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Dec 6, 2015

Agi and Suze's Christmas Countdown: Interview with Alison Drew & Giveaway


About Alison

My name is Ali. I’m hoping to incorporate my current cancer journey along with my passions – books/reviewing & competitions. My aim is to post relevant info on Leiomyosarcoma, any interesting competitions, books I’m reading plus reviews. 

Hopefully you will join me xx

Interview

1) What's your best Christmas memory?

This is an easy question - my son was born on Christmas Day :)

2) What are your 3 favourite Christmas reads?

This year: 
Christmas at Lilac Cottage - Holly Martin
What Happens at Christmas - TA Williams
Winters Fairytale - Maxine Morrey

3) If you could choose one person, dead or alive, to celebrate a one time special Christmas with, who would you choose and why?

Florence Nightingale ... I wanted to be a nurse from the age of 5 and she inspired me to go on and become one.

4) What are your thoughts about Santa?

I love Santa .. there is something magical about Christmas so we should let kids believe for as long as they want to.

5) What are your best and worst Christmas gifts and why?

My best present of course has to be my son (Christmas baby) 
My worst was when I was a child and my grandmother gave me a piece of coal because she said it was supposed to be lucky!! At the time I wasn't very impressed lol, but I can now see she possibly had good intentions!

6) Your favourite Christmas song?

Fairytale in New York - The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl 

7) Your favourite Christmas movie?

It's a Wonderful Life

8) Top 3 books that you're giving as Christmas presents?

The Single Feather - RF Hunt
A Blonde Bengali Wife - Anne Hamilton
Faith Under Fire - Annie Watkinson 

All written by friends of mine so I like to share.

9) Most favourite and least favourite part of Christmas?

I love the fairylights & decorations, carols and the lead-up to the big day .. least favourite is either cooking or clearing up afterwards!

10) I must ask, sorry - the best Christmas food is...?

Christmas cake

11) Do you perhaps know what gifts you're going to receive?

I have no idea .. but I always make a wish that I could have a cure for my cancer .. one day!

Giveaway

One very lucky reader of our blog will receive a £10 Amazon Gift Card (or the $ equivalent) from Alison. Good luck!



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39 comments:

  1. ChocolatePagesDecember 6, 2015 at 3:00 PM

    What a great Christmas gift to have your baby on Christmas day. Always a double celebration.
    Amanda. x

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  2. UnknownDecember 6, 2015 at 3:57 PM

    Fav. christmas food is cake!!

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  3. Kate SarsfieldDecember 6, 2015 at 5:03 PM

    Thank you Alison for bringing this rare cancer to our attention and may I wish you all the very best for a happy, healthy Christmas.

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  4. lisaDecember 6, 2015 at 6:05 PM

    Thanks for the giveaway. My favourite Christmas film is Miracle on 34th Street

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  5. Rita WrayDecember 6, 2015 at 6:22 PM

    My best present was the birth of my daughter right before Christmas.

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  6. UnknownDecember 6, 2015 at 7:11 PM

    Lovely to read the interview and learn about her and so very sweet she had her son on christmas!

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  7. Stephanie LaPlanteDecember 6, 2015 at 8:10 PM

    My favorite memories are from spending the weekend at my grandparents. We’d have a huge family dinner with aunts, uncles, cousins, sisters, brothers and all the us kids.

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  8. UnknownDecember 6, 2015 at 8:15 PM

    Loved the Q and A with Alison. I almost had a Christmas baby. My son was born on the 18th so he was born exactly a week before Christmas. My favourite Christmas movie is Elf or Muppets Christmas Carol (still a big kid) 😁 🎄🎅🎄🎅

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  9. UnknownDecember 6, 2015 at 8:16 PM

    my fave memories is sitting down to watch christmas movies with my family

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  10. Judy ThomasDecember 6, 2015 at 8:29 PM

    The Best Christmas food is my son-in-law's Roast Vege and pistachio salad.

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  11. ElizabethDecember 6, 2015 at 9:28 PM

    It's a Wonderful Life and A Christmas Story are my favorite Christmas movies.

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  12. bn100December 6, 2015 at 11:45 PM

    like the movie elf

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  13. Lesley BradleyDecember 6, 2015 at 11:51 PM

    My lovely great aunt was also born on Christmas Day- as a little girl I thought that was the most magical thing ever!

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  14. Kathy Heare WattsDecember 7, 2015 at 1:15 AM

    Enjoyed the lovely interview. Merry Christmas

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  15. Mai T.December 7, 2015 at 7:49 AM

    I'd love to spend Christmas with my mom. She's never known what an actual Christmas looks like.

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  16. Nova SnowrosesDecember 7, 2015 at 10:52 AM

    Do you perhaps know what gifts you're going to receive? I have no idea exactly but I know they will all be great!

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  17. Ruth HarwoodDecember 7, 2015 at 11:02 AM

    My fave memory is of searching for Christmas pressies with my bro every year and never finding them!!

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  18. Richard BrandtDecember 7, 2015 at 7:12 PM

    My favorite Christmas movie is Miracle on 34th Street.

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  19. Hazeldog333December 7, 2015 at 7:19 PM

    I would love to be able to celebrate christmas with my Grandfather. He died while my mom was in highschool so I never got to meet him, however I do feel and bond with him and he has always been my guardian angel.

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  20. UnknownDecember 7, 2015 at 9:03 PM

    I do know some gifts I'll be receiving. Books. Two because I ordered them for myself. LOL And I usually get several from friends when they check my wish list on Amazon.

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  21. mikiDecember 7, 2015 at 10:28 PM

    Your son is sure to be teh best gift possible but for him perhaps not so much as he would perhaps have prefered to be born later to get more gifts^^

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  22. Mary PrestonDecember 8, 2015 at 2:09 AM

    I love Christmas cake too. Has to be home-made by my mother though.

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  23. NikolinaDecember 8, 2015 at 10:32 AM

    Enjoyed reading your interview, thank you!

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  24. BirgitDecember 8, 2015 at 5:27 PM

    Now that you mention it - cooking or cleaning up afterwards aren't high on my list either, but then again, it does result in bellies filled with delicious food, right?

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  25. KristiaDecember 9, 2015 at 8:23 PM

    What are your best and worst Christmas gifts and why? My best is my kindle paperwhite because obviously- I love reading books and I don't have a worst, I loved all my Christmas gifts.

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  26. Carina PereiraDecember 9, 2015 at 10:43 PM

    My favourite Christmas song is "Thank God it's Christmas" - Queen

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  27. Jen BarnardDecember 9, 2015 at 11:22 PM

    I don't really know what I'll get, but suspect new pyjamas.
    jen dot barnard at btinternet dot com

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  28. UnknownDecember 10, 2015 at 4:22 PM

    My favourite christmas food is Stuffing

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  29. CarmelDecember 14, 2015 at 7:12 AM

    3) If you could choose one person, dead or alive, to celebrate a one time special Christmas with, who would you choose and why?
    Hmmm this is tough. I have a lot on the list. But I will choose my favorite author, Tarryn Fisher.

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  30. Tanya PhillipsDecember 14, 2015 at 7:48 PM

    I love that your son was born on Christmas day.

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  31. Tanya PhillipsDecember 14, 2015 at 7:48 PM

    I love that your son was born on Christmas day.

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  32. Linda HDecember 15, 2015 at 6:58 PM

    My favourite Christmas song is "Do You Hear What I Hear?".

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  33. sheridarbyDecember 15, 2015 at 8:38 PM

    My favourite Christmas food is Mince Pie

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  34. RhiannonDecember 16, 2015 at 8:05 AM

    What is Christmas cake? Is it a special type of cake? Every Christmas I make a sock it to me cake, which is something my grandma only made at Christmas time, so it's a wonderful holiday tradition/memory for me.

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  35. Ana ValenteDecember 16, 2015 at 11:40 AM

    Best christmas food in my opinion are these small pumpkin or carrot pastries we eat in my country called sonhos (dreams) :)

    (Ana M on Rafflecopter)

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  36. Victoria PrinceDecember 16, 2015 at 12:53 PM

    My favourite Christmas song is Merry Christmas Everyone by Shakin Stevens :)

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  37. UnknownDecember 16, 2015 at 3:10 PM

    My favourite christmas song is Santa Claus is coming to town! x

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  38. UnknownDecember 16, 2015 at 7:24 PM

    #FeelingFestive lots of lovely books by a cosy fire

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  39. AnonymousDecember 16, 2015 at 10:59 PM

    fav is mango trifle

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