Don't waste your cash on the kids
I used to be by no means a spoilt little one. Removed from it. I by no means anticipated a lot for Christmas from my mother and father. So long as they gave me a full wardrobe full of the perfect of the most recent fashions, and a modest sprinkling of expensive jewelry, I by no means thought to complain.
A whole lot of kilos are spent on kids's presents lately. What utter nonsense!
If they've been very, superb throughout the 12 months, I current them with a tangerine or a shiny new 5 pence piece. After present-giving, we sing Christmas carols on the prime of our voices. Not solely is it a delightfully festive exercise, however it helps drown out the noise of the kids's incessant complaints.
Joan Collins advises towards spending cash on presents for youngsters and supply them fruit
Much less is extra
The mass consumerism of right now by no means fails to amaze me. In my day, if a neighborhood store bought a slice of bread, a tin of baked beans and 1 / 4 of a pound of lard, we'd assume it probably the most unique delicatessen on this planet. It by no means crossed our minds to enter a 'boutique'. Why, in these days, the phrase hadn't even been invented! I knew Harvey Nichols when he was only a rag-and-bone man, flogging a number of cocktail attire off the again of his horse-drawn cart.
Again then, in case you purchased two attire, or a costume and a prime, then Harvey would throw in a sack of coal and a slice of Spam at no cost.
When the coal ran out, we'd get out our scissors and thread and switch the sack right into a ballgown in a single day. The lads who danced with us would possibly find yourself fearfully sooty, however that was a small value to pay for a night of glamour!
Joan Collins stated the sack which contained coal will be reworked right into a ball robe
Put on a classy Christmas jumper
I really like to decorate up, however once I'm round my household, I'm fairly informal. Leisure is my watchword, and that's why I make it a golden rule by no means to spend greater than three-and-a-half hours selecting what to put on for Christmas lunch.
If you're going out to events, for goodness sake, don't over-think what you're going to put on. I've seen shut pals wreck themselves by being too dressy.
'My pricey, you look a complete fright!' I inform them as they arrive.
Honesty is at all times the very best coverage. They thank me for it afterwards, or would do if that they had any manners.
Joan recommends solely spending three hours dressing for Christmas, probably utilizing a jumper
An elegant festive getaway
There's nothing like a basic Christmas in London, with a wintery chill within the air and everybody huddled round a roaring log hearth with glasses of mulled wine, whereas the rain buckets down exterior.
My husband Percy and I at all times make some extent of elevating a glass to our pricey pals having fun with Christmas in London as we sit by our lovely Los Angeles swimming pool, ingesting cocktails within the vivid sunshine.
Joan at all times considers her pals in London whereas having fun with Christmas in Hollywood
Christmas telly
Sitting down to look at the Queen's Christmas message is the cornerstone of our Yuletide celebrations. After all, Her Majesty by no means had my coaching.
Nor, as far as one can collect, was she ever given the chance to star in basic British artwork motion pictures comparable to The Bitch and The Stud. As an alternative, she needed to accept second greatest and retire to her throne.
However hats off to her. I've by no means heard a phrase of grievance from her. She is the least self-pitying of ladies, and has discovered to be content material with a ten-minute slot within the afternoon schedules, annually, fully-clothed. She makes the very best of a nasty job, however I do want she'd 'jazz it up' a bit. If solely she'd comply with put on large shoulders, she would look a lot extra highly effective and dynamic!
How unhappy the Queen settles for uninteresting tweed attire and frumpy cardigans throughout her speech
Her Christmas tv performances are, frankly, lacklustre. After I was the star of Dynasty, I might at all times attempt to make an entrance in an costly fur coat or an attention-grabbing swimsuit.
How unhappy, then, that she at all times settles for a uninteresting tweed costume and a frumpy cardigan.
If solely she would make a giant entrance for her Christmas broadcasts, throw open the doorways, shake a leg and provides it a few of that good outdated razzle-dazzle! And range the places a bit! In my basic film The Stud, we filmed the identical type of scene in a wood-panelled carry, and that actually obtained 'em all speaking!
Again to fundamentals
I really like Christmas, and I want it may return to the innocence of days passed by. Now we have misplaced the simplicity that at all times outlined it for me as a baby.
The place are the straightforward sleighs of yesteryear, the reindeers, the choirs, the bogus snow, the waiters and waitresses of their sensible Christmassy fits, the towers of champagne, the employed orchestras, the lavish events, the sensible vehicles, the presents of caviar, foie gras and brandy?
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