{"id":9515,"date":"2015-12-05T11:27:22","date_gmt":"2015-12-05T11:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/?p=9515"},"modified":"2015-12-04T15:08:42","modified_gmt":"2015-12-04T15:08:42","slug":"the-five-senses-of-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/the-five-senses-of-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"The Five Senses of Christmas!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Someone once told me that the best way to make someone remember something is to appeal to every one of their senses; sight, hearing, smell, taste,and touch. Christmas is a great opportunity to create \u00a0magic for the ones we love creating memories that last a lifetime. Here is our sensory guide to Christmas&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<strong>Smell:<\/strong> How about burning frankincense on the fire, or the essential oil in a burner. Cooking with seasonal spices such as cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger will fill the nasal passages with olfactory wonder!\r\n\r\n<strong>Touch<\/strong>: Is there any more Christmassy a feel than cosy slippers? Apart from freezing, horizontal rain of course&#8230;\r\n\r\n<strong>Sight:<\/strong>\u00a0Christmas is all about things that sparkle, shine, glitter and generally light up the world, so get your glimmer on and radiate all over the place!\r\n\r\n<strong>Taste:<\/strong>\u00a0When I was a kid, my mum&#8217;s Yorkshire Puddings were THE taste of Christmas; these days it&#8217;s the lingering yum-factor of \u00a0Baileys on ice.\r\n\r\n<strong>Sound:<\/strong> Bells and Christmas carols \u2013 they get me every time.\r\n<h2><strong>What are you favourite &#8216;Christmas sensations&#8217;?<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n&nbsp;","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Someone once told me that the best way to make someone remember something is to appeal to every one of their senses; sight, hearing, smell, taste,and touch. Christmas is a great opportunity to create \u00a0magic for the ones we love creating memories that last a lifetime. 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