Ho Ho Ho
Just been for my yearly pre-Xmas trip to Manchester. We try to go around now for the Christmas markets. Manchester seems to have got it right with the scale and variety of stalls. There are six or seven different areas ranging from Albert Square through the city to The Triangle on Corporation Street. Some areas focus on food, some on gifts / knick-knacks.
My favourite stall for kookiness was the one selling chocolate kebabs - i.e. chocolates on a BBQ stick. But for value, the chap who sells continental sausages is the best. For £10 you get seven different, high quality and flavoursome sausages - they last us around three months into the New Year.
This year we were walking by Harvey Nicks with my nephew who spotted that there were carol singers. We went in and the singing was accompanied by free Cava and mince pies - after a couple of glasses he looked at my smiling face and said - "you are living the dream" - I had to smirk.
And the image - that of Frank Sidebottom who sadly died this year - a Manchester legend.
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