{"id":102076,"date":"2020-12-18T16:00:29","date_gmt":"2020-12-18T16:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/?p=102076"},"modified":"2020-12-21T09:36:07","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T09:36:07","slug":"santa-and-me-in-chiswick-park-plus-funny-moments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stories.qvcuk.com\/presenters\/debbie-flint\/santa-and-me-in-chiswick-park-plus-funny-moments\/","title":{"rendered":"Santa and me in Chiswick Park plus funny moments!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just to get us into the festive mood, Chiswick Park have got some wonderful lights this year as usual. The giant Santa made an appearance on one of his reindeer, and the rest of the park looks beautiful – especially when the lights are reflected in the water. Check out my Instagram page (linked at the bottom of this blog) for more of the beautiful displays.<\/p>\n

At home, I’ve got myself a lovely wreath for the front door, and I\u2019m still working on my Christmas tree. I will show you next week what the end product is!<\/p>\n\"\"\n

Meanwhile, here is another lovely tree from our family, my son’s real tree with little Blake looking on in admiration as they decorate! I love the smell of a real tree, don\u2019t you?! Maybe I will get one that\u2019s in a pot so I can plant it outside afterwards!<\/p>\n\"\"\n

Snippets<\/strong><\/p>\n

Blue dress<\/strong><\/p>\n\"\"\n

Oh, my favourite dress ever is this one from MarlaWynne<\/strong>, I had lots of lovely compliments about it and it\u2019s very flattering (item number 173582<\/a>)! Tons of Marla Clearance deals online too – check them out<\/a>. As you may have seen if you\u2019ve been looking online at the QVC TV Guide, there is a Kipling<\/strong>\u00a0show in the run-up to New Year\u2019s Eve! I am doing both the 11pm and the midnight hours this year. I would love it if you want to tell me about some of your favourite moments and what you are grateful for this past year. We will be playing lots of little clips of our guests\u2019 opinions, and I would be happy to read out some of your messages too. Be sure to message me on my social media (Facebook or Twitter is preferable) or on the comments on next weeks blog?\u00a0 I will look out for them to read on air on New Year\u2019s Eve.<\/p>\n

Canine Christmas<\/strong><\/p>\n\"\"\n

Daisy and Beau put on their gladrags to tell you they hope you have the most fabulous time, in the circumstances! They have had a lovely year together and Daisy is now properly settled in. I\u2019m very lucky she is so happy with my brother Del and his family!<\/p>\n

Facebook funny<\/strong><\/p>\n

I liked this one! Thought I would include it to make you chuckle. \ud83d\ude42 It read, “I’m so glad we’ve got a vac scene just in time for Christmas.”<\/p>\n\"\"\n

Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n

More movies this week, and I really enjoyed “The King’s Speech” the first time round – it was on this week on catch up. There was a program shortly after it as well, about George VI, the reluctant king. Fascinating sometimes how truth is stranger than fiction. You certainly couldn\u2019t have written an abdication into a novel without severe criticism of your plot – not before 1936, anyway. It IS the sort of thing however, that happens in the schmaltzy Christmas movies.<\/p>\n

Tried to watch a couple more this week, and found one that\u2019s a bit like “The Family Man” (one of my favourite movies), only this time a woman, who looks a bit like Megan Markle, is playing the Nicolas Cage role, in “Family for Christmas”. A successful career woman suddenly wakes up in an alternative life and finds she has a husband and kids and that she is a housewife. Trials and tribulations ensue, until she learns what\u2019s really important in life… you can guess which she would pick. It\u2019s not as compelling as the original I must say (which has the cutest kid playing Cage\u2019s alternative-life daughter). I\u2019ve been looking for the Cage one, but I can\u2019t find it anywhere, if you spot it let me know!<\/p>\n

One I can recommend though is Prime\u2019s “My Dad\u2019s Christmas Date”, starring Jeremy \u2018Mr Selfridge\u2019 Piven. Recommended by my friend Jill on Facebook, it has a quirky script with some really funny lines and good acting, as a 16-year-old daughter tries to find her widower dad a new girlfriend. Well worth a watch.<\/p>\n

Plus, I had a bit of a binge watch and saw all three Bridget Jones movies! I wonder if they will ever make a film of the fourth book called “Mad About the Boy”. It is hands down hilarious and\u00a0 completely unlike the others, for reasons you will understand if you have read it. One of my favourite audiobooks ever.<\/p>\n

There are also several versions of Scrooge on offer amid all the Christmas TV fayre, on catch up or on the various subscription services. There is even a 1935 movie, which has been colourised. Interesting to watch several of them, maybe even including Bill Murray’s “Scrooged”, and see the different treatments. Wonderful if you love “A Christmas Carol”.<\/p>\n

We were going to see it at the theatre, by the way, socially-distanced of course, for my sister\u2019s birthday this Saturday. But of course everything has been cancelled in London now, as it\u2019s gone into Tier 3. We will have to do it in the New Year.<\/p>\n

Next week, if you like period pieces, I\u2019m looking forward to Bridgerton, starting on Christmas Day on Netflix!<\/p>\n

Book of the week – “A Christmas Carol”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sticking with the theme, it\u2019s also on audiobook! Perfect in the run-up to Christmas Day (this time next week!!). This week\u2019s book recommendation is Dickens\u2019 classic, but read by some huge names, courtesy of Audible. The original charm never goes away.<\/p>\n

I do love my audiobooks. Watch out next week for the annual review of the year… what will be my favourite book!? It might surprise you \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Blooper<\/strong><\/p>\n

Two funnies from my shifts last week. Such a giggle!! Carla’s Christmas tree and Myles’ whistle!<\/p>\n