santa. And also the woman she’d been … More An Advent Of Writing – Day 5
