While John Lennon's Happy Xmas(War Is Over) is still my favourite, Holly Jolly Christmas sung by Burl Ives always puts me in Christmas cheer. Also, Carol of the Bells deserves a mention.

Mince pies, pudding, christmas cake are old fashioned, cold weather inherited traditions in my personal opinion, so when I started my own family I threw out these particular 'old' ways and invented our new family traditions. If anyone comes to my house during christmas and I know they love these things, I buy individual puddings etc just for them. Its just puzzling to me why the new settlers didn't embrace our island culture and extreme heat, my grandmother had no electricity but they would light up the old fuel stove and she would slavingly cook for 15 or more - Wow that is commitment! LOL - and here I am, a real individual but I've had to adapt as I am gluten intolerant and I have MS - so there you go - I think the universe is trying to tell me something LOL...

The photo of the grey wall blogger's kitchen, while lovely, seems slightly cool with the light timber flooring. I suppose it would depend upon the type and colour of flooring you use. A slightly darker grey paint and darker & warmer timber flooring OR slightly darker grey paint with charcoal carpet, to my mind, would seem warmer, cosier and moodier for a bedroom.

For me working at home means working on things around the house like cleaning out our WIR. Keeping busy is important for everyone during what will be a very trying period in our lives, we will need to keep reminding ourselves to stay positive we will survive this together