| However, for Kate Wilkie it will be the first time she will be able to enjoy a festive celebration in four years. |
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| Indeed, to celebrate harvest home a festive crowdie could be made with cream and sugar. |
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| My stepmum will at some point dance alone in the hallway to a Rod Stewart cassette, fired up on brandy and festive cheer. |
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| Some cultures decorate to celebrate a festive occasion, others to mark membership in a group or tribe. |
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| Statement jewels are a great way of dressing up a casual outfit during the festive season. |
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| A festive mood prevailed through most parts of the country when Indonesians observed the 57th anniversary of their independence on Saturday. |
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| His daughters suggested he starts celebrating by decking his house out in festive lights. |
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| Experts have predicted that internet retailers will benefit more than ever before from the festive bonanza. |
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| As for the exercise of plucking flowers, the women labourers go about the job in a festive mood. |
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| The sound of sleigh bells abounds on this track, which is already firmly established as one of the traditional songs of the festive season. |
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| This fabulous musical cake slice is perfect for use over the festive period. |
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| Peter, always in a festive mood, bounded up to Elizabeth with an extra piece of holly from the pews in his hand. |
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| We are nearing the festive season and I'm sure a lot of you fabulous people out there are looking for clever ways to spend your year-end bonsela. |
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| Set a slow cooker of low-fat bean dip into a festive pinata, garnish a plate with lemon rings or wrap the dish with a bow. |
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| A plastic glass, plates, or paper napkins donning the Stars and Stripes add a festive mood. |
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| The Basque Gabriel's Message is properly festive with flourishes in the trumpets to accompany the Annunciation. |
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| It's easy to feel sluggish at the beginning of the year, especially after a fortnight of festive celebration and scoff. |
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| The festive mood can lead to all kinds of things, even with people you've only just met. |
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| I want to know the free-spirited wildness of my unrepressed desires realising themselves in festive play. |
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| Pupils have brought some traditional festive cheer to a small rural village, by repairing nativity figures and a crib. |
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| At certain times of the day, small birds flock to these branches, chattering and fluttering, as if this were a festive occasion. |
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| The hall was especially decorated in festive mood and the crystal ball was working again. |
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| Weddings and other festive occasions are observed with much enthusiasm and are often celebrated with feasting, and sometimes with nautch girls. |
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| The dancers place the pots on their heads above festive symbols such as the star, sun, lotus, swastika etc. |
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| One of the great traditions of the festive season in the UK is the Christmas pantomime. |
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| A Christmas tree has been erected every year on the Square for the festive season. |
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| I thought charitably that the workforce, God bless, was enthused by the festive spirit and had decided to take the week off. |
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| Organ music at the Mass set a solemn tone, but the day's ceremonies ended on a festive note, with fireworks and a ball under the stars. |
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| Top marks also to all who remained on duty, or on call, over the festive period. |
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| Since sometimes less is more, simple white cake pops dipped in heart-shaped sprinkles are a time-efficient yet festive option. |
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| It's a malevolent money noose that is tightening just as the festive season's bells and lights are beginning to chime and shine. |
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| The sudden spurt in alcohol consumption during the festive season is a disturbing trend. |
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| As early as last November city centre traders were predicting a cracker of a Christmas after a sparkling start to the festive season. |
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| But the contractor has started clearing the site so that the riverside walk can be open over the festive period. |
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| With not a sprig of holly in sight, it is the perfect anti-pantomime for the festive season. |
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| The York animal home is now closed until the new year and no animals will be re-homed during the festive season. |
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| Roast kid is a festive dish in Mediterranean countries, spit-roast kid being found throughout the Balkans and the Middle East. |
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| Surely this kind of mathematics has to have an impact on our purchases this festive season. |
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| From that Christmas, Jonathan promised to visit Perry and stay with him in his Ghana home for the festive season. |
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| At the site of one ambush there was a festive air as a large group of boys banged away at the burned carcass of an abandoned U.S. vehicle. |
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| Leading Australians jumped on the bandwagon as the Santa ban spread, with radio talk-back shows abuzz with festive fury. |
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| Many of us are no longer celebrating the birth of Christ over the festive season. |
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| As the New Year opens up before us, locals are shaking off the cobwebs of the festive season. |
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| Local pubs and clubs are doing their bit to keep their people safe on the roads during the festive season. |
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| The mood was largely festive and often rowdy, but police effectively quashed most actions of any size. |
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| They are urging residents to bank and not bin their festive food jars and bottles to boost glass recycling. |
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| Since we neared the festive season of Christmas parties have been going on nonstop. |
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| For a more festive atmosphere, join the jet set crowd at Le-Ti St. Barths restaurant in Pointe Milou. |
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| The final act of Christmas, it marks the end of the festive season, I guess. |
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| Masondo, accompanied by thee verses of an imbongi, stepped on to the stage and said the event marked the celebration of the festive season. |
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| Evoking the jolly spirit of regattas the rowing centre has a festive functionalism that sits lightly on the earth. |
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| Over the path are slender steel arches designed to carry banners that give a festive and heraldic flavour to both internal and external paths. |
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| All the business outlets in the town have contributed to the lighting fund and the venture adds a huge festive atmosphere to the town. |
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| You would think that by now they could figure out to put extra buses on during the festive period. |
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| As we've come to expect, there's a lot of litter to be cleared up after the festive season. |
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| With festive spot prizes, crackers and balloons, it was truly a great start to the Christmas par-tying season. |
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| Others claimed that punters were just hard up, cleaned-out after the festive period. |
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| For party animals who may want to add some razzmatazz to the festive season, there are other options. |
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| Thieves are also looking out for Christmas treats and could ruin the festive season for many. |
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| This is a delightful festive show, divided into old-time music hall and a selection of Christmas songs and literary works through the ages. |
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| But everything went off without a hitch and it was quite a festive occasion. |
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| He would love it if they could get back together as a couple over the festive season. |
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| There was a hole in the floor through which poured a festive mixture of frigid air and diesel fumes. |
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| If you travelled back in time two centuries on Christmas Day, you'd hardly recognise the festive season. |
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| A scenic bus ride will take attendees to this Texas hot spot, an ideal setting for a festive event. |
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| Cloves and allspice are a festive combination, famous for flavoring holiday pies, cakes and cookies. |
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| The bride will wear red to maintain the festive spirit and regulars will share a full turkey dinner followed by mince pies and Christmas pud. |
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| Merry Christmas to you all and all the best for a fantastic festive season with friends and loved ones! |
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| There was a real electric, festive atmosphere going on, with all the kids in their woolly hats. |
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| Officers believe the mild weather over the festive season helped keep the number of road casualties down. |
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| Buying presents for other people is generally considered the biggest hurdle of the festive season. |
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| His coachbuilder father, who was born during the festive season, was called Christmas. |
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| Christmas cards and festive season wrapping paper were on sale, a sure sign that the big shopping spree is just around the corner. |
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| It is aimed at giving the homeless a roof over their heads during the festive season, as well as hot food and a place to sleep. |
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| The district carol service and our own Marks and Spencer at Christmas remind us the festive season is nearly here. |
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| The hall, which had been picturesquely decorated by the officers and a few of the inmates, presented a bright and festive appearance. |
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| The audience thrilled to everything they watched and a festive, convivial atmosphere marked the whole occasion. |
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| A Christmas birthday also means a birthday party amalgamated with the festive celebrations. |
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| Upper levels are rendered in dark blue painted plaster while seats in kaleidoscopic colours generate a festive air. |
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| The local choirs gave a beautiful rendering of carols creating a wonderful festive atmosphere. |
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| There was a festive atmosphere in the theatre on opening night, and many in attendance were seriously yucking it up. |
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| I have tried to cover all eventualities, to keep you and yours brimming with festive cheer throughout Yuletide. |
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| Her smile was festive and her first name was Holly and her last name has never come back to me. |
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| With its attendant parade and fireworks displays, Derby Week in Louisville promotes festive community spirit around this mid-sized River City. |
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| One is the feast of St. Leonard, the patron saint of livestock, who is honored each November with festive horse-and-cart parades. |
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| The ground was luxuriant with colocynth, whose runners and fruits looked festive in the early light. |
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| The festive mood is set by the fanfare of trumpets and bells in the arrangement by London's Roger Harvey. |
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| At festive times when she did wear the family jewels at my mother's insistence, she took ages to put them on. |
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| The town has a festive feel, but if you need to get away, take the cog railway up the mountain where the midday lunch lasts several hours. |
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| A teacher on a marathon mission to boost the coffers of a charity close to her heart is staging a festive fundraiser for the cause. |
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| While Brits eat turkey at Christmas, Spaniards look forward to festive feasts of clams, crabs, cockles, mussels, octopus and goose barnacles. |
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| Due to the nature of the position, flexibility is required to meet peak season demands and festive occasions. |
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| The season's festive revelries began in force on Thursday evening, but with them came a series of incidents including assault and vandalism. |
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| The festive season of Christmas was observed in the usual reverent and enjoyable manner by the community in Bunclody. |
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| Right now, it's telling me that I've enjoyed dropping out of the rat race over the festive period, savouring peace, relaxation and sleep. |
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| The Pirates are known in rugby circles for their festive antics on and off the field. |
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| It seems to have gone into Christmas hyperdrive already, even down to the level of Christmas spice scented toilet cleaner in festive red bottles. |
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| It is topped with candied hazelnuts and whole roast almonds, and is beautifully presented in a ribboned package, so it looks very festive, too. |
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| Highlights on aging water pipes suggested an aquamarine-hued patina, which supplants the festive polychromy of Scott's earlier kinetic works. |
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| Police in South Yorkshire have produced 20,000 postcards to be given out to festive partygoers advising them of the safest way to get home. |
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| But the grand ambition to shed festive season flab is likely to be quietly ditched by two-thirds of people before winter is out. |
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| Both cottages were beautifully decorated with festive lights and welcome home banners last Thursday morning before the group arrived. |
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| The builders, Deeks and Steere plc of Godalming, had hung lights outside the church to add to the festive spirit. |
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| For the past couple of years, the appearance of Christmas lights and festive decorations has heralded the arrival of a weighty travel anthology. |
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| Church bells, laser lights, fireworks and a town crier announced the beginning of the festive season in Leigh. |
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| Day patients have been celebrating the festive season all week with special parties and entertainment. |
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| Four houses up the street, a festive wreath rustled off another set of oak doors and landed plumply in a snowy hedge. |
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| This festive season, Sofia will be bathed in light if the decoration arrangements of the Sofia municipality go according to plan. |
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| The festive street lighting is currently being erected and there are a number of new features this year. |
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| Indifferent, insolent, squally weather put a bit of a damper on the festive and cultural activities over the bank holiday weekend. |
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| The festive container shown above pairs flowering maple in yellow with coleus in shades of ruby red, deep burgundy, lime, apple green, and cream. |
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| In a spirit of festive spookery, I've been having a nose around the venerable story of the Campden Wonder. |
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| His grotto is decorated with rooftop snow and festive lights and inside the chalet the floor is littered with presents. |
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| When the fast is broken, there are festive activities in a lively atmosphere. |
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| Then there is the giving and receiving of gifts for children which can take on an increased significance and symbolism during the festive season. |
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| Dancing in the street at the Festival Finale for All on Sunday brought the inaugural three-week event to a festive conclusion. |
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| To add to the festive occasion, there was a magic show and a puppet show by artistes who had come all the way from Tilonia. |
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| A scenic bus ride will take attendees to this Texas hotspot, an ideal setting for a festive event. |
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| So, just for the record, here's a rundown on who have been City's top performers over the festive period. |
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| The festive period will only be enjoyable when we all work with the police to rid our communities of the bad eggs. |
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| Youngsters arrived dressed in their home-made creations for a day of festive fun featuring dancing and hot cross buns. |
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| And while the St George story was lacking in any love interest, the theme of life and rebirth is a common one at the festive season. |
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| A drunken festive night out landed a man in hot water after he mistook a police officer on duty for a saucy strip-o-gram. |
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| The group sold more than 100,000 model train sets in the run-up to the festive period, outperforming sales of its Scalextric slot racing cars. |
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| Muji's only concession to the festive season is that Pinlights become available in white or berry colours for indoor use. |
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| This week law makers in the lower chambers, the National Council, raised the issue of traffic control during the festive season. |
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| He has found it the ideal way to get around during the festive period as he can miss the Christmas rush hour traffic. |
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| After the afternoon watersports, a festive luau was held under the stars adjacent to the village structures. |
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| It would be a fine thing to have food prepared as it was for festive occasions in days gone by. |
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| The ancient Israelites celebrated the sabbath as a day of solemn rest but as a festive occasion as well. |
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| City of York Trading Standards is often at its busiest in the festive season investigating scams and cons that can spoil many people's Christmas. |
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| Mince pies, Christmas pudding, nuts and chocolate were all banned, and he was not even allowed to a festive tipple. |
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| The students played as if they had been a little too festive over the break and were at sixes and sevens for most of the match. |
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| Despite the festive season, both boxers registered their weights within the required limit and sailed through their medical tests. |
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| A survey released by the CBI has revealed that traders nationally are facing a slower festive period with sales not as high as last year. |
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| Everyone's back on stage for the Carnaval Finale, and there'll be plenty of room for the audience to samba and share the festive spirit. |
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| Police had sent Christmas cards to many of Oldham's most prolific burglars warning them to spend the festive period at home. |
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| I don't really feel in a festive mood, yet but I'm sure that will creep up on me once I leave the office. |
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| We all know during festive seasons such as Christmas the children will be deluged by an avalanche of toys. |
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| Pennypinching local businesses have been blamed for a festive blackout which will leave Ongar High Street in the dark this Christmas. |
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| With the festive season in full swing during the winter months, you may also become susceptible to illness. |
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| During the holidays, savoury foods are a welcome change from sweet items that are so much part of festive entertaining. |
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| The citizens were palpably bad-tempered, caught up in the festive frenzy of acquisition. |
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| One usually thinks of a tea party as a festive occasion, but this gathering is one that may have occurred on a daily basis. |
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| The national dance is the hora, a circle dance performed at festive occasions. |
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| Yet, last Christmas, people enjoyed the first festive season in decades without the pall of war hanging over their heads. |
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| It is an honest-to-God piece of calypso music, the tempo resolutely upbeat and the mood positively festive after the first couple of tracks. |
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| There are also a variety of lanterns, including multi-colored Chinese lanterns, which create a festive, vintage mood. |
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| Michael feels Karen deserves a well-earned break after the festive madness. |
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| It opens with the flute and snare drums joined then by the trumpet in a festive mood. |
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| No amount of festive tips on the perfect table centrepiece or how to wrap an awkwardly-shaped present will make a scrap of difference. |
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| Often she cannot participate in festive occasions and sometimes the doctor is called to administer pain-relieving injections. |
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| The cold morning breeze and a festive ambience, the chime of bells and melodious carols signal the arrival of Christmas. |
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| In pagan Europe it was a festive holy day celebrating the first spring planting. |
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| York Station was busy as the rail companies kept passengers on the move to their festive celebrations. |
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| The office Christmas party is in decline, with fears of litigation and Scrooge-like attitudes dampening the traditional festive atmosphere. |
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| There was a very relaxed holiday atmosphere in the village over the festive season. |
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| While these masqueraders wore the traditional sailor uniforms, their headpieces portrayed symbols representative of the festive Christmas season. |
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| The season of festive goodwill to all men produces a bonanza for family lawyers. |
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| A new 6pm to midnight shift was introduced this month, when the festive party season was in full swing. |
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| They reshape the festive polyrhythms of a village, a street sound, a rhythm-and-blues tune, or a folk melody into solos, suites, and symphonies. |
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| Tullow Gardai reported a number of public order offences in the town over the festive season all relating to over-consumption of alcohol. |
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| I was wearing a festive but not overbearing reddish shirt and Keith was decked out in some sleek black duds. |
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| Hovingham is just right for a festive frolic or for a rural recovery from over-indulgence. |
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| He added that staff would be asked to work extra hours to cope with the high volume of business during the festive period. |
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| York dialysis patient Mandy Coles will be battling the bulge this festive season, like the rest of the nation. |
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| I had a head under the covers morning, following on and serving me right for my festive over-indulgence at dinner last night. |
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| Guests were treated to excellent food and drinks which left them in a festive and generous mood. |
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| And finally as it is the festive season, a very merry Christmas to everyone from all at Headfirst Productions. |
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| There was festive cheer all over the York area as people young and old celebrated Christmas Day in style. |
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| Southport played the role of the seasonal turkeys as they were given a festive stuffing by the Shrimps on Boxing Day. |
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| Work begins on setting the festive scene a month before Christmas, ensuring her display is in place in good time. |
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| Nevertheless, despite the low-key tone to events 40 Christmas trees have been shipped out to lend a more festive feel to proceedings. |
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| If the Olympic Games' five gold rings are topically festive then so is a pantomime villain. |
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| The gaming done, I began my performance of festive music, which seemed to go down quite well. |
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| Oatcakes had some importance as festive foods, especially at Beltane and Christmas. |
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| He said the city could fall behind the competition if its festive lights were not up to their usual high standard. |
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| To finish this festive breakfast, here is the sweet grape hearthbread, which is just as good to serve with rich milky coffee or a cup of tea. |
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| The night lamp sheds tender light and the posters of Kandinsky and Mir color my white walls with festive colours. |
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| In the north, it is acceptable to consume bhang on festive occasions such as Holi. |
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| Cruises like planes and trains are studded with people during festive season. |
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| The goal of a holiday party is to put everyone in a festive mood and set the tone for the coming year. |
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| Bookmaker William Hill reported more bets than ever for the annual festive flutter and shortened the odds. |
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| Three west Wiltshire towns tripped the light fantastic as they got the festive season underway. |
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| One might believe that the many inconveniences residents encountered were mitigated by the festive improvements in the city's appearance. |
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| However, some families are calling a halt to the festive excesses and donating money otherwise spent on cards or presents to a good cause. |
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| The pressure of the festive season, combined with raging hormones, has raised my reputation for stroppiness to an unprecedented high. |
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| The origin of these summer traditions is a primal herd instinct, the urge to join with others in a festive act. |
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| To maintain a festive look, ask the bartender to make you a mocktail with seltzer, a splash of cranberry juice and a slice of lime. |
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| A few blocks away, Arroyo led a festive Independence Day celebration attended by a few hundred people. |
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| Later in the season we hope to celebrate our 60th birthday in appropriately festive style. |
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| Not only was this a festive celebration, but I wanted so desperately to impress Zeek. |
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| From sweets to saris and much more, the website offers a range of special festive gifts with money-back guarantees for customer and recipient. |
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| Ten million turkeys being reared for the festive period are at risk from blackhead, a parasitic liver disease which causes birds to waste away. |
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| Vix went for a festive option, escalopes of turkey stuffed with cranberry and lemon with sage. |
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| The management hopes to invite Turkish musicians to accompany the dancing, which will perhaps make it more festive as well. |
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| We spent festive evenings at Riversdale enjoying fine Australian wine and cuisine, and taking in thought-provoking lectures by the tutors. |
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| This is the festive season where Sierra Leoneans often celebrate with families in a flamboyant and joyous manner. |
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| So the landlord and landlady took a week's break after a seemingly convivial festive period. |
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| On festive days, food and sweets are distributed to the children and inmates of orphanages by the club. |
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| There are still months of bleak weather stretching out ahead without a glimmer of anything to look forward to, and festive cheer has up and left. |
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| With drink and festive cheer in excess, it's easy to throw caution to the wind and find yourself acting recklessly on a Christmas night out. |
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| The main preparation is the festive meal that follows the Bris, which is accompanied by special blessings during the Grace After Meals. |
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| The solution was to make the lecture a more festive affair and include catered food and door prizes. |
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| Tiny blossoms of deep pinks and reds will add great color to your festive fall container. |
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| Salmon baked in tarragon and cray fish tails with basil in filo pastry do not sit on the stomach in the same way as most festive fare. |
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| One East Yorkshire business snapped up a few hundred packs complete with bottle opener and glass as a festive present for clients and customers. |
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| The puppy and three cats were the only animals abandoned over the festive period. |
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| The Balls Pond Road was in seasonal festive mood with lights flashing red, green and amber. |
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| Once Santa made his rounds, the Trill Band entertained everyone with Christmas carols and festive music. |
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| The clock ticks ever nearer to Christmas, and I am edging into a festive mood. |
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| Only the alluring alcoholic whiff of freshly made mulled wine can surpass the spicy aroma of mince pies for generating genuine festive cheer. |
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| Travellers flying to Orkney for the festive season should face no disruption at Aberdeen Airport, despite the threat of a baggage handlers' strike. |
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| And the entire Bon Temps gang has gathered for a festive Thanksgiving dinner. |
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| Creepy thing to wrap up in festive paper and a bow and give to a newborn baby, yeah? |
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| It was a day for the whole family as old friends used the event as a chance to catch up over the festive break and watch the excitement of the races. |
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| In north India people make similar rangoli designs on festive occasions. |
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| He admitted the festive season can often lead to depression for those currently using drugs or in recovery, but he believes the New Year can offer renewed hope, too. |
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| Bringing a little taste of culture from the Land of the Rising Sun, the Japanese Cultural Centre in New Delhi is celebrating the festive season with a difference. |
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| If your family has formal festive functions, this one's for you. |
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| When the host is in a festive mood, entering customers are given strings of Mardi Gras beads. |
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| It had a festive air last Sunday as residents flooded into the spotlessly clean park to soak up the first rays of spring. |
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| Needless to say, it'll accompany many a party venue this festive season, thanks to its riotous blend of groovy guitars and dance-floor driven energy. |
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| Colorful dish towels were rolled up and placed in a festive basket. |
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| More than 90 children were treated to a festive lunch as Santa strolled in, handing out gifts to the kids, assisted by Rotarians, an event enjoyed by all who took part. |
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| It is believed incidents of car crime increase over the winter because of the dark nights and cars containing Christmas shopping in the run-up to the festive period. |
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| I'd always found it so easy to let myself get caught up in the festive atmosphere that seemed to pervade the season, and I suppose that's true even now. |
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| You may take a brief vacation away from the madding crowd and commune with close family and friends or walk into a festive crowd to enjoy some party fun and frolic. |
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| Extra police officers have been patrolling the streets of Bolton town centre over the festive season in a crackdown on pickpockets, car thieves and bag snatchers. |
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| Honestly, they should put some kind of warning on the bottle if they're going to hide a screw top under the pretty festive wrapping where the cork should be. |
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| Frozen seedless grapes add a festive touch and help keep drinks cold. |
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| Why not make Election Eve as merry and festive as Christmas Eve? |
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| The crafty ones might make Lipton tea-bag earrings or festive patriotic embroidered sweaters. |
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| The tricyclists played an important role in encouraging a festive air. |
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| Your Silent Nights and Joy to the Worlds manage to be special and festive without first being coated with a cubic kilometre of sickly sentimentality. |
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| A true pop tuneage to roast the chestnuts around the fire this festive period and by far one of most sophisticated releases featured in this missive. |
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| I adore going for walks on Christmas day, because the streets are so quiet but there's a distinctly festive feeling, with twinkly fairy-lights and decorations everywhere. |
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| He said people shopping with their children were embarrassed by the poster and many felt the unclothed Sophie wasn't suitable viewing for the festive season. |
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| Minced pies and mulled wine will be available and the shop will be selling everything you need to survive the festive season from hampers and gifts to trees and turkeys. |
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| A number of insurers seek to solve the problem of festive underinsurance by increasing their level of contents insurance cover for a nominal period before and after Christmas. |
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| Hundreds of people who favoured ice skating over sledging made their way to the Ice Factor, in the Eye of York, which has had two of its busiest days over the festive period. |
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| It's a sleepy place with lots of guest workers to cater for visitors, and offers little of the festive culture you find elsewhere in the Caribbean. |
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| On our visit the restaurant was decked out for the festive season, with myriad glinting fairy lights and the obligatory sprinkling of canned snow around the windows. |
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| It is related to other Russian festive breads or cakes, such as the Easter kulich, or the krendel which is baked in a figure-of-eight shape to celebrate name days. |
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| All this festive cheer is starting to become a bit boring, so why not join us on a needless, hurtful, and downright nasty hate campaign against someone we've never met? |
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| Rather unscrupulously, Rudy decides to pose as his best friend Nick in order to enjoy the festive period with Ashley, Nick's unfeasibly attractive love interest. |
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| With a myriad of chain stores, unique boutiques and trendy clothes stores, you will have no problem securing a festive peck under the mistletoe this year. |
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| For festive occasions, unmarried women wear small red felt caps adorned with gold braid, and married women don large white hats with starched wings. |
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| Calypso and soca music sway the body of festive dancers to a mixture of Afro-Caribbean rhythms with witty lyrics and heavy metal or finely tuned steel drums. |
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| The village atmosphere and generally festive vibe is infectious as hundreds of people celebrate the very best of folk culture and music during the six-day event. |
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| In the aftermath of departure from Europe on Wednesday night, Ferguson bullishly claimed that his team had been the best in the country since the festive season. |
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| As an Aussie abroad for Christmas, I had visions of myself as an Oliver Twist character, alone, miserable, bereft of friends and family for the festive season. |
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| But this year the festive season will be far from normal for the tot as it is the first time she will be able to thank her parents for their presents. |
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| This is always a huge festive event in the social calendar of the region as many visitors and local renew old friendships and enjoy a great evening. |
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| Tie silverware and napkins together with festive ribbons and a candy cane. |
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| Kay's calendar was the bestseller of the festive season at entertainment chain store HMV, outselling the more established beauties and heart-throbs by a large margin. |
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| But while a hidey-hole for two, miles from the nearest Santa, might be your idea of festive bliss, it does mean you have to do all the cooking and washing-up. |
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| York-based steel band Steel Expression added a modern twist to some festive classics and their version of Sleigh Ride received a long ovation from the audience. |
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| I have managed to get two weeks off which will be great, although it is only 2 weeks away I am beginning to feel festive and in full holiday mode. |
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| The appeal has come from the local St. Patrick's Day Parade organisers who want the town to take on a festive and holiday atmosphere for the weekend. |
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| The entire facility will be filled with toys, gifts and gadgets, and will employ an additional 250 packers and shelf-stackers to cope with demand over the festive season. |
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| Saffron-infused Spanish paella bursts with the flavour and succulence of Eyemouth's premium prawns, with demand at its height over the festive season. |
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| Many houses throughout the parish were beautifully decorated with external lights and Christmas trees in Ballon Village added to the festive appearance. |
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| By evening the mood was festive again, and the rain had cleared. |
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| With pay day for most people falling at the end or beginning of the month, the next two weekends are going to be the busiest for festive shopping. |
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| There was cold comfort for those left behind, forecasters predicting a distinctly wet festive period and motoring organisations warning of jams on the roads. |
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| Were their Christmas dinners more festive than our Pesach seders? |
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| During the festive season, injuries result from improper use of fireworks. |
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| Yes we are going to Mexico for two whole weeks over the festive season. |
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| That's a sure sign that the festive season is less than two months away. |
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| I was really looking forward to having a break over the festive season. |
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| I am not proposing we hold back on the festive celebrations, far from it! |
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| One day during that festive week his youngest wife went to plait her hair and forgot to return to his compound to fix her part of his afternoon meal. |
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| You can expect a plethora of them over the festive fortnight, and those with a taste for this kind of television must have been cheering last week. |
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| The competition had a Christmas theme and Iris had to produce a selection of festive cookery including a plum pudding, mince pies and homemade short-bread. |
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| Who does the shopping, writes the cards, buys the presents, puts up the decorations, prepares a crib, cooks the food and creates a festive family atmosphere? |
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| Packaged with a carry pouch and its very own mouse mat it's a neat little package that makes a perfect festive gift or birthday gift. |
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| Stargazy pie is an occasional festive Cornish dish with the heads of fish standing on their tails, originally pilchards, piercing a pastry crust. |
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| In the chapel of Portland's Southeast Asian Vicariate, relatives and friends convene for Mass, a talk by Phu's father and a festive meal. |
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| The Hond uran ambassador to Colombia, Carlos Rodriguez Andino, was sacked after last year's festive party turned into a drinkfuelled orgy. |
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| This is full of festive pomp and fanfares, with a long ritornello of the introduction, using the full force of the choir and orchestra. |
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| A favourite Champers I tried at a festive tasting was Averys Special Cuvee A Brut. |
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| Red, White and Blue Drop-in Craft In honor of Memorial Day, stop by and make your own festive wind sock. |
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| There will also be festive tunes from school bands including Hebburn Comprehensive Wind Band. |
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| On festive occasions storytelling, skaldic poetry, music and alcoholic drinks, like beer and mead, contributed to the atmosphere. |
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| A wayzgoose is a centuries-old festive day for those who practice the black art of printing, Tilcock says. |
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| Children look forward to apple snitzing, a festive fall event when neighbors gather to make apple cider at a community press. |
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| The village is also famous for its display of Christmas lights and decorations during the festive season. |
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| At Christmas the town presents festive lighting throughout its main and subsidiary streets, accompanied by competing shop displays. |
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| Easter parades are held in many American cities, involving festive strolling processions, with the New York City parade being the best known. |
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| Before the Mass begins at dawn, a festive procession with the Blessed Sacrament carried beneath a canopy encircles the church. |
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| Meanwhile, a fun day at the races with motorbiker and former I'm A Celeb champ Carl Fogarty gets pawnbroker James into the festive spirit. |
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| Guyana shares similar interests with the islands in the West Indies, such as food, festive events, music, sports, etc. |
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| There are many different types of stick used for different purposes or on different festive days. |
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| Bridgford's newest product, Monkey Bread, is especially popular during the festive season. |
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| By ELAINE KEOGH IT'S Christmas every day for this lucky family who have the most festive moniker in Ireland. |
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| The popular Tuesday Thali night at Honley will continue up to and during the festive period. |
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| The famadihana is an occasion to celebrate the beloved ancestor's memory, reunite with family and community, and enjoy a festive atmosphere. |
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| The 'Christmas Carol' Train will be decorated for the festive season, and ferry Christmas carollers across America. |
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| On the whole, they were awful, with the festive season setting a new precedent for saturating the games market with sheer crud. |
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