It’s the night before Christmas and all through the land, Parents are pacing, the wine close to hand. Have we bought enough presents? Have we got the right ones? Is Rupert too little to play with Nerf guns? When’s your mother arriving? How long is she staying? She always drinks more when she’s not the one […]
Christmas
How to spot a Smug Mother this Christmas
Christmas is coming and the Waitrose goose is getting fat. Across the Cotswolds Smug Mothers are glowing with festive pride as they prepare for family celebrations Kirstie Allsop would be proud of, while the rest of us are drowning under never-ending lists of presents to buy, food to order, and work to finish before the kids break up. […]