Merry Christmas! It has finally come; Christmas week is here. Remember to look after yourself over the holiday period. It can be a very busy time, but also a very quiet time as usual clubs and events close until January.

Take the chance to do some wellbeing activities, such as curling up with a good book. Tenby library is closed for Christmas week so dash over quickly on Saturday morning to borrow a book or two to last you the week.

Wrap up warm on a dry day and have a walk – the sea is always glorious to look at in the winter.

Try a craft that you haven’t thought about doing before – things that take time but aren’t too fiddly are great for focusing and calming the mind rather than stressing it more!

Here are some ideas –

Jam Jar night light holders

You can paint jam jars with acrylic paint, or get some spray paint, or special felt tips to do fancy designs. You can put stickers on them or cut out pictures from colour magazines or last years Christmas cards to glue on, and they look great with a bit of glitter. They make great vases or sweetie jars too.

Light bulb Snowmen

If you have some old lightbulbs lying around, they make great snow man tree decorations covered in silver glitter with black paint for the face and buttons.

Nail Polish Marbling

Did you know you can marble hard surfaces like mugs, baubles or glass jars using some nail varnish dropped into a blow of hot water and swirled around with a toothpick? When you like how it looks, just dip the item in and it will pick up the nail varnish and dry quite quickly. If some dries on where you don’t want it, take it off with nail polish remover.

Pom Pom crafts

Do you remember making pom poms? You can do it with two bits of cardboard cut into circles with smaller circles cut out of the inside. Wind wool around both circles together until it is quite full and cut around the edge between the two bits of cardboard. Tie some more wool around between the two bits nice and tight before you take them off. You can also get special plastic pom pom makers these days. Pom poms make great little animals, wreaths, mobiles, and lots of other things, and just need some odd bits of wool.

Boxing Day Swim

On Monday, December 26, at 11.30am, head for North Beach to support everyone who is joining the Boxing Day Swim – or you could take part! Everyone will be dashing into the water and back out to warm up by the fire and have a cup of soup. It is all for local charities so well worth supporting.

Urban Thinkscape Coastal Mural

You could also do a design for an element to go on the mural on the wall at the back of the North Walk zig zag. All designs sent in will be used, anything on a coastal theme would be great, it can be something natural or otherwise. Send them in to [email protected] or drop them in to the town council office in the De Valence on Upper Frog St. Watch this space for news of when you can start helping to clean up the site.

Tabletop Sale or Swap

This is advance notice that there will be at Augustus Place Community Hall on Saturday, January 14 from 2pm to 4pm a tabletop sale or swap. You can book yourself a table for £5 to sell your own things or you can donate items to go on the central tables that people will be able to choose for £1 a carrier bag. For more information pop in to Tenby council office or email [email protected] .Now is the time to start gathering things together ready!

Welsh Wrestling

If you fancy a change during the week, there is always the wrestling at the De Valence! This is on Wednesday, December 28 from 7pm to 9pm. Everyone is welcome, and you can get tickets from www.welshwrestling.com

Tenby Warm Spaces

The Old Chapel and therefore the Community Fridge will be closed from 4pm on Saturday, December 24, and won’t be open again until the middle of January as they are redoing their floor.

The other warm spaces will mostly be open as usual, depending on which day they fall on, and whether they can get volunteers. Augustus Place Community Hall will definitely be open on Friday, December 30 from 10.30 to 3.30 for a hot drink, biscuits, a friendly chat and maybe a game of cards or darts or boccia or kurling. Everyone is welcome.

Winter Warm Packs

A pack of items is available to people living in cold conditions in Pembrokeshire. The warm packs are part of Pembrokeshire’s programme of support for people struggling with the increased cost of living. The packs will be distributed by West Wales Care & Repair and Ateb staff and volunteers on behalf of Pembrokeshire County Council. Each pack contains a range of items to help people keep warm during the cold winter months. Referrals for a warm pack can be made by completing the referral form available from Tenby Library or by contacting the Pembrokeshire Community Hub on 01437 723660 or email [email protected] Self-referrals are welcomed.