Weekend planner : Things to do with your family this week

As an antidote to the frenzied, commercial lead-up to Christmas, a great family tradition to start is an activities advent calendar. Write down 24 activities to do with your children from December 1 to Christmas Eve and put them in numbered envelopes strung up on a Christmas card holder (you could use tinsel and pegs), or in the pockets of a fabric advent calendar (you could decorate a 24-pocket shoe organiser). Keep...