My Christmas Plans 2012.

So I thought as Advent starts in a couple of days I’d do a little Christmas post! It’ll be a mixture of what I’ve been doing in preparation for Christmas, from the lights in London to what’s on my Christmas list, to what I love most about the holiday season!

My list of what I love about Christmas!

– Spending lots of time with my wonderful family
– Buying lots of presents for everyone
– Watching National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation and White Christmas
– Listening to the Andy Williams Christmas Album
– The lights, shopping, and holiday cheer
– Going around Harrods and Fortnum and Mason looking at the gorgeous decorations
– Chocolate. Duh.
– Mince Pies
Snow *fingers crossed*
– My Grandma’s home-made Christmas Pudding
– Dylan in his Christmas hat
– Christmas tree choosing and decorating
– Tins of Roses chocolates around the house
– Midnight mass
– Dylan getting really scared by one of our Santa Christmas decorations and hiding from it every year

A few things on my Christmas list!

 
The Asus S200 Touchscreen Ultrabook.
I hate Mac’s. I’m a Windows netbook and desktop, two-computer-kinda-girl, and have fallen in love with this nifty lil ultrabook with windows 8 and a touchscreen as well as the keyboard. My desktop is still working all good, but my current netbook is slowly but surely dying, so this gorgeous lil thang would make me a very happy girl!
 
Jo Malone Blackberry and Bay perfume.
I am completely and utterly in love with this perfume, it’s so gorgeous and reminds me of summer days picking blackberries, and autumn days eating blackberry crumble all snuggled up in front of the fire. It’s ideal for every season and is just ah-mazing! I think I’m going to give this to myself for Christmas 🙂
As you know I love my books, and I’m a huge Cecil Beaton fan! I’m also a lover of Vogue (what girl isn’t!?) with a monthly subscription, and basically after flicking through this book in Waterstones, I want it so badly! It’s so beautiful with the photographs and various articles written by Beaton, and I would be so grateful to get this for Christmas.

 

Glee Season 3 Dvd.
Yep. I <3 Glee.

Dylan The Dog wants this to add to his collection…

 
He says thanks in advance, he reckons it will go wonderfully with his Christmas hat!
I really do love Christmas (who doesn’t!?), and on Sunday I spent the day in London with the family just doing a bit of Christmas shopping, and seeing all of the Christmas lights and pretty decorations. Here are some of my favourites!
Cartier on Old Bond Street

 

Covent Garden

 

Gorgeous Fortnum and Mason Christmas Bazaar!

 

Fortnum and Mason Christmas Bazaar
The absolutely beautiful lights and Christmas tree in the Covent Garden piazza. The huge crowd is due to a guy proposing to his girlfriend by the tree! She said YES!
For Christmas my uncle, aunt, cousins and grandma are coming down to stay, and I’m really excited! I haven’t seen my cousins for about four years as they live really far away, so I can’t wait to see them all!
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Catherine Lux
Catherine Lux

Catherine Lux is a veteran travel blogger by night and the Head of Content Marketing at Amazon by day. Originally from Surrey, she spent four years living in Australia (2007-2009, and 2016-2018), and now lives in London. An ex-party girl sometimes prone to relapses, she loves nothing more than sharing her fine dining and luxury travel experiences with her loyal readers.

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13 Comments

  1. Sugarpuffish
    November 30, 2012 / 2:43 pm

    this "Watching National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" is what I do every single year, best Christmas movie ever 🙂

    • Catherine Lux
      December 1, 2012 / 8:19 pm

      Hahaha, it is literally the best Christmas movie ever, soooo good! Christmas isn't Christmas without it! 😛

      C x

  2. char
    November 30, 2012 / 3:32 pm

    I sort of can't wait for my mum's mince pies!

    • Catherine Lux
      December 1, 2012 / 8:20 pm

      Aw, yeh my Dad's are always awesome! He does them like tarts rather than full pies so there's less pastry and more mince – perfect!

      C x

  3. Hola Bambi
    December 1, 2012 / 12:47 pm

    Love this! Mince pies and snow!!!! 1st dec! Roll on xmas! Xxx

    • Catherine Lux
      December 1, 2012 / 8:20 pm

      YES! Can't wait!!

      C x

  4. Vicki
    December 1, 2012 / 6:53 pm

    Your making me feel so festive. I love mince pies & decorating the tree. Cant wait for Xmas this year.

    • Catherine Lux
      December 1, 2012 / 8:20 pm

      Hehe, I'm glad I'm making you feel festive 😀

      Decorating the tree is the best!

      C x

  5. Pretty Gloss
    December 1, 2012 / 8:27 pm

    Such an adorable post. Christmas on our side means a lot of festivity, shopping, decoration, presents, midnight church, cakes, late night bonfire with friends and family along with BBQ and so on. I just started off with Christmas lights & blogged about it too. 🙂

    Love your post!

    Sarah
    PrettyGloss – makeup, beauty &a lil gibberish

  6. Anonymous
    December 2, 2012 / 5:15 am

    I love *your* Christmas lights 😉

    • Catherine Lux
      December 2, 2012 / 9:17 am

      I never said they were *my* Christmas lights…I said they were the Christmas lights in London…

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