My Blog until 2018

You want to tell your business partner that you are a 'Leseratte'? Be careful, because you can't...

Remember that we spoke about using short and easy words when writing your email messages? I'd like...

"Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right...

"If a public servant (ein Beamter) dies on a business trip, the business trip is over." Does that...

A police officer pulls over a driver and informs him that he has just won $5,000 in a safety...

Psychologist, magician, and author Richard Wiseman explains in 59 seconds how smiling and behaving...

A warm welcome to English365 - with a tip, trick or resource every day of the year -  and happy...

In German we say "Guten Rutsch" and in English we say "Happy New Year". We don't 'slide' into the...

According to Scotland.org, no one celebrates Hogmanay - the Scots word for the last day of the...

Who doesn't know James (played by Freddie Frinton) and Miss Sophie (played by May Warden) in the...

Christmas celebrations are over and New Year's Eve will soon be upon us. If you're not busy with...

You want to send out good wishes for the new year and are lost for words? Would one of these...

According to the Urban Dictionary, zzzzzz is a way to show sleeping or tiredness in a cartoon or...

I read that the Yule log was a large and very hard log (a big piece of wood) which was burned at...

The Times, the Guardian and the BBC disapprove of the abbreviation "Xmas" (meaning "Christmas")....

We always had fresh nuts at Christmas and loved cracking them while sitting in front of the open...

My mother took me to visit Father Christmas every year. My friends all think that it's rather...

Most of you know how long it takes to wrap up the presents for Christmas. And often unwrapping...

A Christmas Tree is an evergreen conifer (such as a fir, pine or spruce) or an artificial tree,...

Father Christmas, also known as Santa Claus or Saint Nicholas, is said to bring presents to the...

For British children, Father Christmas wouldn't be able to deliver all the presents without his...

A Christmas Day message has been delivered to the people of the United Kingdom and the...

A pantomime or 'panto' is a very British tradition. It's a type of musical comedy performed in...

I remember making our own ornaments for the Christmas tree and for our home. Better Homes and...