From cards to carols, celebrating the festive season when you’ve two lots of family traditions to bolt together isn’t easy…

As I look ahead to Christmas this year, I feel that familiar cocktail of excitement and mild dread. The children are growing up fast now – and who knows how many more years of ‘magic’ we have left? La

LET me state at the outset that I am not a nosy-parker, not a busybody and definitely not in the habit of opening other people’s post. But one December, it started. I found it on the hall mat with my

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Nikita Thakrar is an aspiring influencer who’s currently developing her social media presence and mindfulness brand, Journey with Nikita. She has her own quiet tradition that she upholds every Christm

Sharan Sammi, 44, lives with her family in Wolverhampton. When a Christmas card plops through my letterbox, I think ‘Oh no! Where am I going to put this?’ From a decluttering point of view, Christmas