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  • Our Christmas Ethos here at Pines and Needles
    October 28, 2021

    Our Ethos

    Our ethos is the ‘characteristic spirit of our company as manifested in its attitudes and aspirations,’ well according to a dictionary definition anyway. I like to think it’s a bit more than that. The other day I was asked about...

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  • Affordable Luxuries from Pines and Needles
    October 25, 2021

    Affordable Luxuries

    Back during lockdown all our working activities were compromised but the delivery drivers were still out there delivering those things that we just couldn’t go out and buy. I don’t know about you, but I became a bit of a...

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  • Couples arguments at Christmas
    October 15, 2021

    Couples' Arguments

    I was looking through a local garden centre’s Christmas catalogue that dropped through my door over the weekend. To be fair the garden centre is pretty good and rather successful. We do travel the 9 miles there to get plants...

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  • Mental Health - How Christmas can lift our spirits
    October 13, 2021

    Mental Health - How Christmas can lift our spirits

    Tis the season to be jolly! Today I am looking at the positive impact Christmas can have on our mental health, and how we can raise our spirits during this festive season. Keeping traditions aliveThe Christmas holidays often bring up...

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  • Christmas Trees UK Grown ...and delivered this Christmas from Pines and Needles
    October 11, 2021

    UK Grown ...and delivered!

    Christmas Trees were not always specially grown in Britain. Back in the day ...sometime in the 19th Century, Christmas Trees became really popular, probably in Germany first where they had notable appendages to the festive season for at least 300...

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  • Charitable Giving this Christmas with Pines and Needles
    October 9, 2021

    Charitable Giving

    Charitable giving is an incredible thing. In the UK a staggering 64% of people gave to charities last year and over 51% donate time-to-time and 24% monthly. That gives me, I don’t know about you, a warm feeling inside. As...

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