Calm Your Beans

Still waiting for the Christmas spirit to grab hold of you with its warm fuzzy arms? There’s no better way to become holly jolly for the Christmas period than a little DIY work! I’ve created a playlist to inspire you to a DIY Christmas and getting you and your home looking and feeling Christmassy in [...]

We are well and truly into the festive season now, with only two weeks until Christmas people are (hopefully) well into their Christmas shopping and are planning what their going to be doing on Christmas day. One of the key components of making it officially Christmas in your house is getting your Christmas tree up. [...]

As always, I have timed things absolutely perfectly. In the midsts of the run up to Christmas, the biggest consumer frenzy of the year, I have decided I have had enough of “stuff”. One night, as I was dredging through the depths of the internet, I stumbled upon the concept of “minimalism” – and no, [...]

Christmas is coming, the season of goodwill to all men and traditionally the harbinger of a certain amount of festive gluttony. With Christmas Day typically running at over 6000 scale busting calories, lets take a look at how the pros manage it in the thrill packed world of competitive eating. Eating is like running in [...]

Christmas can be a very stressful period for many people. There are gifts to be bought trees to be put up and dinners to be cooked. There must be a way to make it through this most jolly of times without suffering from a minor breakdown, so we have had a hunt around to find [...]

There are some things that simply evoke the spirit of Christmas. For many it’s the sounds of sleigh bells or the site of the first snow. For others it might be wrapping up presents or decorating the tree or just watching your favourite movie. For me there is nothing that suggests more than the sights [...]

Looking to make a difference this season? The holidays are the perfect time to think about ways to give back to the community, or to help out people who may be going through a hard time at the moment. Here are four of our ideas for celebrating the spirit of giving during the holidays. Serve [...]

We are back again to give you another great deal for you to enjoy in day 20 of our Christmas Advent Calendar. So you have done all your Christmas shopping, well most of it, and now you are gearing yourself up for the Christmas season. Family visits, excitable children, endless amounts of cooking and eating [...]

With Christmas fast approaching, today is the last day you are recommended to send things first class by the Royal Mail to ensure they get there in time for Christmas. However, a lot of people shy away from sending Christmas cards each year because they see it as a waste of paper, as most Christmas [...]

We hope that you are well underway in your Christmas preparation, and if not, there is still a bit of time to get things sorted out. Once again we are coming to you with some amazing Christmas offer ideas that would make amazing gifts to friends and loved ones. This offer is for those who [...]