Christmas is Coming: last post dates; Xmas meals; Dec 18 event: Hatch End

Put up lights in gardens, post the cards, buy and decorate trees, book dinners, lots to look at and plan.

The front gardens are getting ready.

Christmas tree outside Fellini Caffe Italian restaurant.

Get fit and healthy with your pills and prescriptions from Tanna's chemists. 

Buy and post your seasonal cards in time for Christmas. This handy reminder is in Tesco Express. Last local postal times 1st class 21st December 2015, 2nd class 19 December. 

Bookings for Christmas dinners:

The moon and Sixpence pub.

 Or Pizza Express.

Or maybe Christmas at home.

A Christmas tree for the table from Tesco, at £3.

Or something from Bella's Blooms:

If you've nothing else planned, yet, Friday December 18th, note the date in your diary, Hatch End charity Christmas street event happens in Hatch End, 4-8 pm, with a sweet cart, Santa's Grotto, a raffle and horse-drawn carriage.

Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.