Writing Prompts: Christmas Carols

The 12th door of our Meery Christmas Advent Calendar grants us the gift of song, in the shape of Christmas Carols. Christmas Carols are often sung in Churches, but small choirs will also perform in city centres, whilst historically people would also go door-to-door to sing for people. Famous Carols include Silent Night, Joy to […]

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Writings Prompts: Christmas Calendars

What do you find behind door 11 of your Meery Christmas Advent Calendar, you find… an advent calendar! Talk about meta… The advent calendar is a great means for kids to start the countdown to Christmas Day, and each morning usually provides a slightly different scene (perhaps also some chocolate, depending on the calendar!) to […]

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Writing Prompts: Christmas Drinks

The 10th door of our Meery Christmas Advent Calendar yields an adult indulgence during the festive season: Christmas booze! Now, I am easily pleased, so beer tends to be all I require, but in the rundown to the big day, various shops will start to sell Christmas-themed alcoholic beverages, some of which intrigue, whilst others […]

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Writing Prompts: Christmas Dinner (UK Edition)

The Meery Christmas Calendar’s ninth day is going to make you hungry! The Christmas Dinner is one of Christmas Day’s great traditions, and a lot of planning goes into executing a wonderful occasion. Everyone’s idea of this is a little different, but there some elements that filter across virtually every Christmas-celebrating UK household, and I […]

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Writing Prompts: Christmas Shopping

The eighth day of the Meery Christmas Calendar reveals an activity that is unavoidable, but one which has also transformed in recent years: Christmas shopping! It was once the subject of many a joke that whilst women were comfortably prepared (having bought presents well in advance), men would often wait until 4.55pm on Christmas Eve […]

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Writing Prompts: Christmas Wrapping

It’s day seven, it’s morning, and we’re rushing to open up door number seven on the Meery Christmas Advent Calendar! Will it be something we love? Uh oh. It is time to perform a duty that is completely required, but also rather despised, at least by me. It is time to wrap the gifts! I […]

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Writing Prompts: Christmas Cards

Let’s sneak a peek behind door number six of the Meery Christmas Advent Calendar. What awaits us? It’s Christmas Cards! Now, this meerkat is not especially given to writing out Christmas cards, though I do tend to. It is, like one or two other elements of Christmas, quite laborious to me, though I do understand […]

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Writing Prompts: Christmas Pantos

The panto season is the topic for the fifth door on our Meery Christmas Advent Calendar! Pantomimes are great fun for all ages. They are often based around classic fairy tales, such as Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, or Cinderella. Puss in Boots is another popular one, along Jack and the Beanstalk, among many others. There […]

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Writing Prompts: Christmas Parties

On day four of the Meery Christmas Advent Calendar, we reveal the virtually obligatory Christmas Party! Now, many a workplace will arrange a party at Christmas, albeit the where and when is heavily dependent upon the type of business, and the size of the business. Where I currently work, we are a small team, and […]

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Writing Prompts: Christmas Pudding

On day three of the Meery Christmas Advent Calendar, a Christmas Pudding is revealed, but what exactly is Christmas Pudding? Simply put, it’s a stodgy, sweet, sticky combination of treacle, suet, dried fruits, and potentially wine or even milk, which is prepared by mixing it all together with breadcrumbs (and older recipes might include eggs), […]

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