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  • @Deni_debt-free_dreamer what on earth is a Ken Bruce bauble? 😬 
    My favourite is a green delicate glass T. rex complete with glitter…I love it so much 😁 I like the way it looks so random in with all the angels and baubles.
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  • Naomim
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    @WinterWarrior it's just the way it's fallen this year. My Mum passed on the 6th Dec so I don't like to do it before then.  We've also just been so busy! I have been buying Christmas bits and pieces, done the presents and started on the food and drinks.

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  • Naomim said:
    @WinterWarrior it's just the way it's fallen this year. My Mum passed on the 6th Dec so I don't like to do it before then.  We've also just been so busy! I have been buying Christmas bits and pieces, done the presents and started on the food and drinks.

    Sorry about your mum ☹️
    We have also started on the Christmas food and drink, but probably not in the way that you mean 😋😋😋
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  • beanielou
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    Morning WW and friends

    I've only got festive soft furnishings in abundance out so far and a tiny tree on my table topped by the festive 21 Ken Bruce bauble.  I'm away tonight so hoping to get fully festive on Sunday.  I will have to buy shortbread for my morning coffee now :)

    Happy almost weekend !

    Deni x 
    Was the bauble easy to make please? 
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  • beanielou
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    I sadly do not have any Christmas bedding.
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  • @beanielou I got mine from George a few years ago…cheap and cheerful 😁 even a small Christmas throw on the end of the bed might be fun? I’ve never had Christmas cushions as I’d have nowhere to store them. 
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  • beanielou
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    @beanielou I got mine from George a few years ago…cheap and cheerful 😁 even a small Christmas throw on the end of the bed might be fun? I’ve never had Christmas cushions as I’d have nowhere to store them. 
    Thank you :)
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  • beanielou
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    I do have a Christmas cushion  :)
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  • @beanielou I got mine from George a few years ago…cheap and cheerful 😁 even a small Christmas throw on the end of the bed might be fun? I’ve never had Christmas cushions as I’d have nowhere to store them. 
    Vacuum bags are great for storing Christmas cushions.
  • Sun_Addict
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    beanielou said:
    I sadly do not have any Christmas bedding.
    Got mine quite cheap from eBay. Not paying a lot for something only used for a handful of weeks a year. Pleased with it. 
    I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)
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