Tis the season to be jolly, the season to spread cheer, and the season to share our favourite Christmas traditions! Here at our KiddyKare, we’ve assembled our team of spirited elves, each with a heart brimming with Christmas nostalgia to find out what brings them out in a festive glow.
So, grab a cup of hot cocoa and cuddle up by the fire, as we embark on a heart-warming journey through our cherished Christmas favourites.
Jodi
Which of the KiddyKare team members is most likely to be an elf in disguise?
Gemma is 100% KiddyKare’s festive elf!
What is your favourite winter beverage?
Hot chocolate with cream & marshmallows, always!
What is your favourite Christmas memory from childhood?
The Christmas eve feeling!
How early do you start your Christmas shopping?
I am an early shopper; I always start at the end of October beginning of November.
What’s your favourite Christmas film?
Miracle of 34th Street.
What’s your favourite Christmas treat?
Terry’s Chocolate Orange.
What’s your favourite Christmas song?
Destiny’s Child – 8 Days of Christmas
What makes the best last-minute present?
You can’t go wrong with a gift card!
What is your favourite Christmas advert of all time?
The John Lewis advert is always my favourite.
If you had to go on holiday for Christmas, where would you go?
New York
Emily
Which of the KiddyKare team members is most likely to be an elf in disguise?
Gemma – Definitely Gemma!!
What is your favourite winter beverage?
Gingerbread Latte – I have already had one this year.
What is your favourite Christmas memory from childhood?
Me and my sister waking up super early and sitting at the end of our parents bed to open our stockings.
How early do you start your Christmas shopping?
I started in June this year and I was done in October.
What’s your favourite Christmas film?
Miracle on 34th Street, without a doubt will always get me in the Christmas Spirit.
What’s your favourite Christmas treat?
Where do I start, my list is endless, however I have to say nothing beats a tub of twiglets at Christmas for me!
What’s your favourite Christmas song?
Fairytale of New York – The Pogue’s
What makes the best last-minute present?
Chocolate – you can never fail with chocolate!
What is your favourite Christmas advert of all time?
Toys’R’Us – the tune just reminds me of my childhood at Christmas.
If you had to go on holiday for Christmas, where would you go?
It would have to be somewhere cold and cosy but honestly, going away for Christmas doesn’t appeal to me!
Gemma
Which of the KiddyKare team members is most likely to be an elf in disguise?
Absolutely me 😂
What is your favourite winter beverage?
Hot chocolate with marshmallows, whipped cream and a dash of baileys.
What is your favourite Christmas memory from childhood?
Starting to non-believe and then finding a present stuck up my chimney. He must be real!
How early do you start your Christmas shopping?
The day before.
What’s your favourite Christmas film?
Elf and Love Actually are strong contenders, I can’t choose.
What’s your favourite Christmas treat?
Home-made, warm mince pie with cream, nom.
What’s your favourite Christmas song?
So hard, but I will have to go with Slade, Merry Xmas everybody.
What makes the best last-minute present?
All my gifts are last minute so I can’t really say. 😂
What is your favourite Christmas advert of all time?
Toys R us is 90s NOSTALGIA!
If you had to go on holiday for Christmas, where would you go?
New York to see all the giant Christmas Trees… Magical!
Kelly
Which of the KiddyKare team members is most likely to be an elf in disguise?
Jodi.
What is your favourite winter beverage?
Hot chocolate with extra cream.
What is your favourite Christmas memory from childhood?
Believing in the magic of Christmas.
How early do you start your Christmas shopping?
August (I have a big family and busy for over 20+ people).
What’s your favourite Christmas film?
Love Actually.
What’s your favourite Christmas treat?
Christmas selection of sweets.
What’s your favourite Christmas song?
Pogue’s Fairytale of New York.
What makes the best last-minute present?
Gift-card.
What is your favourite Christmas advert of all time?
Coke-cola advert.
If you had to go on holiday for Christmas, where would you go?
Lapland.
Jen
Which of the KiddyKare team members is most likely to be an elf in disguise?
Definitely Gemma!
What is your favourite winter beverage?
A mulled wine on a cold frosty day/ evening!
What is your favourite Christmas memory from childhood?
Christmas Eve with family, preparing the Christmas plate for our visitors and going to sleep with the pillowcase by my feet.
How early do you start your Christmas shopping?
Usually only late November, I try to finish by the second week in December.
What’s your favourite Christmas film?
I love Elf, it makes me smile and I can watch over and over again!
What’s your favourite Christmas treat?
Nothing beats one of my Mums homemade ‘whirly mince pies’!
What’s your favourite Christmas song?
‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ by Mariah Carey.
What makes the best last-minute present?
The gift you know you will be ‘told off’ for buying as an extra present for someone special.
What is your favourite Christmas advert of all time?
The coca-cola advert of course!
If you had to go on holiday for Christmas, where would you go?
Lapland with my children and family!
Author: Jodi Walden
