Did someone say it’s nearly Christmas? There are only 83 to go!!!!
Welcome back Hannah, I’m looking forward to catching up it feels like it was only days ago we were welcoming you as part of the Choc-lit family and now we’re here talking about all things Christmas and of course your new book.
Are you a lover or hater of Christmas Hannah?
I LOVE it!!!!!
What do you love about Christmas?
I love having time together when we’re lucky to all have a break from work/ school. I love seeing my children’s faces when they open their presents.
Do you have any Christmas traditions, if so what are they are they carried on from your childhood or have you created your own?
We’re not massively traditional so nothing much, apart from trying to get together. We did start doing an enormous family Secret Santa a few years ago for nearly thirty of us. I think that’ll be something my children will always remember, so hopefully we can pick that up again this year.
Do you think we’ll have a white Christmas this year?
I doubt it. It’s been so hot this year, far too hot for me to cope well! I know in a few weeks time that’ll seem like a distant memory but I can’t yet get my head around it actually feeling cold soon!
What is your earliest Christmas memory?
Playing together with all my cousins at my grandparents’ house. I’m really lucky to have a big family and it was always a special treat in the holidays to be able to get together. I’ve really missed that for the last few years and hope to see everyone more soon.
What was the best present you received as a child?
I can’t remember! Is that awful? We’re not hugely traditional really and so though we always got lovely gifts, it was always more about being together.
What is the one thing you always wanted but never got?
A Mr Frosty slushie maker. Actually, thinking back, I think we did get one in the end and it never worked well after all that waiting!
Favourite Christmas song pop or carol?
Slade. It doesn’t feel like Christmas until you’ve heard Noddy Holder telling you that it is Christmas 🙂
What would you buy your main characters in “Mistletoe Mistletoe and Mayhem at the Little Shopping Mall” as a Christmas present?
I’d get Caroline some nice chocolates. Actually, anything sweet or food related to save her from cooking!
And for Damian, something simple but classy, a nice aftershave maybe. Or a hat that isn’t a Stetson 😉
If you were asked to guest DJ on a national radio station on Christmas day what would you play?
Slade of course, Wizzard (I Wish it could be Christmas Every Day), Mariah Carey and Wham , just in case anyone nearly made it through Whamageddon in one piece. Is that mean? But surely it wouldn’t be Christmas without it!
Count down to Christmas with mistletoe, mayhem, meddling friends and mystery men …
There’s a saying about all work and no play – but there’s never a dull moment for Caroline working at Holly Walk Mall, especially at Christmas.When she’s not dealing with orders from Ian, ‘the manager who can’t manage’ as her friend Rachel puts it, she’s overseeing the usual late-night shopping sessions, Santa’s grotto construction and, most importantly, the sampling of many delicious festive treats at the Italian café her friends Nina and Marco own.
But when a new jewellery shop moves in and brings ‘mysterious guy with the cute bottom’ to Holly Walk, Caro isn’t yet aware just how much mayhem she’s in for in the countdown to Christmas. With strategically placed mistletoe, revealing cowboy outfits and even a bit of sleuthing, could this festive season turn out to be the liveliest yet for both Caro and her beloved Mall?
For all Hannah’s other books check out the Ruby Fiction Website
Read my interview with Hannah as part of the welcome to the family series HERE
A Story About A Girl 