BLOGMAS Day 25- Blogmas Is Over

So as you may know I decided I was going to do BLOGMAS for the whole of December but I've decided to leave it there and finish it now. Christmas has been and gone and well I'm working most days as it's been so busy at work so will not have time write on my blog everyday like I would love to! So I've decided to finish it today but will be annually posting twice a week, I'm not sure which days yet but will I announce it very soon. Tomorrow I will be doing a post showing you all what I got for Christmas 2015 as today has been so jam packed full and fun I havent had time to photograph all of my amazing presents in order to include them in a post. 

I hope you all have had or are having a very merry Christmas, I know I have. This Christmas has been the best in a while exchanging gifts, enjoying a beast of a dinner and spending the day with the ones who I adore and love. Keep safe and enjoy the holidays. Ho ho ho.

Misskeeleah

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BLOGMAS Day 24- Happy Christmas Eve!

I have been defeated, I have failed BLOGMAS:-( I would like to aplogise to my readers for disappearing this last week, it's just been such a hectic time! Work has been so demanding (I work behind a bar) and at this time of year you can't expect pubs to not be busy, so I've been working extra hours which has completely worn me out. Also I've been knocked down with cold AGAIN, but other personal problems have been popping up to the stage I've had no time whatsoever to relax and do the thing I enjoy - write on my blog for you all. But anyway I've managed to get a few spare minutes to write a post for all you lovelies. 

The big day is tomorrow and I am so excited, presents, family, food, films the job lot! I've spent my day wrapping presents, setting the dinner table, cutting up all the vegetables ready for our Christmas roast, visited the cemetery, delivered a few last minute cards and put out some mince pies and carrots ready for Santa and Rudolph. I've just sat down after being super busy, but will soon be off to bed as I know my niece and nephew will be up super early as they're just so excited to open their presents. Oh the perks of living next door to my sister... I love it really! The only downside to Christmas arriving is that my advent calendar ends tomorrow, I'm going to miss having a cheeky chocolate every morning with breakfast. But hey ho, I'm just glad I'm not Santa having to work all night, travelling. I'm just babbling aren't I? See I told you I'm excited for Christmas. Anyway I hope you all have a very merry Christmas and that you get everything you wanted and more, you all deserve it! Tomorrow's post I will be showing you what I got for Christmas 2015! Night night all.

Misskeeleah

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BLOGMAS Day 16- Guest Post By A Mix Of Rikki

if you follow my facebook page you will see that i advertised for a fellow blogger to write a guest post for my blog, i asked the post to be specifically about christmas traditions and just basically how they celebrate the holidays and what they enjoy about this time of year. An hour or so later i had a lovely girl called Rikki get in touch with me enquiring about guest posting, she pitched her ideas and ever so quickly put this together for me. Since yesterdays post was about how i celebrate christmas and some of the traditions me and my family hold i thought this post would tie in ever so nicely. So i bring to you "A Mix Of Rikkis" typical christmas. (All links to Rikkis blog and social media profiles will be below)

"Well. it's that time of the year again, Christmas, and even if you don't celebrate it, it's all over the place and happening in all kinds of ways! I remember the feeling of Christmas when I was younger. The smell, feelings, and excitement it brought me knowing Santa was coming.

Christmas morning came and it was time to wake our parents up with coffee and open our gifts, eat breakfast, and play with our new goodies while we waited to leave for our family dinner. We always spent Christmas at my aunts house opening gifts and having an awesome ham dinner.

As you get older feelings of Christmas and traditions change as well as our families. I went from wanting everything Barbie, to everything Urban Decay and Sephora. Celebrating Christmas these days is quite different, I have my own family to start traditions with and that's pretty exciting.

Me and my boyfriend Brandon don't do much throughout the year for ourselves, so we take this time of year to spoil each other. With our only son turning two in February, it's incredibly hard not to spend everything we have on him this time of year, mostly because we are excited about it.

No matter what you believe in, or how you celebrate this time of year, always be thankful for what you do have and for being able to spend it with the people you love, family or friends

Having my own family now we are starting our own traditions, putting up the decorations, we even took the time out of our day to make homemade ornaments. I also look forward to Hunter waking us up bright an early to open his gifts from Santa and seeing his face light up when he opens them, and still making our way to my aunts house so the family can get together. Our family has grown bigger with our families coming together so it is a little more hectic, but we make it work."

Rikkis gorgeous christmas tree, so cute and festive!

Thankyou so much Rikki for guest posting on my blog, I LOVED reading all about your christmas! i hope you, your boyfriend and little boy have a magical day!

Check out RIkkis...

Blog: http://amixofrikki.blogspot.co.uk/

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/A-Mix-of-Rikki-1502590453374451/?fref=ts

Well i hope you have all had a good BLOGMAS day 16, will seeyou all tomorrow!

MY facebook page is now up and running so if you havent already go and give it a cheeky like:

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Misskeeleah

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BLOGMAS Day 15- My Christmas Traditions

It's getting closer and closer to the big day that we've all been waiting for ever so patiently. Me and my family are starting to do more festive activities and are getting into the giddy Christmassy mood. Every family celebrates Christmas in a different way and has their own traditions, I find it so intriguing to see other peoples ways of celebrating the holidays. So I thought I would share with you some of mine and my families Christmas traditions...

1) Every 1st of December we put the Xmas tree up (this year was an exception to being late). We always get up super early, get dressed - normally wearing some cheesy Christmas clothing, and put all the decorations up. Whilst doing so we blast out all the festive tunes and have a silly sing and dance a long. It normally takes us until evening to finish putting everything up as, well we're perfectionists, and we have that much stuff that we've collected over the years.

2) On Christmas Eve we all sit down to fill our bellies with some gammon, for some reason my mum has always cooked this every 24th of December. We then wash it down with our favourite drinks (eggnog, j2os, shandys, slhlur, I'm not a big fan of alcohol hence the soft drinks haha), whilst wrapping the left over presents and getting them all set up nicely for my niece and nephew.

3) Also on Christmas Eve we prepare all the dinner for the next day. We chop, slice and dice all the vegetables and get them sat in pans ready. It sounds really daft but it's such good fun and it makes you so excited knowing what feast you're going to be enjoying the next day with all your family.

4) Normally on Christmas morning we all travel to my nannans where we meet the rest of my family there. It's such a great tradition as it's very rare all the family gets together throughout the year, and most of all it's such a warm feeling seeing a genuine smile on my 81 year old nannans face.

5) This is a bit of a morbid one, sorryyyyy... On the 24th we take time out of our day to go and purchase a wreath and a mini Christmas tree and then visit my grandad and nephews grave. We decorate the headstone all festive for them and just spend a bit of time with them. It's nice to involve and remember those who can't be with us on this special occasion. 

6) Normally around the 23rd a Santa on a sleigh rides around our streets blasting Christmas songs out and he comes and visits all the children in our area. It's so great seeing my niece and nephew get all excited to see Santa, but what's more great is that some kind generous people actually spend time and money organising this for the local kiddies. We all get wrapped up really warm, wait outside and give Santa a big wave as he's driving past. It's such fun joining in with the little ones as it makes this time of year that bit more magical.

So there you have it, there's a few of my favourite Christmas family traditions, it might not sound much to you but it's what makes my Christmas so special to me. It's not about the presents or the money giving, it's about spending time making memories with your loved ones. It's not very often we all get to spend time with eachother so you have to make the most of what you've got even if it is just for one day. 

Eeeeek just talking about it gets me all excited!!! I'm out for the night, ciao for now.

Misskeeleah

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