Chill Advent Calendar 2016

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3RD DECEMBER

No sew Snowman sock decoration ...

What you need

1 white sock
1 sock in color for the hat
rice
rubber bands (or thread)
colourful buttons
ribbons
glue gun
markers or paint
orange pom poms

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Start by filling your white sock with rice. You will need a hefty amount (we were quite surprised to see how much rice can go into one sock). Once you are happy with the amount (and size) of your sock snowman tie the top with the ribber band. Take another rubber band and place in the middle – more to the upper side – of the rice filled sock to form the head shape.

Now glue the buttons to the bottom side by using a glue gun (glue dots do a fairly good job too). Draw the mouth and eyes with a black marker or with black paint. We also added pink cheeks (Crayola washable paints were great for the job). We made the nose out of two orange pom poms – turned out amazing.

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Add a ribbon for the scarf – we fount that glue dots and glue gun work best for ribbons, while other glues kind of fail miserably. You can cut off excess white sock (or you can tuck it in the hat we will be making next).

Cut the colored sock (we cut the foot part, without heel). Roll it a bit and place it on the head of your snowman. You can leave it as it is or you can secure it with some glue.

This sock snowman is ready to rock.


http://www.easypeasyandfun.com/no-sew-s ... man-craft/

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4TH DECEMBER

A lovely knitted Xmas Tree from 2013, raising funds for a disabled charity in Norwich ...

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5TH DECEMBER

What kind of motorbike does Santa ride?

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A Holly Davidson! d879

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6TH DECEMBER

Why are Christmas trees so bad at sewing?
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They always drop their needles!

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7TH DECEMBER

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What do angry mice send to each other at Christmas?

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Cross Mouse Cards!

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8TH DECEMBER

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9TH DECEMBER c6ch

What do you call a bunch of chess players bragging about their games in a hotel lobby?
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Chess nuts boasting in an open foyer!

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10TH DECEMBER

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11TH DECEMBER

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12TH DECEMBER

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Some Christmas facts ...

The world’s largest Christmas stocking measured 106 feet and 9 inches (32.56 m) long and 49 feet and 1 inch (14.97 m) wide. It weighed as much as five reindeer and held almost 1,000 presents. It was made by the Children’s Society in London on December 14, 2007.

In Germany, Heiligabend, or Christmas Eve, is said to be a magical time when the pure in heart can hear animals talking.

During the Christmas season, nearly 28 sets of LEGO are sold every second.

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15TH DECEMBER

Christmas lights display ...

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16TH DECEMBER

What do you get if you cross Santa with a duck?
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A Christmas Quacker!



What goes Ho Ho Whoosh, Ho Ho Whoosh?
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Santa going through a revolving door!

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17TH DECEMBER

Make your own decorations .. salt dough .. stars .. baubles

http://hub.co-opinsurance.co.uk/handmad ... gami-stars

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18TH DECEMBER

100 Things to do at Xmas

How many have you done in the past? Do you have a favourite?

100 Things To Do This Christmas

Cover the house in fairy lights
Visit your local German Christmas Market
Make mulled wine or cider
Buy a Christmas jumper
Bake your own gingerbread
Prepare Christmas pudding
Sing at a carol service
Send Christmas cards
Visit your local castle or stately home
Go watch a pantomime at the theatre
Go to your local town’s switching on of the lights
Visit a plush department store for festive shopping
Order your turkey or Christmas Day meat
Make your own advent calendar
Decorate your Christmas tree
Make a wreath for the front door
Compile your own Christmas playlist
Decorate the house
Create your ideal Christmas Day menu
Go to your local church
Make a christingle
Kiss under the mistletoe
Visit Santa’s grotto
Go see some reindeers
Make some homemade gifts
Play board games
Hide chocolate coins around the house
Go sales shopping
Organise a Christmas party
Build a snowman
Make paper snowflakes
Make a nativity scene
Knit a hat or scarf
Frost the window
Drink port and eat cheese
Visit your Grandparents, parents, relatives
Make a Christmas Day centrepiece for the table
Eat mince pies
Buy some woolly socks
Hold a silly Christmas jumper day
Make Christmas Cake
Volunteer your time with homeless people and rough sleepers in the UK
Tell someone you love them
Watch It’s a Wonderful Life
Leave out a brandy for Santa and a carrot for Rudolph
Hang out a stocking
Make toffee vodka
Go tobogganing
Watch the Queen’s speech
Volunteer at a local food bank
Sing carols with the local Salvation Army
Watch A Christmas Carol
Sit around a fire and warm your cockles
Make DIY gift tags
Go to Winter Wonderland in London
Go ice skating
Listen to a carol concert at your local stately home such as this one at Eltham Palace
Feed the birds
Go to watch The Nutcracker ballet
Roast chestnuts on an open fire
Visit a Victorian Christmas Fayre
Donate to your chosen charity
Make a Yule Log
Write a list of everything you are grateful for
Drink eggnog
Create a Christmas Eve snuggle box filled with fresh pyjamas and wooly socks
Make luxurious hot chocolate
Bake mini gingerbread houses for your hot chocolate mugs
Make paperchains
Have a snowball fight
Make honeycomb – my recipe for glitter honeycomb
Make your own snow globe
Wear a Santa hat
Dance to cheesy Christmas songs
Make your own Christmas tree ornament
Make dried oranges to decorate your home
Take an outing to a town or village you’ve never been to before
Wear lots of layers and take a winter’s walk in the woods
Start a new Christmas tradition with your family/friends
Drink ice cold Baileys
Do a random act of kindness
Make your own wrapping paper
Stuff the stockings
Host a decorating Christmas biscuits party
Write a letter to Father Christmas
Make a wish
Make marshmallow vodka
Make a Christmas cocktail
Drive around to see the Christmas lights
Buy yourself a Christmas present and wrap it for under the tree
Bake cinnamon swirls
Play a game of cards
Have a festive picnic in your living room
Spend the day in your pyjamas
Eat brussels sprouts and enjoy it
Organise a Secret Santa
Light a candle and give thanks
Take a family portrait
Read The Night Before Christmas

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19TH DECEMBER

For when you can get some quiet time to yourself at Xmas, even if it's just a few minutes. Get yourself a hot drink, a biscuit or two and watch the snow gently falling and the calming quiet of the forest ..

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20TH DECEMBER

My (early) present to all the members of Chill ...

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22ND DECEMBER

A little culture for you ?

The National Galleries picture of the month.. Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 'The Adoration of the Kings', 1564

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23RD DECEMBER

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Christmas One-liners

Two snowmen in a field, one turned to the other and said "I don't know about you but I can smell carrots."!

Did you know that Santa's not allowed to go down chimneys this year? It was declared unsafe by the Elf and Safety Commission.

There were two biscuits, on a plate, all ready for Santa to eat. One biscuit decided to go and hide in the biscuit tin as it didn't want to get eaten. As it was going to the kitchen, Santa came in and stood on it and all the other biscuit could say was 'Crumbs'!.

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24TH DECEMBER

The Three Tenners at Christmas (1999)

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25TH DECEMBER

Happy Christmas everyone !

[wendy]

Thank you Liz for providing my family Christmas cheer. c6ch