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Day 24 | Christmas Day celebrates the birth of a baby and his mother, as does 'Mother' by Sir John Lavery. This portrait began as a profile study of Lavery’s friend Mary Auras in 1909 and ended as a study of motherhood in 1924 with his daughter Eileen & child.

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2020-12-24

It wouldn’t be without a Christmas tree on day 22 🎄

One of the most popular Christmas trees is the non-drop Nordmann Christmas tree (Abies nordmanniana), native to Georgia.

Traditional Norway Spruce tends to lose its needles.

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2020-12-22

Behind door 15 of our is Ivy.

Ivy is a valuable plant in winter for wildlife.
Look for different shaped leaves as they go from 3-lobed to oval shaped before flowering.

We’ll retweet your finds 😁

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2020-12-15

Day 4
A from the seas, found at Curtis's Pit, Radley. Only the hard shell of the body has fossilised, the spines have been lost.

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2020-12-04

Are Christmas crackers part of your holiday traditions? They were first made in 1847 by an Englishman named Tom Smith who hoped to use them to sell more of the candies he made. Clearly it was a success, since the company that bears his name still exists! Day 19

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2019-12-20

Ooh, I think when Mommy was kissing Santa Claus
underneath the mistletoe last night she didn’t bank on seeing one of these! Mistletoe Weevil - Ixapion variegatum 😱

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2018-12-21

Day 12 of - ‘The Holly and the Ivy…’, specimens from the Welsh National Herbarium

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2016-12-12

December has arrived, why not follow our Calendar. Each day open a door to reveal a Christmassy surprise from our Collections

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2016-12-01