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I hope all\u2019s well and you all enjoyed the festive break.<\/p>\n

I had a very pleasant, albeit quieter, family Christmas\/birthday and we managed to go out for a lovely walk with Ali, Jack and of course Ellie and Toby (complete with Christmas ribbons), whilst Tracey insisted on staying home to prepare a wonderful Christmas dinner. Entirely her wishes I might add – we all wanted to play a part in preparing Christmas dinner, but I think secretly she really wanted us out of the way and of course Ellie and Toby needed their exercise. To be fair, as it was also my birthday, I didn’t really need too much encouragement to get out of her hair, so my only contribution was to carve and eat!<\/p>\n

Tracey\u2019s arrangements worked a treat, as her dinner was once again superb, and we ate like kings and queens. The combination of exercise and a little turkey led Toby to his favourite bed (yes, he has two!), his Silentnight Orthopaedic Pet Bed<\/a>.<\/p>\n\"\"\n

Thank you for your wonderful comments left on my Christmas message blog and to all those who left comments on Twitter<\/a> and my QVC Facebook page<\/a>, \u00a0I loved reading them all – thank you!<\/p>\n

Talking of “thank you”, that\u2019s the theme all day at The Q on New Year’s Eve as we of course thank you for your continued patronage throughout this difficult year and invite you all to pass on your thanks to anyone who has helped you get through it – in any way. Watch out for messages from The Q to you throughout the day and feel free to leave a message to a special person in the comments section below.<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

I\u2019ll be with you again right over the New Year.<\/p>\n

So, I take this opportunity of wishing you a very Happy New Year, which surely carries all our hopes of a return to a more “normal” life for all. Let\u2019s leave behind 2020, whilst taking with us the many positives that emerged.<\/p>\n

I hope you’ve enjoyed being a valued member of our close-knit community we have here at The Q. While we may be close-knit, we’ve kept our distance on-air, which ironically as a team has brought us even closer together! Never has teamwork been more relevant and important and we’ve learnt many new ways of doing things along the way.<\/p>\n

Stay well, stay positive and Thank You<\/strong> again for being a part of our QVC family.<\/p>\n

Until next year… let’s stay positive, together and well!<\/p>\n

Dale x<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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