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Christmas Links

Christmas in Leeds - all you need to know about Leeds at Christmas, from festive fun to serious issues.

San Diego Christmas - the guide to the holiday season in San Diego California.

Christmas in New York City - it's cold in New York at Christmas, but it remains one of the most popular destinations for Christmas shopping for international tourists, as well as locals.

Other Links

looking for holiday cottages or cottage holidays?

here's a great resource if you're looking for window blinds.

And Finally, A Little Knowledge Shared...

Charles Dickens wrote 'A Christmas Carol' in just six weeks. It's not clear whether Ebenezer Scrooge was based on a real character, but his transformation from miserable miser is echoed in the movie 'It's a Wonderful Life'.

The Christmas Blog

A Divorced Christmas
They say Christmas is the time for family. Bah Humbug. But for a good ten years, Christmas for me was actually the time to escape family and have a rollicking drunken afternoon with friends
by Louisa Leontiades

see all xmas blog posts

You May Not Know

The famous Trafalgar Square Christmas tree in London is a Norwegian spruce over 20 metres high and usually 50-60 years old. Known by the Norwegian foresters as 'the Queen of the Forest', the tree is selected from the very best in the Oslo region.