Christmas

Holiday Inn

One of my favourite Christmas films, in fact one of my favourite films, is White Christmas. I’ve been known to cry when the soldiers turn up at the end to honour the General, and I was DESTROYED one Christmas Day when I was watching it with my mum and we looked outside and it was actually snowing…

Bella’s Christmas Bake Off

Given we’re now in November it’s probably an acceptable time to start reading Christmas books. I have a number of Christmas review copies waiting to be read and hope to give over a chunk of November/Early December to festive fare..

Miracle on 34th Street (1994)

This entry is part 9 of 10 in the series The 12 Days of Christmas

Last week I wrote about my favourite movie Santas and as usual I ranked my top ten in alphabetical order. Had I ranked in order of preference there would have been no problem at all in choosing my number one…

White Christmas

This entry is part 6 of 10 in the series The 12 Days of Christmas

I’ve been wondering for a while about how I score my reviews. I don’t have a checklist or criteria, I go on gut instinct and although I think that works most of the time…

Skipping Christmas

This entry is part 4 of 10 in the series The 12 Days of Christmas

I love Christmas, as is probably evident from the fact that I’m running a 12 Days of Christmas series. I love the gifts, the sentimentality and the sheer corniness of the whole season. I cry at films like Miracle on 34th Street and White Christmas…

Delia Smith’s Christmas

This entry is part 1 of 10 in the series The 12 Days of Christmas

It’s coming up to Christmas and I’m starting a new series – The 12 Days of Christmas. There’s going to be book reviews, movie reviews, thoughts on the best Christmas movies and some Christmas present suggestions. Up until about two weeks ago I hadn’t really started …

Booksellers name their top tips for Christmas 2011

Publishers and booksellers are already gearing up for Christmas and are expecting strong sales across a wide range of titles. Like every year a large number of books are vying to be the most popular in our stockings on Christmas morning. These include James Corden’s autobiography May I Have Your Attention Please?, Rob Brydon’s Small Man In A Book and Jamie Oliver’s new cookbook Jamie’s Great Britain.