<img class="wp-image-5402 alignright" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Burghley-House-Dec18-1024x768.jpg" alt="" width="310" height="233" />No matter how hard I try I cannot avoid Christmas and like most people I get sucked into a purchasing vortex that cannot be satisfied. Most of my friends have everything they could ever want and probably a lot more than they need.

Regardless of this awareness I was persuaded by Mary to go to Burghley House Christmas Fair to join the queues for a coffee or a lamb wrap or candles of artisan olive oil etc, etc. Despite my inner feelings I quite enjoyed doing the Christmas "thing" helped by the magnificent backdrop of this beautiful house.
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It never ceases to amaze me what people will buy. The range of decorations is almost infinite and it becomes as competitive as the christmas lights adorning some houses - no wonder we have an energy crisis.
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Despite all this ranting and raving I can appreciate the lengths people will go to, to make their homes look Christmasy. Mary loves this time of year and she has started to decorate her whole house with lights, greenery, tinsel, pine cones, holly berries, etc. Confession time - it looks very good…