Hello everybody and welcome back to my podcast, Esme's Country Life. Today we have another mini-pod

midweek episode and this episode is actually going out on Christmas Eve. So Merry Christmas

to all that celebrate. Now in today's episode I'm going to be talking about how betwixtmas or

the period between Christmas and New Year is one of my favourite times

of year and how actually I prefer it to the run-up to Christmas. Controversial, controversial.

But before we begin, I just want to say a huge thank you to the sponsor of the podcast, Red Post.

Red Post is an equestrian and country store based in the UK, and they also ship all over the world. Now, in the last couple of podcast episodes, I've been saying, guys, this is your last chance. I'm sorry, but they're not going to be posting on Christmas Eve, but maybe you get some money from your friends and family for Christmas, or maybe you think, you know what, going into the new year, I I might need a new helmet do you know where you can get it? Red Post Equestrian so go and check

them out at redpost equestrian.com.uk. Anyway, I thought we would do this topic for today's

mini-pod midweek episode because today's podcast, as I I said before it's going out on Christmas Eve now

I know that there are probably going to be less people listening because you're going to be

spending time with your friends and family which is totally understandable actually my Australians

this might be going out on like Thursday morning so this will be going out on your boxing day

whoop whoop oh no no, no, your Christmas

Day. Oh yeah, you're definitely not going to be listening unless you're like me and every now and

again on Christmas Day, you just need to go off on your own and have a little bit of introvert time

because talking to a lot, a lot of friends and family on Christmas Day can be a lot. Or, you know,

go and have a little nap after your Christmas dinner, whatever you like to do on Christmas. can be a lot or when you know go and have a little nap after your Christmas dinner whatever you like to do on Christmas but you might be thinking esme this podcast is going out

kind of a sad time because you're probably going to be listening to it after Christmas and all the

Christmas magic and everything is over no controversial but I think this is the best time this is the

time where you can actually have a rest because the run up to Christmas I've come to the best time. This is the time where you can actually have a rest.

Because the run up to Christmas, I've come to the conclusion, it's quite a stressful period of time. And also, I feel like it's just that time period where everyone is busy, everyone

is stressed and everything happens at once. Maybe that's just me. But even looking back at it, because I'm like,

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