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07.08.2023 - 15:57 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
We’re still more than only four months away from Christmas but for Holly Brailsford, she’s already in full-blown festive mode.
Mum-of-one Holly starts booking events and dinners five months ahead of the big day in order to have the perfect Christmas with her family. She will have all her gifts ready months in advance and has even convinced her local pub to open their festive bookings early so she can reserve a spot for her family on Christmas Eve.
Thanks to a family tradition started by her dad Noel in 1993, Holly and her family even celebrate Christmas together in October.
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“In the first Sunday of October when I was growing up we’d have Christmas dinner with all the trimmings and Christmas music,” Holly, 38, explains. “People would ring the house and ask ‘Why can I hear Slade playing in the background?’
“We’re just a very festive family. It was just a fun thing to do, and started when we were younger with just playing a bit of Christmas music - and then every year it just got bigger and bigger, now with jumpers, crackers and small gifts.
“My dad has since passed away and we’ve picked up the baton and take turns hosting it. Friends will text saying ‘Happy Whitman Christmas’. It’s a whole thing.”
Holly, from Chorley in Lancashire, says she is able to save more than £200 each year just by booking Christmas events through early-bird deals and summer sales. She was so eager to book her family a spot on East Lancashire Railway’s Santa Specials this year that she was the first customer to buy tickets when they went on sale.
“I’m super-organised,” she explains. “I'm not one to leave things to the last-minute, especially in December
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