It has been a few years since I did one of these posts, and I managed to post quite a few Christmassy things since then. 

There’s plenty to visit, or revisit, so I hope this makes up for me not adding any Christmas content this year other than the gift-guide!

Book reviews

Enid Blyton’s Christmas Stories – one of Hodder’s short story collections.
Enid Blyton’s Christmas Treats – another Hodder short story collection.
Enid Blyton’s Christmas Stories Audio – the audio adaptation of the Hodder short story collection.

The First Christmas – Blyton’s retelling of the nativity story.
Noddy Meets Father Christmas – the 11th Noddy book.
The Christmas Book – a one-off novel about Christmas traditions.
Father Christmas and Belinda – a Collin’s Colour Camera Book.

Songs and poems

Christmas Gifts
Christmas News
In the Stable
Santa Claus Gets Busy
The Party

Christmas tree

Guides and round ups

Blyton at Christmas – a guide to stories, books, poems, puzzles and more.
1920-1945
1946-1950
1951-1962
Christmas bits from Enid Blyton’s Magazine
More Christmas stories
Even more of Enid Blyton’s Christmas Stories

Winter and Christmas reads – a guide to Blyton’s seasonal novels
Part 1
Part 2

Decorating for Christmas
Decorating the Blyton way

Christmas illustrations
Eileen Soper at Christmas

Fan fiction

Adventure at the Christmas Market – featuring the Kirrins and the Mannering Trents, a Christmas Market and a thief.

Spot the Famous Five’s favourite Christmas songs – A story which is really just a vehicle for the puzzle it contains

Blyton Christmas Presents

We’ve been lucky enough to get lots of Blyton goodies for Christmas (and birthdays):

Birthday/Christmas 2021
Birthday/Christmas 2020
Birthday/Christmas 2019
Birthday/Christmas 2018
Birthday/Christmas 2017
Birthday/Christmas 2016
Birthday/Christmas 2015
Christmas 2015
Birthday/Christmas 2014
Birthday/Christmas 2013
Christmas 2012

And we’ve come up with some ideas for gifts for other Blyton fans:

Gift guide 2022
Gift guide 2021
Gift guide 2020
Gift guide 2019
Gift guide 2018

We’ve even thought about what Blyton’s characters would have been given:
What would Enid Blyton’s characters be unwrapping?

Recipes

Christmas just wouldn’t be Christmas without a ton of food!
Mince Pies
Gingerbread by Katie Stewart

Other recipes can be found here – as Christmas is all about the food, isn’t it?