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Legend has it that Saint Nicholas threw gold into the window of a poor man in order to provide for his children at Christmas. The gold is thought to have landed in a stocking that was hanging up to dry… From that day forward children hung their stockings in the hope that Christmas gold would be bestowed upon them also. What fills your stockings each Christmas? The golden age of Christmas stockings comprising of satsumas, chocolate coins, trinkets and novelty gifts, mini puzzles and pencils is behind us. Today Christmas stockings are as popular with adults as much as children...

What colourful and wonderful traditions we host around the world! Beyond our shores, there’s a diverse range of Christmas and Christmas-like festivities through December and the New Year.  Although our home-grown merriment is much coveted our not so distant neighbours sometimes do it better! Beware: Adopting some of these may spark a longing for exotic lands… Sweden celebrates the feast of St Lucia, their patron saint of light, on December 13th. A public procession and service is carried out on this day, with culinary delights featuring Lussekatt, a saffron flavoured bun with raisins. On Christmas Eve, the gnome Jultomten and...

  HAPPY RANDOM ACT OF KINDNESS DAY! It falls every year on January 17th, shortly after Valentines and reminding us all to keep spreading the love. National Random Act of Kindness day is a day where all those celebrating help to restore faith in humanity. Snapchat’s story covering the day showed numerous people uploading snaps of their kind gestures, from some offering to pay for the bill for the person behind them at Starbucks, to simply smiling at a stranger and wishing them a great day. These kind acts took place far and wide, across the world, and we are...

SPREAD THE LOVE Valentines is for everyone, and we’ll explain why!     Before we get into this weeks hot topic, we'd like to send out a massive thank you to Arjun at JustAskArjun for his wonderful review of our collection! Read it here and find out why he's fallen in love with our miracle Pearl Powder.   Back to the topic at hand, as we near Valentines Day it seems that we all fit into one of two categories; happy and in love, or single and miserable. Everywhere we look, advertising campaigns and films are either made to appeal...