Christmas BBQ tips

Christmas BBQ tips

Christmas dinner can be incredibly stressful so why not make a plan and include your BBQ. Practise with a chicken before the big day and cut the hassle. Try our BBQ classes which will give you a new perspective on cooking outdoors.

Tips for decorating your home at Christmas

Tips for decorating your home at Christmas

Don't let a small space apartment put you off decorating for Christmas. There are plenty of places where you can add some festive sparkle. Read the blog for lots of tips and decorating ideas.

Best Bosk snowy and frosted artificial Christmas tree

Best Bosk snowy and frosted artificial Christmas tree

Frosted and snowy artificial Christmas trees are bang on trend and look absolutely stunning when fully decorated. These Bosk trees are some of the best on the market and all carry a 5 year warranty.

Festive Fantasia 2024

Festive Fantasia 2024

Here is the definitive guide to our fabulous Christmas display here in the store at Ambleside. If you want inspiration for your decorating or just to lose yourself in a wonderland for a few hours then this is the place to be.

Tips for making an artificial Christmas Garland

Tips for making an artificial Christmas Garland

A decorated garland at Christmas is easy if you follow these tips and is extremely versatile; place down the dining table, along the mantlepiece, on a sideboard or wound around the bannister.

Scandi style Christmas decorating tips

Scandi style Christmas decorating tips

Add a touch of sophisticated calm to Christmas with a Scandi style colour palette. Keep it budget friendly with some foraged natural items.

How To Cook Smoked Chicken Liver Pate On The Traeger Timberline 850 Wood Pellet Grill

How To Cook Smoked Chicken Liver Pate On The Traeger Timberline 850 Wood Pellet Grill

Chicken liver pate often forms part of the Christmas dinner and is so easy to make on the BBQ with the smoke adding an extra level of flavour. It can be made ahead of time freeing up space to cook the rest of the meal. Enrol on our Taste of Christmas course to learn how to cook the whole meal on the BBQ.

How To Cook Maple, Mustard, Smoked Ham On The Treager Pro 22 Wood Pellet Grill

How To Cook Maple, Mustard, Smoked Ham On The Treager Pro 22 Wood Pellet Grill

A cooked ham at Christmas is a British classic dish and this ham with maple syrup and mustard cooked on the BBQ will never disappoint your guests. All you need is a BBQ with a lid, and if you have a Traeger wood pellet grill with a temperature probe you just leave it until it alerts you that it is cooked.

Weeping Spruce Artificial Christmas Tree

Weeping Spruce Artificial Christmas Tree

If you are thinking of purchasing an artificial Christmas tree this season then this blog outlines the special features of the Weeping Spruce tree. The Feel Real branches and random outline make this tree good enough to fool anyone into thinking it is a real tree.

What Is Wrong With The Lights On My Artificial Christmas Tree?

What Is Wrong With The Lights On My Artificial Christmas Tree?

There's nothing more frustrating than finding out your Christmas tree lights don't work just after you've spent hours putting them onto the tree. This blog takes you through the steps to putting right any faults. Another way of getting round this problem is to invest in non-replaceable LED lights.

Why do we have mistletoe at Christmas?

Why do we have mistletoe at Christmas?

Christmas isn't Christmas without mistletoe but few of us know why we bring it indoors at this particular time of year so this blog sets out to explain all about this mythical plant.

Why pay a fortune for a luxury artificial Christmas tree?

Why pay a fortune for a luxury artificial Christmas tree?

This article gives you some idea why it's not always a good idea the opt for a budget artificial Christmas tree. The higher end of the market includes some new technology which results in ultra-realistic Christmas trees which are indistinguishable from real forest trees.

When did we get the Christmas turkey?

When did we get the Christmas turkey?

Turkey is the iconic meat of choice for the Christmas dinner but it wasn't always so traditionally we used to eat goose. This blog explains why we have now switched to turkey for the Christmas celebration.

Where did Father Christmas come from?

Where did Father Christmas come from?

This blog explains how we came to have Santa Claus at Christmas. Visit our spectacular Christmas display from October where you will have a huge choice of Santa's from tree decorations to life sized models.

How To Deck The Halls With Holly At Christmas

How To Deck The Halls With Holly At Christmas

Holly has been associated with Christmas for centuries and can be expensive to buy so why not grow your own bush which will provide you with a ready supply for Christmas wreaths and decorations.

How To Decorate A Hanging Twig Tree For Christmas

How To Decorate A Hanging Twig Tree For Christmas

This blog and video shows how to make your own Christmas hanging decoration for practically nothing. It is so easy it would make a great rainy day project for children.