A taste of tradition.To experience a truly traditional holiday why not visit a country house hotel, like the Cotswold House? They can offer all the expected pleasures - tea with mince pies, log fires and carols on Christmas Eve, stockings outside the door on Christmas Day, turkey dinner with all the trimmings, Boxing Day brunch and a chance to get out in the fresh air to watch a falconry falconry (fôl`kənrē, fô`–, făl`–), sport of hunting birds or small animals with falcons or other types of hawks; eagles are used in some parts of the world. display - without guests having to peel so much as a sprout. There is something to be said for getting away from it all, and the relatives, at what can be an emotionally stressful time of year. Instead of greeting the New Year feeling like an overstuffed o·ver·stuff tr.v. o·ver·stuffed, o·ver·stuff·ing, over·stuffs 1. To stuff too much into: overstuff a suitcase. 2. To upholster (an armchair, for example) deeply and thickly. turkey, start the resolutions early and have a healthy holiday. Many spas like Ragdale Hall and Champneys do three night breaks where the food-centric festivities fes·tiv·i·ty n. pl. fes·tiv·i·ties 1. A joyous feast, holiday, or celebration; a festival. 2. The pleasure, joy, and gaiety of a festival or celebration. 3. are broken up by beauty treatments, fitness classes and other bracing activities. |
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