COSY CHRISTMAS DAY VLOG 🎄 Opening presents, festive walks & winter books!

Spend Christmas with us in Yorkshire ❤️ A cosy vlog of our Christmas Eve - Boxing Day celebrations featuring beautiful York, good books and cute cats 💫 Happy New Year everyone! Timestamps 🕰️ 0:00 Christmas Eve intro 1:13 Reading The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis 4:27 Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie 5:30 Hogfather by Terry Pratchett 5:55 Cosy Christmas Eve 6:35 Christmas (Eve) Dinner with Ben 10:09 Bird & Blend tea advent calendar favourites ‪@BirdandBlendTea‬ 17:59 Christmas Day in York 20:37 Christmas Day with Ben 28:00 Opening presents! Christmas haul 39:02 Boxing Day at Fountains Abbey in Ripon, Yorkshire ‪@nationaltrustcharity‬ 41:29 Boxing Day reading wrap-up 42:49 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe & The Magician's Nephew 43:41 A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 45:24 The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel 47:43 Gavin & Stacey: The Finale reaction 50:35 Final festive thoughts with Ben ✅ Subscribe: https://bit.ly/ClaireFenbyBooktube 📸 Follow me on Instagram: http://bit.ly/CFenbyInstagram ✨ Tip me on on Ko-Fi: http://bit.ly/ClaireFenbyTipJar 📖 Send me (or the cats) a gift: http://bit.ly/AmazonwishlistCF 🎵 Music used in my videos: https://www.epidemicsound.com/playlis.... Affiliate link for a FREE trial of Epidemic Sound: https://www.epidemicsound.com/referra... Books mentioned 📚 ⭐️ The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis – inspired by Miranda Mills and the Comfort Book Club December pick! ‪@MirandaMills‬ ⭐️ Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie ⭐️ A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens ⭐️ The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel Discounts (affiliate links) 🛒 60% off HelloFresh: https://www.hellofresh.co.uk/freebox/... 50% off Wild: https://mention-me.com/m/ol/vj7xh-cla... £50 reward for Octopus Energy: https://share.octopus.energy/river-el... Free trial for Epidemic Sound (where I source all of my music from): https://www.epidemicsound.com/referra... ❓ FAQ: What type of videos do you make? I love book shopping videos featuring my favourite book shops across the UK (especially in Yorkshire and London) and cozy, chatty vlogs about my recent reads! Where do you live? I live in York with my husband Ben and two cats (Sybil and Freyja). I lived in London for 7 and still visit multiple times a month for work 🇬🇧 What do you do for work? I work in the book publishing industry in marketing! What did you study? I studied English Literature at York St. John University (BA) and University of York (MA) specialising in the 18th Century Who are your favourite authors? I love Jane Austen, the Brontë sisters, Elizabeth Gaskell, E.M. Forster, Virginia Woolf and Agatha Christie to name a few! Favourite eras of history? I'm obsessed with the Tudors, Georgians and Victorians! I also love reading about the Blitz and home front during WW2 Keywords: December favourites, cosy Christmas reading vlog, favourite books of 2024, Cosy winter reading vlog,