Its begining to look a lot like Christmas!!!!!

Count down to Christmas has begun, Presents have been bought, hours of wrapping has commenced, list and lists of Christmas foods have been made and Christmas cards have been written.

This week photos of the cruise lines getting in the Christmas spirit and for me the most important is Cunards Queen Mary 2 as here at Cruise.co.uk we are all excited and preparing our Xmas jumpers ,posh frocks and counting down the sleeps till our annual Christmas conference next weekend. As you know majority of us are home workers and dotted all over the country, so Christmas Is a great opportunity to catch up with each other and in some cases meet for the first time.

So as the atriums of cruise vessels are dressed in lights and tinsel, I love to admire the beautiful Christmas trees and here are just a few of my favourites that I have seen so far.

-Queen Mary 2

-P&O Oceana

– Royal Caribbean’s Quantum of the Sea.

-Disney Cruise Line

-Where even the transfer vehicle’s get some Christmas Magic  (I love this lol)

Are you cruising this Xmas? I would love to see some of the Christmas trees and decoration on your ship.

FUN CHRISTMAS TREE FACTS!!!!! DID YOU KNOW??

*Christmas trees take an average of 7-10 years to mature.

*The first decorated Christmas tree was in Riga, Latvia in 1510.

*Baubles were first invented in Germany, in Lauscha, notably by Hans Greiner, who first manufactured them in the late 1840s.

*Thomas Edison’s assistant, Edward Johnson, came up with the idea of electric lights for Christmas trees in 1882. Christmas tree lights were first mass-produced in 1890.

*Since 1947, the tree in London’s Trafalgar Square has been a gift each year from the city of Oslo, Norway.

*The world’s tallest Xmas tree at 221ft high was erected in a Washington shopping mall in 1950.

*Many parts of the Christmas tree can actually be eaten, with the needles being a good source of Vitamin C. (YUK)

* The Christmas tree is a German tradition, started as early as 700 AD.In the 1800s the tradition of a Christmas tree was widespread in Germany, then moved to England and then to America through Pennsylvanian German immigrants.

*The first baubles, are said to have originated from the idea of blown egg shells, that could be hung on Christmas trees

So are you ready for Christmas? Have you put up your tree yet?

Here is ours…..

 Christmas at the Turners!

Are you wishing you had booked a Christmas cruise to escape all this madness? There is still time call me today on  0330 303 8260 for the latest festive offers!

Marie x