All I Want For Christmas With Boots
When it comes to buying Christmas presents I spend a lot of time trying to find the perfect gift for my family and friends. Thanks to a recent survey conducted by Boots, the UK’s leading pharmacy- led health and beauty retailer, it turns out I’m not the only one who finds it difficult! 41% of Brits say that choosing the gift is the most difficult part of Christmas shopping and almost a quarter start their Christmas shopping in August!
Like me, 57% of people say that seeing the persons face when opening the gift is their favourite part of gifting with us giving the most thought to our parents presents (38%) followed by children (20%). I also loved that 65% of pet owners buy gifts for their pets, I know we buy for Oscar!
Boots also discovered that when it comes to Christmas dinner there’s a real favourite with 69% of people choosing roast potatoes as the most essential part! Chocolate coins and oranges make up the quintessential Christmas stocking, something I totally agree with and have found in my stocking since childhood.
Boots asked me which persons gift receives the most thought and for me, that will usually come down to my husband. I find Gaz is incredible difficult to buy for and there is often nothing at all I can can think of that he wants or needs! He is hard work!
They also asked when do I start my Christmas shopping, something I usually try and do right throughout the year to a) spread the cost and b) avoid that mad panic when December comes around having to buy for four children and our family members!
And lastly they asked me what is the most quintessential Christmas dinner food and in my opinion there is just one – pigs in blankets!
With the Boots 3 for 2 offer running across all Christmas gifts, I took the opportunity to choose something from the Christmas gifts for her range, the Christmas gifts for him range, and to choose something for myself as a Christmas gift from me to….well, me!
For her
Every year since I was a young child I have bought my Mum the same thing for Christmas, a new pair of slippers. Of course I usually add in something else more personal, like a photo of the children or a calendar made up of all of our photos from throughout the year, but I know she also really loves her new slippers and wears them each day! I love these Sheepskin Mule Slippers by totes, handcrafted with the softest fur for extra cosiness, and as part of the 3 for 2 deal they work out at a real bargain!
For him
At 15, buying for Lewis has become increasingly difficult and although, of course, he has ideas of his own (which, incidentally, cripple my bank balance), I still like to get him some surprises to wrap up for Christmas morning. I love the Boots toiletry gift sets, you can never have too many toiletries and especially for teenage boys, encouraging good personal hygiene wrapped up in a gift set is a double win! This fcuk set includes three body sprays, all of which smell amazing, and at £10 in the 3 for 2 offer it’s a great way to stock up!
For me
Everyone deserves a treat this Christmas and when I was asked to choose something for myself I put in a lot of thought! I eventually decided on this pixi skin treats box which has three amazing products including the Glow Tonic, Glow Tonic Cleansing Gel and the pHenomenal Gel. I have heard amazing things about the pixi range and never tried it before, I always do that thing of feeling guilty about splashing out on myself when I could be buying something for the kids (Mum guilt is tough!) and at £60 this is more than I would usually spend. But with the 3 for 2, and with my skin very much deserving some TLC, I am absolutely loving these products!
WIN!!!
Boots are offering one lucky winner the chance to win the Soap & Glory Advent Calendar worth £42 simply by entering via the link below. One winner will be chosen at random and notified via email at close of giveaway on 24th November. Good luck!
** I have been gifted these items from Boots and compensated for my time. All thoughts and opinions are my own. **
I love the sprouts and the pigs in blankets and chetnut stuffing
The pigs in blankets and sprouts
love the sprouts
The goose or turkey! Nom Nom!
Love it all as i don’t have to cook it – husband takes over on christmas day. Although his turkey is amazing.
The crispy roast potatoes! YUM!
Roast Parsnips and Sprouts
The sprouts x
has to be the pigs in blankets
Pigs in blankets
I absolutely love turkey, it’s my favourite meat (well poultry)
Pigs in blankets and my dad’s amazing italian style turkey stuffing!
I love the turkey
The pigs in blankets and sprouts
I love Bread Sauce.
Bringing in the Christmas pudding all ablaze
My favourite part is the Turkey because otherwise it’s just like a normal roast diner
I love sprouts! I end up eating everyone else’s because they don’t like them. Yum!
Pulling the Christmas crackers and wondering why you paid all that money for a silly hat and a useless bit of plastic. Bah humbug!
Sprouts cooked with bacon! Pigs in blankets do come in at a close second though…
Turkey we only eat it once a year
The turkey and cranberry sauce! Yummy! It is lovely to be sitting around the table together with family.
All sitting down together and toasting the occasion
Extra crispy pigs in blankets
Sprouts Pan Fried in Sherry & Stock with Chestnuts and Pancetta!
Roast potatoes are my favourite part of Xmas lunch
sprouts and roast parsnips
Pigs in blankets are my favourite bit!
Pigs in kilts!
Nut Roast
I love the roast potatoes. I do mine in olive oil, garlic and rosemary and they are yummy!
Crispy roast potatoes
I love the parsnips on a Christmas dinner because it’s the only time I eat them lol.
My favourite part of Christmas dinner is sitting down enjoying spending time with my family
My vegetarian Christmas dinner is always loaded with veggies, but my favourite is cauliflower cheese.
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Pigs in blankets and chocolate brussel sprouts
I love my sausage stuffing with gravy!
Pigs in blankets and roast potatoes.
Turkey, gravy and stuffing.
Around dessert time. I’m full, all the hard work is done and I can relax with something sweet and some fizz!
The sausage stuffing.
I love the pigs in blankets
Pigs in blankets and Roasted Parsnips!
My favourite part of Christmas dinner is the stuffing, yum!
Putting my feet up when it’s all over
Pigs in blankets and stuffing.
I love Christmas pudding, can always find room.
I love the crispy roasties! Just cannot beat them!
i love the pudding mmm
I can’t choose a favourite part. Stuffing, pigs in blankets, roast potatoes.. all of it.
the pigs in blankets 🙂
My husband makes the best roasties, so definitely them!! <3
Has to be Christmas pudding i could eat it all year round and never get bored of it
Sausage meat stuffing balls
Pigs in blankets ❤️
It has to be the turkey x
The Turkey and stuffing – they are just the best bits for me!
Christmas pudding with brandy butter
My favourite part of Christmas dinner is the stuffing and vegetables. It’s also nice to have all the family together in the one place for dinner and to be able to spend some quality time together!
I’m veggie so don’t have a roast; I have pizza!
My favourite part of Christmas dinner are the sprouts and pigs in blankets!
The trifle for afters is my favourite part of Christmas dinner but it’s got to me proper, homemade trifle.
That my son and daughter in law have made it
Sprouts are the best! we eat them with every meal throughout the year, but we still love them on xmas day
Love the Pigs in Blankets and roost potatoes
favourite part of main meal is the stuffing/gravy; and then the dessert afterwards ideally Xmas Pudding
Goose fat roast potatoes, yummy
turkey is the best part
pigs in blankets are my favourite
pigs in blankets are my fav! x
My favourite part of dinner is The Brussel Sprouts and dessert
TURKEY AND STUFFING
Christmas pudding with brandy butter
Pigs in blankets and cranberry sauce.
Definitely the pigs in blankets!
Roast potatoes and gravy
I love the sprouts x
roast parsnips is my favourite but i love it all even the sprouts
Definitely the puddings I would rather eat them than the meat and veg
The pigs in blankets, sprouts and stuffing are the best!
Roast potatoes
Dumplings with gravy
the homemade stuffing
Pigs in blankets
The rose champagne but if we are talking food then it would be the stuffing, yummy!
Crispy roast potatoes !
My favourite is the Turkey & pigs in blankets! Yum!!
The turkey and gravy
Definitely the pigs in blankets
Pigs in Blankets and Cranberry Sauce
I love the roasted parsnips
MY favourite part of the Christmas dinner is sitting around after dessert and chatting to all the family!
The pigs in blankets and the roast potatoes
Pigs in blankets x
Nut roast
the trimmings…stuffing, roasties, pigs in blankets and a nice glass of fizz
I have to admit I love the pigs in blankets – delicious oh and the cake and pudding YUM!
Love it all – especially the sprouts
Dessert only time it’s acceptable to have more than one!
Sausage meat!!! And Trifle ! – not at the same time obviously!
Christmas pudding and brandy cream, I look forward to it all year
Yorkshire pudding is my favourite part of christmas dinner.
I love the roast potatoes with lots of gravy!
Ooo I love the turkey, definitely my favourite part
Pigs in Blankets and sprouts xx
Crispy roast potatoes, gravy and Yorkshire pudding! Though my daughter said ‘mum eating with all the family ‘.
My fave part has to be the stuffing! Can’t get enough!!
Turkey and roast potatoes 🙂
We always start with prawn cocktails and I adore them 🙂 makes it really special to have a starter, lol
My favourite part is the pigs in blankets
Pulling the crackers and wearing the silly hats
Some Lovely Ideas
Although I love the meat, it’s the sprouts, parsnips and stuffing which are my favourite.
My favorite part is Christmas Pudding <3
I love Christmas dinner – I think the favourite part for me is the roast potatoes! Great giveaway – love Soap & Glory products – one of my favourite brands xx
The turkey is always the highlight
The roast potatoes for me 🙂
On the actual dinner, I throughly enjoy the sausagemeat stuffing. Ahh but then it comes to the dessert and you can’t beat Christmas pudding and custard!
The turkey with cranberry sauce
As I’m a vegetarian so the main dinner just consists of loads of veg, so my favourite part is pudding!
The Mince pies and clotted cream for dessert!! Absolutely delicious – the best way to finish the meal!
Pigs in blankets!
I love the roast potatoes, stuffing and pigs in blankets
I’ve got such a sweet tooth so it’s got to be the pudding!
My favourite part isn’t the food it’s catching up with all the family and hanging out with my nieces!
i love my mums chestnut stuffing – mine is never as nice!
Definitely the rosemary roast potatoes for me!
Christmas pudding
It’s got to be Roasties!! Yorkshires are a very close second though! Can’t really have one without the other! Oh and gravy!!
I love pigs in blankets
I love stuffing and gravy the best – yum x
The roast potatoes.
the yorkie puds mmm!
I love the Xmas pudding
I know it’s a common answer but it has to be pigs in blankets! Love them!
Pigs in blankets yummy xx
The roast parsnips, love them
Dessert! I love a tasty slice of Yule log with a bit of squirty cream
Roast potatoes in goose fat yummy
Roast potatoes in goose fat yummy!
Roast spuds, with goose fat, sooo good! Hope everyone gets the meal they want 😉
stuffing and pigs in blanket 😀
Stuffing balls . . . my favourite and always leave them until last to eat! 😛
That’s a tough question! I love it all but probably the turkey and sage and onion stuffing top the list as we only eat them for Christmas
dinner
Christmas pudding
I really like the pigs in blankets
The stuffing – YUM!
Pigs in blankets for me!
All of it hahaha. Roast potatoes & gravy, mmmmmm
Home-made bread sauce, so delicious! (but all of the dinner really!)
It has to be Pigs in blankets, I only have them once a year
The turkey with gravy
Brussels sprouts with pancetta and chestnuts
Christmas Pudding – I love it and never have it at any other time, although I don’t know why – perhaps I should do.
Christmas dinner is ALL about the roast potatoes! I think it makes a Christmas real!
Cheese & Biscuits
Brussels sprouts with chestnuts and bacon xxx
The turkey with home made sausagemeat stuffing
Pigs in blankets!
My favourite part of Christmas dinner is sharing it with my family, as a nurse I only get to spend Christmas day with them every other year due to work!
the pigs in blankets
Roast potatoes smothered in gravy
Turkey with cranberry sauce!
Pigs in blankets 🙂
Sprouts!
Pigs in blankets and home made roast potatoes
Dessert!! 🙂
….but if we’re just taking mains, then it’s the Yorkshire Puddings!
Pigs in blankets
Mine is the crispy roast potatoes.
My dad makes the best roast potatoes ever, I’d be more than happy with just a plate piled high with roast potatoes and Gravy
Gravy is my favourite part!!!
forget the food i love the christmas crackers!
Roast potatoes & Sprouts!!
Christmas Pudding with Brandy Sauce
Christmas dinner is the only time I eat stuffing. I just love the stuffing you get at Christmas with sausagemeat in.
Roast potatoes – I could just eat a plate full of those!
I do love sprouts! a giant mountain of them
THE WHOLE KIT AND KABOODLE
The roast potatoes and stuffing!
Pigs in blankets!
I love Christmas dinner it’s my Favourite part of Christmas. My favourite food from Christmas dinner has got to be honey glazed parsnips!
I love Turkey with Apple sauce !
My favourite part of Christmas dinner is always the roast potatoes!
Pigs in blankets
Turkey
The roast potatoes are my favourite part of christmas dinner
I love the pigs in blankets and sprouts
Gravy
I love roast parsnips lol
The roast beef with lots of mince sauce, I know its meant for lamb but I love it.
Xmas pudding
I like all parts of Christmas dinner, but I really love the potatoes – we have roasties and dauphinoise
the pigs in blankets are my favourite part
the fancy vege, the 3 meats – chicken, turkey and beef and the gravy… ooo you can’t beat a good meaty gravy! lol
Bread sauce – giving taste and variety to everything it’s poured over on the Christmas dinner plate, it adds that je ne sais quoi to the whole occasion!
Definitely the turkey for me. Thankyou for the competition x
I love the turkey and pigs in blankets
The stuffing and cranberry sauce as they are not food we eat at any other time of the year usually.
The roast chestnuts!
the brussels and pigs in blankets yummy
Yorkshire Puddings covered in gravy, yum,yum.
Parsnips are my favourite!
The roast potates and sprouts
the yorkshire puddings
I love it all, the whole combination of meat, veg and all the Christmas favourites together is what makes it Christmas dinner for me. It wouldn’t be the same without every part of it!
I love the Christmas pudding
Turkey and stuffing
Sage and Onion stuffing
Pigs in blankets and pulling the crackers then then jokes
I love cranberry sauce on my Christmas dinner and Christmas pudding for dessert
I love the chestnut stuffing and also the Christmas pudding.
Has to be eating the Turkey and Pigs in Blankets.
Honey roast parsnips and the stuffing
The turkey, stuffing and cranberry sauce
It may not sound like much but I love lots of gravy on my Christmas dinner. I make gluten free vegetarian gravy (thanks to bisto) and I love it!
roast parsnips and potatoes
Its all about the pigs in blankets in our house
Turkey with stuffing. So good.xxx
Roast potatoes and pigs in blankets
Honey roast parsnips with apple sauce
Pigs in blankets
Definitely pigs in blankets! They are delicious!
My favourite part of Finnish Christmas Dinner (at my mum’s on Christmas Eve) is Rosolli which is a beetroot salad. Then on Christmas Day it’s an Italian/British Christmas Dinner with the in-laws and I love the lamb and roast potatoes…yummy!!!!!!!
Roast parsnips in honey and roast potatoes in onion gravy
Christmas pudding
I love the full works but if i had to choose pigs in blankets
My favourite part of Christmas dinner is the smoked salmon starter.
My favourite part of Christmas dinner is the stuffing.
Love the turkey, great treat.
The roast which will be lamb this year
My favourite are the side dishes, roast taters and brussels sprouts, I could just eat those!
The roast potatoes combined with cranberry sauce!
I love the turkey soaked in gravy with mint sauce on it.
The stuffing
I love the trimmings, stuffings and pigs in blankets
roast parsnips
The applesauce is my favourite part!
I love Brussell sprouts in the turkey gravy and pigs in a blanket with cranberry sauce.
Roast potatoes are my favourite part of Christmas dinner
The pigs in blankets covered in homemade gravy!
Looks like I’m not alone here, roast parsnips and roast potatoes. Have always done extra.
I’m in the minority but I love Brussels sprouts!
Pigs in Blamkets
The Goose fat roast potatoes
The Christmas pudding and brandy butter – I missed out last year as I was pregnant but Im going to make up for it this year.
Pigs in blankets and my mums homemade bread sauce
I know it’s weird but I bloody love a sprout
pigs in blankets
My favourite part is the roast turkey covered in bread sauce xxxx
I love me some pigs in blankets
pigs in blankets
Sprouts.
Yorkshire pudding!!!
The veg and bread sauce yum
to watch my 4 year old grand daughter picking up all the ornaments and messing with the xmas tree
My Dad’s roast potatoes made with goose fat – yummy!
I love pigs in blankets…..and Christmas pudding of course! 🙂
Turkey and stuffing and Christmas Pudding
I love Christmas Pudding
Pigs in blankets
Yorkshire puddings with lots of gravy
The honey roast parsnips and roast potatoes very yummy xx
My favourite part are the brussel sprouts. I can’t get enough of them
My favourite is pigs in blankets
I love the roast turkey, especially with a spoon of cranberry sauce
We have our starter and then we all open our ‘table gift’, its like a secret Santa for everyone that’s at the dinner table…..usually something small and special for that person. Its my favorite part of christmas dinner…..apart from the eating of course!
The sprouts
Crispy roast potatoes and the sprouts.
Definitely the sage and onion stuffing! Pigs in blankets a close second though. Christmas dinner is so good.
Sprouts!
I love the chestnut stuffing that my mum makes.
Christmas pudding served with fresh cream. So delicious, it shouldn’t just be Christmas only to enjoy this puddding! (I always buy an extra one for us to enjoy at Easter)
Pigs in blankets x
Pigs in blankets
Hate Christmas dinner – love mince pies though 🙂
The bread sauce and turkey
Pigs in blankets
I love to have bread sauce with Christmas dinner and fortunately I am the only person in the house who likes it.
My favourite part is pigs in blankets well we call them hogs in quilts cause we use full size sausage wrapped up in bacon
The crispy, fluffy roast potatoes – none of that frozen rubbish!
For me it has to be the roast potatoes – yum!
Stuffing, stuffing and more stuffing… *drools*
Definately the sprouts and the pigs in blankets
My favourite part is pigs in blankets – I love bacon!
I know I am weird, but I love the Brussels Sprouts with horse chestnuts, garlic butter and bacon – yummy scrummy xxx
PIGS IN BLANKETS
Love Turkey and homemade sausage eat stuffing
Pigs in blankets
I absolutely love stuffing it’s great with everything especially lots of gravy
I really love the turkey with cranberry sauce.
I love Christmas pudding. No-one else in the family likes it, so I get it all to myself (not all at one meal, I eat it over several days).
My favourite bit is the turkey and cranberry, we make sure we never have it all year so it’s a real treat on Christmas day
Stuffing! I could eat it all day.
Roast potatoes and roast parsnips for me. Although we do have them most Sundays too.
Roasted parsnips
Pigs in blankets are my absolute favourites
Turkey and cranberry sauce.
My favourite part of Christmas dinner is having everybody all sat down together for a lovely meal!
Sprouts and roast potatoes
I love the pudding. Especially the sherry triffle my nan makes.
Pigs in blankets had always been my favourite part of Christmas dinner
An excuse to eat lots of pigs in blankets yum yum yum!!!!!
My favourite part has to be the delicious roast parsnips. So yummy!
Roast vegetables, especially goose fat roast potatoes