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Yes, the sea­son is upon us and I just love it! Out comes the glit­ter and glue… we think of as many ways to make a mess with glit­ter as we can. Mum is busy mak­ing enough sausage rolls and mince pies to feed an army. ‘We need to have sup­plies for guests who stop by over Christmas.’ she says. The heavy fruit cake has been doused in rum sev­eral times a week for a month and is ready for icing this week­end. The girls cram all the tacky plas­tic dec­o­ra­tions on top and we bring it out for guests for after­noon tea… I have to say my father law is the only per­son who really enjoys it with us Brits!