Happy Christmas Eve World!

Happy Christmas Eve! And look! there's a special visitor coming through this door! Yes! It's the Mayor of somewhere and a small unenthused/confused child! Hurray! Also a random man in red with a big white beard.
Because after all there's only one more sleep 'til Chriiiistmaaaaaas...

YAY!

23rd!! It's the 23rd!!

2 more days to go!! Hope you are all enjoying the festive season

22nd December!

Happy 22nd Decenber:

21st December

Day 21... I'm sorry...

Again. I really do apologise. but Also. He he. But... oh.

Oh well... in for a penny in for a pound. I didn't want to do either of these really the honour of having a whole day to themselves....

Look what's in the letter box!!

:D :D :D :D

20th Advent Door!

Day 20?? FIVE DAYS TO GO PEOPLE!!

Aww... yay!!

Happy 19th Day of Advent

Day 18!! Hurray!

Happy Day 18, and Hurray, because I am doing what this song is about today after work. Woop woop! :D

Happy 17th December

Click on the Church door to hear a wonderful childhood classic :)

Yay! I hope this one has a special place in your heart as well as mine :)

I'm dreaming of Day 16! :D

Hurray! Also, it's completely true... despite the difficutl travel implications....

Have a wonderful 15th December!

What's this? Open the door to find out!

YAY!!

Day 14!

Happy day 14!

This is me and a few friends (Alberto, Sam and Heather! Hi!) a few years ago performing in Leeds. It was a day of complete Christmas Joy!

Day 13!

Day 13.

I couldn't find a proper official video if this on youtube, so here is a sustitute. Made my someone with a lot of time, and cabling on their hands....

The 12th Day of Advent Delight

Happy Day 12 of Advent: Childhood Joy

Day 11 is pretty exciting!!

This is not a...conventional Christmas song. But, give it a chance, it is awesome. And this video is the best version, and best visual attached to this version I've found.

Hurray! Wasn't that fun? I think it's pretty amazing! And that man is so expressive and fun to watch!

Festive love! x

Day 10 is a beautiful day. Sit some where quiet and calm, and enjoy.

Aaahhh.... :)

Day 9!

I think this calendar malarky is going pretty well. If you're reading this you're still here! Which is a good sign all round.

Open the Door to reveal the wonder! (Click on it!

Hurrah! I want some of that punch.... preferably hot though.

Day 8 of Advent

Hope you enjoyed Day 8. I know that is a lot of people's favourite song. It's the time of year where I hope everyone's Christmas shopping is going well. Only a couple of weeks to go now! I like caramel based chocolates. So you know. x

7th Door of Joy

 On the 7th Day it is summer of the soul in December...

Well if you're a regular reader you'll have seen this clip fairly recently, but it sums up so much about what Christmas is, and should be about. It is beautiful and it makes me so happy!

Happy Christmas Love FTW! :)

Christmas jingles to you all x

Your 6th Installment of Advent Joy

Giddy up! Let's go! Day 6!

I hope this song makes you as happy as it does me. :)
Merry Yule!

What's behind the 5th Door??

 On Day Five, they saw something bright in the distance....

I hope you enjoyed the corny corny cheesy cheese. And although I don't *particularly* want to encourage giant multinationals, this has become such an iconic thing.
So hurray hurray! x

Day 4 of Fabulous Advent Calendar of Festive Wonder

Happy 4th Day of Advent: open the classier and beautiful door below!

This track combines my love of Christmas with my love of where I am from (i.e. Sussex), traditional music, choral singing and beautiful historical places. Hurrah! How could you lose.

I hope you enjoyed it.

Festive Love. x

Helena's Beautiful Festive Advent Calendar of Joy

So for the first few days of Advent I had neither calendar or candle! So I decided to mark these days in my own way, by making a facebook advent calendar linking to Christmas themed things.

Today I got a real chocolate advent calendar, and behind doors 1, 2 and 3, where flighteningly mishapen almost-characters. One may have been a snowman, before his head was melted. Another may have been Santa. With neurofibromatosis. The Elephant Santa.

So I've decided this way is better, and to make it last longer and put it all in the same place, in blog form.

Just so you know- the first day's delightful surprise does not indicate that all the other days will follow in the same manner.... So don't be put off.

1st December 2011

Open the first door!! (go on, click on it.)

Wooo... If all went correctly in internet there should have been some rocking around of Christmas trees, a cameo of Rolf Harris and Santa bursting out of a massive present with a saxophone?

Excellent.

2nd December 2011

(you may want to bing the bell before you open this door)

Hurray!!

3rd December 2011

Hurrah! This was a bit of a find. It is quite hard to find people of this period with videos on youtube when looking for something specific- i.e. Christmas music, in a particular film or whatever.

Check back soon to open the next doors :D

Festive love xx