Christmas!!

Due to it only being a few days after Christmas, I figured I would post about what I did and what there is in Edinburgh over the festive period.

Edinburgh is particularly beautiful during the Christmas period as Princes Street and St Andrews Square are lit up with stalls, a German market, shows and ice rinks. The lights at night completely change the atmosphere and everyone just gets into the Christmas mood.
Whilst uptown shopping during the day though I wondered down Castle Street and saw, to my delight, reindeer and their calves. I was unaware that this was happening so it was a nice surprise as I think reindeer are super cute so I was very excited. Santa also made an appearance which was great for the children.

Unfortunately I don't have many photos of the lights (I have yet to properly visit Winter Wonderland) although whilst waiting in the queue for a club, I managed to snap this lovely photo of The Dome. It always makes the effort at this time of year and there's a snow machine which is turned on intermittently and just adds to the Christmas feel. The Dome itself is quite large with at least another 5 pillars, so with them all decorated it's definitely something you stop to take proper notice of. 

On Christmas day this year I was at my Gran's house with my two aunties. I stayed over the night before after finishing work a 10pm and in the morning we waited on my little brother and Dad to come round. We all watched each other open gifts which was amazing as I really put a lot of effort and thought into them this year and so I really enjoyed seeing their reactions. I got a lot more than I was expecting and cannot thank my family enough for that. My brother spend the day at his mums and so me, my gran and two aunties had a lovely chilled dinner with lots of sweeties afterwards before watching 'White Christmas'. It was a very nice, chilled day which suited me perfectly.

Below I am pictured with my two aunties on Christmas Eve after we dished out all the gifts, ready to be opened the next morning.

I do have an awful lot of presents that I will be featuring and reviewing over the next couple of weeks so hope your looking forward to those!
Thanks for reading, I'll be back soon
xox