Well this weekend is the end of November and where did that go?!  I watched some of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade on the web yesterday and felt for everyone attending and those taking part because it was heavy rain!  In fact it looked really grey.  We, of course, know what it is like here in the UK as we get a lot of rain and our events are often attended with umbrellas, however so far this year things we and The Boys have attended have been dry!

Christmas started for Youngest and Partner on November 15th when they visited Chatsworth House to see it dressed for Christmas.  Also their Christmas Market was on too, so they got to see that before going in the House. Enjoy these pictures they took.

Above is the entrance to the House with a walk between the Tulip Trees to the Front Door.

This is after they had been in the House and you can see the Market.  The building at the top of the picture is the old Stables which now contains the main shop and restaurant.

Each room you go into has its own Christmas Tree.  This one is in the Private Chapel.

Those of you who have followed me for a while will probably recognise the above room, The Chatsworth House Library, which I was able to visit with DH last year when we actually got to walk into the Library and sit down. I could have quite happily stayed in there and never come out!!

The Picture Gallery.

This is the tree in the Dining Room.

The Table in the big Dining Room.

This is the Painted Hall with the main staircase up to the main rooms.

I love the colours that they have chosen this year which are really bright and cheerful.  I would have loved to have gone but am not able to this year but am keeping my fingers crossed for next year.  DH and I love visiting Chatsworth House and have done for as long as we have lived in Derbyshire, which is thirty eight years this year.  Because it is still a family home first and foremost, although open to the public, the house and its exhibits change all the time and it really does live.  Whereas with the National Trust which takes over these houses when the owners are unable to look after them, keep them at the point at which they buy them and nothing then changes.  So you can visit one year but then visit in ten years time and it will still look the same, which I think is such a shame. 

The visit and tour was Partner’s Birthday Present and she really enjoyed it, they both had a wonderful day.  Here they are in front of the Tree in the Painted Hall.

I will have some more Christmas pictures for you tomorrow with Eldest, Partner and the Children!  I hope you lovely lot have had a wonderful week, your plans for Christmas are going along well and have a wonderful weekend.  We have another busy Christmas one, again pictures next week. 

Hugs & Love, Susie & Coco xx