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What to do in DECEMBER

CREATE…a Christmas scene

here is nothing nicer than taking a walk on a crisp winter’s evening and snatching a quick gaze into homes that have been furnished with a fabulously large fir tree almost touching the ceiling, covered with baubles and twinkling lights and taking pride of place in the front window. A large part of the fun of Christmas is choosing a tree and enjoying the ritual of decorating it from head to foot with baubles, bells, ribbons and strings of fairy lights. It is hugely reminiscent of Victorian times and often a tree is the scene that fronts Christmas cards as

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