Blogmas Day Eighteen - Christmas Present

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can you believe that we are already on day 18 of blogmas, which means we are seven days away from Christmas Day, WHOOP WHOOP!  For today's blogmas post we are going to be talking about what we do around Christmas time that has changed since we were younger.

The first thing that has defiantly changed since we were younger is waking up really really early in the morning to see what 'Santa' had brought us and to see if the reindeer has drank the milk and eaten the carrots that we had left out for them.  Now that we are older, we wake up much later but still quite early as we are excited that it is Christmas Day. Now that we are older it is defiantly nicer to watch your family open the presents that you have bought and to see their reaction to what it is, rather than opening your own presents but we still love it as it is always exciting to see what they have bought you.

The second thing that has changed is that we can now afford to buy presents for our family members ourselves and we really enjoy going out and buying their presents as you can get them something really personal to them. This has changed as when we were little our mums and dads would buy the presents, we would help wrap them and then we would write our names on them to make it look like we have bought them.

The third thing that has changed is that as we are getting older we are getting more school work given to us so we don't get much time before Christmas weekend to get really festive and then after Christmas, instead of playing or using what we had been given for Christmas, we are normally revising for up coming exams or completing homework and coursework that needs to be in on the first day back to school. This means that we don't get much time to get and be festive which really disappoints us as it is our favourite time of the year.


The last thing that has changed around Christmas time is that we can now drink alcohol and celebrate properly on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and boxing day. We love going down stairs on Christmas Day and instead of having juice or water we get to have a glass of bucks fizz with the family when we have breakfast and open our presents and cards. We also love that we can help our parents out more now that we are older as we now know how to cook so we can help out when they need it, which isn't very often as our mums like to do it by themselves as they have to make it perfect.


Thank you for reading todays blogmas post, we hope you have enjoyed it. We would love to hear in the comments what you do different now that you are a little but older and what you do on Christmas Day. Don't forger to follow this page, our social medias and please leave a comment on what you think of our blogmas posts so far as we would love to hear from you. Thank you and see you tomorrow for blogmas day nineteen,


ThePolkaDotDaffodil X

Blogmas Day Seventeen - Christmas Past

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So in this blogmas post we thought that we would share with you some of the things from our past Christmases. we love Christmas and growing up each Christmas was great so we thought we would share with you some of our experiences.

Firstly, we would always wake up super early for Christmas only to be told to go back to bed as it was too early to open presents. So, we would sit in our rooms for an extra hour or so and wait until we were told it was an 'appropriate' time to open our stockings.

Another memory for us is always finding little chocolate treats on the tree. It would always be a race to find the chocolate on the tree that had been put on there the night before as well as find some other presents like tickets for a concert that we wanted to go to.

We loved every time that our parents were able to convince us that we were not getting something we had asked for and then suddenly we would be opening it on Christmas day. They would tell us every time we asked that we weren't getting it and then on Christmas morning we would open it and we would  look at their smug faces.

We also loved Christmas dinners when we were younger as every one would pull a Christmas cracker and tell the horrible joke that was inside them. We would also be so full from the food but every one would still say yes to the desert that would be offered.

Finally, the last thing that we loved about our past Christmases is that we would always sit together in the evening and watch a Christmas film together and then go to bed to get ready to go and have another long day on Boxing day with the rest of the family.

Thanks for reading blogmas day 17. Don't forget to read the rest of blogmas and leave a comment about your Christmases as well as follow our social media linked below.

ThePolkaDotDaffodil x

Blogmas Day Sixteen - Things we love about Christmas

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This is blogmas day 16 and we thought that it would be a great idea to share with you some of the things that we love about Christmas.

The first thing that we love about Christmas is all the Christmas films. In a previous blogmas we shared with you all the songs that we love at Christmas time so this is an obvious reason for why we love Christmas as well as the Christmas films.

Another thing that we love about Christmas is the decorations as they are so beautiful. We love the inside decorations and the Christmas trees but we also love driving around the village and seeing the decorations on everyone's houses. It is something that we love to do every Christmas.

We also love going to see a pantomime. Every year when we were growing up we would go and see a pantomime with the whole family and now we kind of miss going and so we are definitely going to start back up with this tradition and go and see a pantomime.

Another thing that we love about Christmas is the food. Everyone uses Christmas as an excuse to eat as much as you want and we are exactly the same. Therefore, every year we eat as much as we can from the Christmas treats we have and then make a note to go on a diet for New Year.

We also love going to the Christmas carol concert that happens every Christmas Eve as it is always fun and good for a sing a long even though we can't sing. We also love giving presents to our families and seeing their reaction to the presents that we have given them.

Finally the last thing that we love about Christmas is definitely being able to relax and spend time at home with the family and staying in the same PJ's until we get new ones of Christmas day!

Thanks for reading blogmas day 16 and we are sorry that it is late to be uploaded. Leave a comment on some of the things that you love about Christmas and don't forget to follow our social media linked at the bottom.

ThePolkaDotDaffodil x

Blogmas Day Fifteen - Our Christmas gathering

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For todays blogmas post we are going to be sharing what we did last night and how we planned and organised our Christmas gathering and sleepover. We thought we would share this with you as if any of you are having a gathering or party or sleepover and you are not sure on what you are going to do or what you are going to need to make it the perfect Christmas gathering.

The first thing that we planned and organised was what day everyone was free so that we could make sure that everyone could come. After we picked a date and time we had to start planning what we were going to do, what we were going to eat and drink and how could we make this really festive and perfect.

The one thing we knew we were going to have to do to make it fun was playing board games as who doesn't love a board game. We love playing a classic board game and so we think you should definitely consider playing board games like monopoly, which we did, or clue, life and any other board game that you used to play or still play today.

We also decided it would be a good idea to get as many Christmas films as we could find and put them on in the background and occasionally get distracted by them. We chose films like Polar Express, Elf, The Santa Claus and The Grinch.

We got as much junk food as we could find to stuff our faces with as well as some nice hot chocolate to drink. We had popcorn to go with the films as well as chocolate and other sugary treats.

We think that if you want to do something similar to our Christmas sleepover then these are some of the things that you should consider for it. Thanks for reading day 15 of blogmas and we are sorry for the delay.

ThePolkaDotDaffodil x