Small Christmas Eve Routine

Everyone has the own special little traditions on Christmas Eve, I thought as it is so close to the 24^th now that I would share my Christmas Eve routine.

The first thing I will do on Christmas Eve is check that I have all my presents sorted for the next day, I finish of any last wrapping and place all the presents into bags ready to be carried down in the morning. I love to gift give, it’s one of my favourite aspects of Christmas and I always get incredibly excited to give out the gifts I have got for my loved ones.

Then it’s time to wind down, I will either have a bath or a really long shower. If having a bath, I will fill it with various bath bombs and bubble bath (often from Lush), and get all my special body lotions, creams and face mask for the most perfect pamper evening.

Once out of the bath or shower, we will often get a little present for Christmas Eve. The present is often a new set of pyjamas or a dressing gown for us to wear for the evening and wake up in on Christmas day. This year I have also made my brother and sister a Christmas Eve box full of little goodies, so I can’t wait to give that to them to use on the evening.

When our pyjamas are on it’s Christmas movie time, more often than not it is Elf! Elf is by far the best Christmas movie and I refuse to have Christmas without watching it. I also like to watch the Wizard of Oz, despite not being a Christmas movie, for some reason we have seemed to watch it every year at Christmas.

Now despite everyone in my house being told old for Father Christmas, we still put out a plate of milk, carrots and chocolates (Father Christmas doesn’t like mince pies in our house, aha) for his and the reindeer’s arrival. My brother and sister will then go off to bed and more often than not I will sit up and help mum, to wrap up any presents left that she needs to wrap. Again, despite being told old for Father Christmas, on Christmas Eve I will still go to bed earlier than usual and wait for the morning ahead.

It’s only a small little routine, but it’s probably the evening routine of the whole year that is the most important.

Hope you are all having a wonderfully festive time,

Much Love, Holly x

My Top 5 Favourite Disney Movies!

I was a big Disney child and if you grow up loving Disney, that love never goes away. So, today I thought I would share with you my top five favourite Disney movies!

Number 5!
Now, this was more difficult than I thought it would be as for my number five spot I was undecided between two movies, Peter Pan and Finding Nemo, but after thinking about which of the two movies I would watch right at this very moment it had to be Finding Nemo.
I remember the first time I watched Finding Nemo I actually got scared and cried… Bruce’s mouth full of sharp teeth was actually quite unsettling as a young child and it put me off watching the movie again for years. But once I was a little older and watched Finding Nemo with more grown up eyes I realised just how much I love the little fish with one ear smaller than the other. My particular favourite part of the movie is when Marlin and Dory ride the waves with the turtles, ‘Dude!’

Number 4!

Number 4 is Toy Story! I love toy story sooooooooooooo much! I’m not going to lie, I cried at the Toy Story 3 and when I say cry I mean literally sitting in the cinema balling my eyes out! I can’t quite explain the stress that gets lifted when you realise that the toys are going to end up in the burner of the rubbish dump!
Out of the 3 movies, Number 2 was my favourite purely because I love Jessie, I remember as a child I had a Jessie doll and I wrote my name of the bottom of her shoe. All the Toy Story movies are just fun and easy to watch, and I don’t understand how anyone can’t love the movies!

Number 3!

Ranking the last 3 movies was hard as I love them pretty much equally, however in the end I decided that Tangled was my third-place spot. I know every single word from the whole tangled movie and despite him being a cartoon I love Flynn! I have never wanted an animated couple to succeed more than I did with Flynn and Rapunzel.
One of my main reasons for loving this movie is the songs, my favourites include ‘Mother Knows Best’ and ‘I’ve Got a Dream,’ every time I hear these two songs I can’t help but flood into song!

Number 2!

Beauty and the Beast is my runner up, specifically the classic version (controversial I know, but I wasn’t actually much of a fan of the live action version that recently came out). Honestly, I think the reason that Beauty and the Beast is so high up in my list of favourites is because it is my dad’s favourite Disney movie, which meant as a child it was on all the time. Anytime it was a choice of what Disney movie to watch my dad would some how manage to make sure the movie was Beauty and the Beast.
My favourite character by far is Chip! Who would have known you could have so much love for a slightly broken cup? All I have ever wanted is my own little chip cup, but I have never found one that looks authentic enough.
Also, a little Beauty and the Beast related side note, Belle in Once Upon a Time (a fairy-tale themed TV show, it’s available on Netflix and you should definitely watch it if you are a sucker for Disney) was just my perfect Belle! I love the way Emilie de Raven plays her on the show.

My Favourite Disney Movie!

My all time favourite Disney movie has to be Mary Poppins (and Mr Banks as an extension of the movie… is it cheating to technically have two movies as my top movie? Aha).
I can’t really put into words how much I love Mary Poppins, it’s a movie I could watch a million times over and never get bored. The songs are amazing, Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke are just perfect and just everything about the movie is so loveable!
As for Saving Mr Banks, just because I feel like I NEED to add a little in about this movie, I found it to be a perfect addition to my love for Mary Poppins. It made me cry (understatement) and laugh and I absolutely loved Tom Hanks as Walt Disney! If you love Mary Poppins you must watch Saving Mr Banks, I guarantee you’ll love it. My favourite moment of the whole movie has always been when they go around Uncle Albert’s house and end up having tea on the ceiling, whilst singing ‘Love to Laugh!’

I hope you enjoyed my little list of favourite Disney movies!

Much Love, Holly x