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...He captures the absurdity of a battle at a disused Christmassy theme park (a real location the filmmakers found already in a state of decay) and the eerie peacefulness of a cosy small town where the residents...
...piece “Butchers tempt families with beef Christmas as bird flu kills off turkeys”, (Report, November 16), I can heartily recommend pheasant for Christmas dinner and I would even argue that pheasant is more Christmassy...
...All very Christmassy. But it is for nutritional not spiritual reasons that mistle thrushes prize the plant they are named after. You can seek to indulge these scarce thrushes by growing it....
...Trifle is loved because it is quintessentially Christmassy, combining the critical ingredients for any yuletide pudding: fruit, booze and drama....
...I looked through my tasting-notes database to see when I’d used the word “Christmassy” or “tastes like Christmas cake”, and it was dominated by 10- and 20-year-old tawny ports and sweeter madeiras....
...But now we have a bit of a non-Christmassy Christmas.”The celebration is all about enjoying the mountains. “Verbier is sucha place of fitness and fresh air....
...Birmingham Royal Ballet’s ode to the festive season returns, with Tchaikovsky’s gloriously Christmassy score....
...Wheeler’s oak leaf candle sconces, on the other hand, would add festive magic to any interior, yet they’re not explicitly Christmassy and could be left up year-round....
...I’m here to find out how exactly Goad creates her Christmassy vibe — and how this Debbie Downer can do it with minimal effort (and cash)....
...Additionally, festive linens and tableware do not need to be stamped with snowmen to count as Christmassy. Take the tablecloth I noticed recently on Antoinette Poisson’s Instagram account....
...Christmassy fir trees dominate in some pockets. Others are crowded with lush, fat pines or scraggy and stunted black spruce. There are also deciduous trees, such as birch and poplar....
...Why It doesn’t get more Christmassy than this ski resort town, with the 12 Days of Aspen Christmas festival and fireworks show, three local ice-skating rinks and snowmobile tours through the wintry back-country...
...We want to avoid using Christmassy holly for foliage; instead we can, for example, nestle spring bulbs under a bed of moss in a clear container....
...This particular one is just so good, so Christmassy that even though you don’t need it, you need it. It’s a full-on festival in a baking tin....
...Of course, being German, the spiritual home of so many things Christmassy, the company has a special place for its more iconic pieces....
...So, like pretty much all good Christmassy things — Christmas trees, glass baubles, Christmas markets, advent calendars, wreaths and so on — they came from Germany....
...And we are going to make a christmassy version of a Sazerac. So a Sazerac is classically a bourbon or rye cocktail mixed with cognac....
...For December they’ve also cooked up a Christmassy Manhattan made with Toki whisky, bourbon, roasted chestnuts and walnut bitters, accompanied by bar food of the most luxurious kind: Wagyu and lobster sliders...
...£43.20 for 37.5cl Four Walls OTHER SWEET AND STRONG WINES Martinez 5 Anni Riserva Dolce Marsala, Sicily 18% More than an ingredient, this is a medium-sweet drink to sip on its own or with all those sweet Christmassy...
...Outside, under Dresden’s darkening skies, Germany’s most Christmassy city — the birthplace of Christmas markets and stollen — is certainly a bit nippy, and not just for winged cherubs....
...It is a case in point: full of the colours of the season, and not overtly Christmassy. What else? You will need a tonne of candles, obviously — and a mix of different heights and sizes....
...I’ve seen women in their very late forties rueful that they felt quite Christmassy on June 3 2017, but not once since. There’s an embarrassment between me and Christmas now....
...Despite the knottiness of its central premise, Snowflake is a warm, expansive — and, yes, Christmassy — piece, full of gentle references to Bartlett’s native Oxfordshire....
...He rides his manic misanthropy out of his cave, down chimneys, across roofs, then back with his confiscated Christmas loot towards his so-not-Christmassy grotto....
...I have long been too old for stockings but will always feel that nothing smells as Christmassy as a clementine....
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