2016 - A review of the year!

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Hello Everyone.

So as we come to the end of 2016, I've had a very good year. Have lots to be positive about and lots to be thankful for. 

Thought I might start off this review of the year by naming things which has happened to me each month of the year. So here goes:

January - I turned 20, saw Biggins in Aladdin at the Nottingham Theatre Royal, and worked on Eclipsed in the studio for the majority of the month whilst I was off Uni for twenty days. 

February - Coasting, not much happened. 

March - Handed in my Final Essay for Year 2, Went to see Matthew Perry's new play "The End of Longing" in London, Auditioned and got cast in two excellent shows, Mum's Birthday Bash!

April - Charlotte's Birthday, Filmed our final film for Year 2, I finished my second year at Uni, rehearsals for my two shows started, Cousin Katharine's graduation.  

May - went to see The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time in London's West End, Went to go and watch QI being filmed in London with my Dad, Met up with my friend Janice in Brighton, Twelfth Night with an all female cast. 

June - Went to Swindon Film and Comic Con and met Mark Labbett and Shaun Wallace from The Chase, did my first ever interview on live radio, voted in the EU referendum, The show run of Jumpers for Goalposts.

July - Bury family meet up, Oliver show! 7th - 9th July, Auditioned for Peter Pan in Radlett, The Chase in London - Part One, went to visit Madame Tussauds on a day out, London Film and Comic Con 2016, got back into gaming for the first time in years, Sophie's Birthday!

August - Summer break, got cast in Peter Pan : The Musical!, met up with my friend Gavin, had lunch with Charlotte, Charlotte and Sean's engagement party, went up to Bournemouth to see family and the red arrows display, Dad's Birthday, Granny Bury's Birthday. 

September - The Browning Version/ Black Comedy, The Chase in London Part Two!, Ashbridge for Alasdair's send off, returned to Uni for the final year.

October - Charlotte's Halloween Party!

November - Peter Pan : The Musical 17th - 19th November and Abigail's Party. 

December - Started working on Rope, The run-up to Christmas, Panto: Jack and the Beanstalk in Portsmouth, got to meet Anne Hegerty from The Chase! - She is my idol and one of the reasons why I'm inspired to want to be a good quizzer, Panto: Cinderella at the London Palladium with Gavin and Euan - one of the best nights out ever and the best panto I've seen EVER! (So Far!), Been in a film with Samantha Bond, BSC Meet up in London, Spending Christmas with the family, New Years. 

So all in all, with the unfortunate tragedies that have happened and so many famous faces that we have lost including:  David Bowie, Alan Rickman, Terry Wogan, Ronnie Corbett, Prince, George Michael and Carrie Fisher we can still look forward to the future with hope.

I've been lucky, I have had a very fortuitous and happy year. I've done lots as the time has gone by and I wouldn't change any of it. There maybe a few things I would change, but there are lots of things I wouldn't change and are happy with. 

I just want to say, hope your year was enjoyable, it was good and if it wasn't we can always start again and start fresh, so I hope whatever you're doing tonight you have a wonderful time, surrounded by friends, surrounded by cuddles and smiles, and you have a lovely time. Here's to 2017. Happy New Year! 

DOCTOR WHO : THE AUDIO ADVENTURES 2017

Doctor Who Audio Adventures are back in the sping of 2017 I've decided to move it to Saturdays as that seems to be the better slot to fit things in, and I've got nothing else to fill the gap with there being no new Doctor Who to upload until April, which by that time, hopefully, this series would have finished.

Twelve episodes confirmed for the new series, which is comfortable. I'm very happy with the diversity and range of different stories we got coming in this year and I'm very excited to get this series underway.

What to expect?

Lots of new monsters and some old ones as well coming back, we got Daleks, Sontarans, and Ice Warriors as well as demon monks, soul stealing ghouls and robots to say the least. lots of great prospects in store for the series which will excite the viewers with what I hope to be clever, passionate and imaginative storytelling.

Some new writers coming in, some of which have messaged me and asked to have a go at writing stories. Which is great. I always welcome new writers, some of which are females. My friend Katharine who is writing episode eight is a student, hoping to be a journalist and also loves writing her own short science fiction stories. She's not a Doctor Who fan, but she likes science fiction. So new writers, always welcome just get in touch and we can have a chat. 

Expect the doctor to get a lot darker, as the series goes on the events that occur will shape him into kind of person I want him to become for the next series after this one. He's darker and more mysterious, the kind of feel I'm going for is something along the lines of the early Hartnell days and to make the doctor quite and unlikable and less caring character. So lots of good to stuff to come and really looking forward it. 

MORTAL KOMBAT X : HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I'll be doing a one off new year's eve special as there is a special premium tower to commemorate the event. So get ready for the Mortal Kombat New Year's Eve bash! It's going to be a good one. 

COMING In 2017... More Gaming Videos including Assassin's Creed and Crash Bandicoot

As you know, I do gameplay videos playing Mortal Kombat XL, Now I'm starting to break away from that and think of doing some gameplay videos and I think whatever games would I be interested in playing.

I thought of Assassin's Creed. That's a popular one. I've got the Ezio collection for Christmas which is like a trilogy of stories to complete. I've started playing it today just to see what its like and I have to say I got a few things done in that game and I am really enjoying it and wish to continue playing it. 

I did start playing Batman Arkham Asylum but that has proven to be a difficult game. It's very hard to complete and I'm stuck on a task in it at the moment and stopped playing it for a while, but do intend to come back to it because I've got Arkham Knight for Christmas so I've got the full set now of Ayslum, Arkham City and Arkham Knight. So do intend to get back into that so I have a go at all three. 

As well as that, an old childhood friend of mine Crash Bandicoot is getting a reboot. Crash Bandicoot 1,2 and 3 are all getting re mastered for the PS4. I am extremely excited about this for one I love Crash Bandicoot, I love the games and they are such good fun to play so I'll enjoy doing gameplay videos of that. All three games are all coming out together in one set. No release date has been revealed but I'm hearing late February, but that has yet to be confirmed. 

So yes, at least three new gameplay videos coming up at some point in 2017, as well as the Mortal Kombat videos. I will continue to do those, with the new season starting on the 9th of January. 

COMING SOON on DOCTOR WHO : The Ice Warriors!

IN 2017... THE ICE WARRIORS ARE COMING

The inhabitants of Colony 9 are about to make a most incredible discovery. A lost scavenger group of Ice Warriors. Natives of the planet Mars. A race of cold-blooded reptiles inside highly sophisticated space armor. 

This was always the plan to bring the Ice Warriors into my audio adventures at some point. 

There didn't seem to be a better opportunity to put them in quite frankly. I love the first Ice Warrior story so much, that I wanted to do something which was very similar to the roots of that. 

The Ice Warriors themselves have always been one of my favourite monsters. I favour them over many others and love the way they move, speak, look etc. The concept behind them is compelling, which was challenging for the designers who designed them because they had to come up with a new monster that at the time they hoped would be able to match the popularity of the Daleks and the cybermen. I think what makes successful monsters work is the effective notion of just wanting to look further and wanting more out of it, something which captivates the imagination, something that causes great threat, has certain sounds or mannerisms which stick out in the mind, has something which people will remember about it. If someone was to come up and ask me who are the five best doctor who monsters I would say : The Daleks, The Cybermen, The Ice Warriors, The Sontarans and The Weeping Angels. Simply because they tick all the boxes and have all the things I have just mentioned.

The Ice Warriors are back, and they mean business in the story I got coming up. So stay tuned. 

DOCTOR WHO Review : The Return of Doctor Mysterio

Doctor Who Review

The Return of Doctor Mysterio

2016 Christmas Special

Warning: This review contains spoilers. 

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you all made rather Merry yesterday and that you had lots of nice food and drink. Did you watch any good TV? I didn't. I missed the Doctor Who Christmas special when it was broadcast, I've just watched it this morning.

So, after a year of no Doctor Who, we get this... "The Return of Doctor Mysterio" from what the description says on the BBC Iplayer it's "an epic New York adventure, the Doctor and Nardole link up with a reporter and a masked superhero. Can the Doctor save Manhattan from aliens?" So it's a story which is set in new york and has a superhero in it as well as an invasion of earth subplot added into it. 

I think the thing with where Steven Moffatt was going with idea was that he wanted to do a Christmas special which wasn't heavily Christmas themed, there are a few Christmas references to this but not many. And that at Christmas time, there's always a superhero movie on, which is true. I think maybe even last Christmas The Avengers was on. Moffatt has always loved Superheros and he wanted to combine two of his favourite things by putting a superhero in Doctor Who.  

Superheroes in Doctor Who...  I'm not sure how comfortable I feel about that. And there were lots of links with The Ghost and Superman. The Ghost is a mysterious vigilante who is like Superman with the fact that he looks pretty ordinary and has the same powers as Superman, and Lucy is basically Lois Lane with the fact that she's a reporter. 

I didn't care much for the story, partly due to a massive chunk of it was ruined for me by an interview Steven Moffatt gave to the Radio Times, which basically told me the Ghost is a child which the doctor helps and gives him super powers. I would have rather that had been told to me through the story telling. 

As a story there didn't really seem that much to go on to be perfectly honest, I'll start off with the bits I did actually like about it first, I liked all the stuff with the ghost in the fact that I liked his outfit, how he moved and how he interacted with The Doctor and stuff like that. The cinematography was good too. I liked Peter Capaldi's performance as the Doctor, I liked how the episode started with it looking like a comic book and then the camera widens into a wide shot of New York, and certain establishing shots were good. 

That was the stuff I liked, everything else I didn't like. I didn't like Lucy. I don't think there was much in her as a character, Nardole was annoying and I hated his little speech he gave at the end and how he'll be there to look after the doctor, there's me thinking we've seen the last of him and now I am stuck with him. The aliens or the monsters in this though they looked a little sinister, they reminded me of those brains in jars from the Keys of Marinus.  I don't like the fact it was set in New York because that meant it would have annoying Americans in it. which it did. Tomiwa Edun's acting has to be one of the most dire performances I have ever seen in a Doctor Who episode.  I think for me, I just didn't like this whole idea enough, I didn't like the invasion of earth subplot too much, the humor in it was not to my taste. There was a bit at the end where things just felt to me a bit unsolved because  UNIT come in to close of the main headquarters to the aliens and one of the soldiers turns around to reveal that his head has been cut open. 

No, this just wasn't really my kind of story which is a shame because I do love Doctor Who and I feel that the show has lost its way and it doesn't excite me as much anymore as it used to. I don't think much for series 10 either. Things are not looking to good at the moment. I'll give this 2/10.

Seasons Greetings and a Merry Christmas!

Hi Everyone.

This is just a quick post from me to say Merry Christmas to all! Hope you all got everything you wished for and that you have a wonderful spending time with your most loved ones as that's what today is all about. Togetherness, peace and thanksgiving. So spread the Christmas spirit and whatever you do, make the most of it.

Seasons Greetings and a Merry Christmas!

COMING SOON on DOCTOR WHO : The Sontarans!

Yes! The Sontarans are finally going to appear in the Doctor Who Audio Adventures as an adversary for The Doctor and Pip in "The Hero of Sontar" aiming to be released in the new year.

Not much detail can be given about the story just yet, apart from there is a particular Sontaran who is known for doing this valiant act on behalf of the Sontaran Empire and deemed a hero. The Doctor knows of this Sontaran and what he has done for the Sontaran Empire and how he became known as a hero amongst his comrades. Only that this Sontaran is leading an assassination squad to rid a planet of it's refugees.

I wasn't planning on bringing back the Sontarans, but rather than dismiss the idea entirely I thought, well why not? It would be a nice idea and if I'm stumped for ideas, there was always this idea for a story to fill in the gaps as it were.

This looks to be a good one, and I'm working on writing the script with my writer friend Sam Badminton. So very excited to this come to fruition.

MORTAL KOMBAT XL : CHRISTMAS TOWER - Season's Beatings!

Hey everyone.

I'm here to give you yet another Mortal Kombat update for Christmas. There is a special Christmas themed premium tower called "Seasons Beatings" which is a pun on Seasons Greetings. Where one kombatant takes on eight opponents with a very special Christmas themed modifier. As you progress up the tower, you'll be faced with different modifiers concluding with one final fight with everything all at once to deal with as well as beat your opponent during the match. All the fights are all in the same location and the mode of difficulty progresses as you make your way further up the tower.

This provides an exciting, fun challenge to complete.

The Christmas Tower will be uploaded on Friday 23rd December 2016!

This Friday will be the sort of Christmas bumper pack, before I stop for Christmas break and return in the new year.

Until then, hope you keep enjoying my Mortal Kombat gameplay videos.

Mortal Kombat XL: December 2016 - January 2017

Hey Everyone.

This just a quick update post for you, to talk you through what is going on with my Mortal Kombat XL gameplay videos.

So far, I'm just going into my last week of videos just before I stop for Christmas. Friday the 23rd December will be the last day before I take two weeks off for Christmas. Once that's done, that will be the end of the first season of gameplay videos and the end of Motal Kombat XL videos for 2016.

The second season will pick up again in January 2017 on Monday 9th January, and will run until the end of June. Same as usual, it will work in the normal daily videos that you are used to me uploading along with a few extra bits now and then.

Just thought you should know.

Thanks all, and keep updated.

Mortal Kombat - CHRISTMAS INVASION 2016

It's Christmas in Earthrealm, however the forces of the Netherrealm have begun an invasion.

Special Forces and Lin Kuei assemble to fight the forces of the Netherrealm and save Christmas.

NETHERREALM INVASION

How it works is the Invasion will consist of a single fight battle against a challenger and a Netherrealm boss. The challenger will take on the boss in a head to head fight. Defeat the boss and the earth will be saved. 

INVASION BOSS

Scorpion

Possessed by the forces of evil, Scorpion is Quan Chi's puppet. Enslaved to do his bidding, Quan Chi has upgraded Scorpion's fire power and speed to a much higher advantage. He is now a raging revenant full of anger and fury, you don't want to stand in his way.

So that's who the challenger will be facing for this years Christmas Invasion challenge.

But what exactly is this I hear you ask? Basically, it's not like the other faction invasions that you would normally face in the game. I thought as a bit of fun when coming up with ideas to do something for Christmas for Mortal Kombat to do a sort of mock invasion, but that I mean simply just play five single fight rounds on a higher level of difficulty than I'm used to playing. 

This is to just avoid any confusion, for those of you thinking that there's going to be this updated invasion in the game at Christmas. There isn't. 

The Invasion boss fight will take the place of the usual Let's Play Mortal Kombat videos that I have done on Friday 23rd December, so mark that in your diaries if you want to as that's when the upload is. This Christmas challenge I have set myself will hopefully be a recurring thing, where they will be an invasion every year from a different threat each year. 

This will also finish off my Mortal Kombat videos for 2016. But never fear, Mortal Kombat videos will resume in 2017. 

Hope this post has been useful to you. I hope you keep enjoying my gameplay videos. 

COMING IN 2017 : DOCTOR WHO AUDIO ADVENTURES SERIES 3

THE DOCTOR WILL RETURN, IN 2017

SERIES THREE

Episode Guide

1. The Hero of Sontar
Written By Daniel Bury and Jamie Harrison 

The Doctor knows of the great Kraagh and what he has done for the Sontaran Empire. But he never thought he would meet him face to face. The Doctor and Pip are confronted with a problem where they have to stop at a pit stop planet of Dedmos in outer worlds of the galaxy, there a battle is going on between the refugees and the sixteenth Sontaran war squad, lead by the acclaimed Hero of Sontar Commander Kraagh. Kraagh is plotting something that could mean death and disaster to lots of innocent people, and the Doctor must stop him before it's too late.

2. Trouble with the Vixen
Written By Daniel Bury and Jamie Harrison


The Vixen is back, for revenge! The Doctor and Pip fall into her trap when the TARDIS gets caught in a time loop. The Vixen has discovered new technology from a race of aliens that will transform her into any person of her choice, and she sets off to reek havoc amongst the universe. Can the Doctor break free of her time loop and find out what she's upto and stop her before it's too late.


3. The Stone of Arkharren
Written By Daniel Bury

Earth 1892, Victorian London. The Doctor and Pip arrive in Cryton Manor house owned by the departed Mr Cryton who died recently, the inheritance of the house Mr Kerrington Smithe is the new owner of the house. Horrors old and new await the Doctor and Pip amongst the peculiar residents of the manor house. A soul-stealing monster lurks in the shadows and grows forever stronger. But has this to do with an old stone from the Aztec era? The answer lie within The Stone of Arkharren.


4. Masquerade 
Written By Daniel Bury

1922. Mr and Mrs Vincent Darrell hold the most extravagant parties but do not participate in them. There is much mystery behind it, after residing in a small cottage next to the mansion owned by the Darrell's, The Doctor and Pip finally get an invitation to one of their parties. Once inside The Doctor really gets to work in finding out what is going on.  While Pip, unfortunately gets caught up in a rather sadistic scheme. It's going to be a night full of surprises. 


5. The Eye of Harmony 
Written By Daniel Bury & Jamie Harrison

The TARDIS comes under attack by an entity of pure dark time energy, although the energy is successfully repelled, The Doctor decides it's a good idea to go back to Gallifrey and tell the time lords about it. They arrive on Gallifrey to be arrested and thrown in jail and have the Time Lords accuse the doctor as the one who created the dark energy and they put him on trial and eventually sentence him to death. It seems that the real culprit for creating the dark energy is hidden on Gallifrey and wishes to frame the Doctor for a crime which he didn't commit. The clock ticks as Pip must do what she can to save her friend from impending doom and defeat the evil that lies within. 


6. The Art of the Kodai 
Written By Ian White

On a day out in Paris 1798, the Doctor and Pip are visiting an art exhibition when they discover something is not quite right with one of the paintings. With the idea in their minds that something could be wrong, they decide to stay in Paris and take a vacation there until the mystery is solved. However, bad people plot to stop them from discovering the truth behind the paintings. What exactly asre the sinister secrets of the gallery? Is Francois Lemaire all that he seems to be? and what does this all have to do with the Mona Lisa? 



7. Return to Earth
Written By Jamie Harrison

The Doctor and Pip arrive in Stockbridge where The Doctor is reunited with an old friend. Kara Connor. It's been a long time since they have seen each other and Kara thought she would never see the Doctor again. When the Doctor and Pip stumble across into her life, Kara is happily married and is carrying her second child. The reunion is interrupted by some uninvited guests who plan to destroy earth. Can the doctor save the planet from extinction? 


8. The Haunting of Ashington Abbey
Written By Katharine Alman

Ashington Abbey is allegedly being haunted by some monks from hell. Are there ghosts or is it just a story hyped up by the media to attract attention? Fascinated by the story, the Doctor takes the case taking a rebellious Kara and Pip along with him. They get to the Abbey and make the most remarkable and horrifying discoveries. Meanwhile, the Monks are closing in on them and are coming to get them.

9. Colony 9 
Written By Daniel Bury & Jamie Harrison

Colony 9 faces a new ice age when snow storms hit over the south part of the sector.  While half the team attempt to fight off the weather conditions, the other half of team are about to make a very miraculous discovery - Viking warriors embedded within the ice. When the Doctor, Pip, and Kara arrive they soon learn that the colony comes under siege from the Ice Warriors - fearsome Martians intent on conquering the planet for themselves. 

10. Generation of the Daleks
Written By Daniel Bury 

The Doctor, Pip and Kara arrive on a planet they can barely recognize. Earth, London as they no it decreased to a desolate wasteland of dust and rubble waiting to be populated by a new species, the Daleks. The Doctor soon learns that Davros didn't die when the Dalek mothership was destroyed. He survived and he is here on Earth, and Davros has got some explaining to do. 

11. The Death of Kara Connor
Written By Daniel Bury

The Doctor has faced Fenric, an ancient evil since the dawn of time, besting him by challenging him to a game of chess. Fenric challenges the Doctor again, and rather, unfortunately, it means risking everyone he cares about, if he loses, all is lost and Fenric will reign supreme. 

12. Revenge of the Doctor
Written By Daniel Bury


An angry doctor is hell-bent on revenge... but revenge on who? and will he succeed on exacting his revenge? 

COMING SOON : Mortal Kombat - CHRISTMAS INVASION

It's Christmas in Earthrealm. However, the forces of the Netherrealm have begun an invasion. 

• Episode: 1 out of 1
• Transmission: 23rd December 2016
• Week : 23rd - 29th December 2016
• Channel: DANBURY Productions
• Published: 6th December 2016
  
  Special Forces and Lin Kui assemble to fight off the forces of the Netherrealm and save Christmas. 
  

COMING UP on DOCTOR WHO

TITLES FOR 2017

Listed below are titles of stories for 2017.

APRIL 2017

• The Three Doctors - Third, Second and First Doctors: 08/04/17
• Galiax - Fourth Doctor : 22/04/17

MAY 2017

• The Man who Gambled with Time - Fourth Doctor: 06/05/17
• The Green Planet - First Doctor: 20/05/17

JUNE 2017

• Visitation of the Fendahl - Fourth Doctor: 03/06/17
• The Devil's Armada - Fifth Doctor : 17/06/17

JULY 2017

• The Romance of Crime - Seventh Doctor: 01/07/17
• The Space Invaders - Second Doctor: 15/07/17
• The Thirteen Doctors - ALL The Doctors: 29/07/17

AUGUST 2017

• The Gift of Axos - Third Doctor: 12/08/17
• The Android Imposters - Fourth Doctor: 26/08/17

SEPTEMBER 2017

• The Hostages in Space - First Doctor: 02/09/17
• The Last of the Cybermen - Twelfth Doctor: 16/09/17
• The Burial at Thebos - Tenth Doctor: 30/09/17

OCTOBER 2017

• Noose of Ice - Eighth Doctor: 14/10/17
• Hostages of the Daleks - Ninth Doctor: 28/10/17

More information on these stories to be released upon request. 

This MONTH From DANBURY Productions : DECEMBER 2016

Have a look at what's coming up from DANBURY Productions, this December!

LET'S PLAY MORTAL KOMBAT XL

Daily game play videos of myself playing the game, with added bonus's added in.

MORTAL KOMBAT XL : CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

23rd December 2016

A special edition of Mortal Kombat XL for Christmas. 

CHRISTMAS JUMPER DAY

16th December 2016

• A special blog talking about what makes Christmas the best time of the year.

THE CHASE : CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

24th December 2016

Bradley Walsh hosts a special Christmas edition of the chase featuring all four chasers.

A team of four celebrities have to work as a team to raise money for a charity of their choice.

THE SOOTY SHOW : An Early Christmas

21st December 2016

It's the middle of a scorching summer heatwave, but Soo is too busy wrapping up Christmas presents to notice. In an effort to make their own presents, Sweep ends up painting Soo's boxes of presents different colours. Unaware of what Sweep has done, Matthew opens all of Soo's boxes to reveal the Christmas presents inside. When he finds out the truth, Matthew is furious and Sweep goes into hiding. What can Matthew do to lure Sweep out of hiding? Will the gang make up? 

DOCTOR WHO : THE AUDIO ADVENTURES

2016 CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

"CHRISTMAS AND THE RANI" 

Written By Daniel Bury

26th December 2016

The Rani kidnaps Santa Clause, and it's up to the Doctor to save him and save Christmas. While he's away, Pip and all the other elves try to fill in for Santa by using a very handy teleportation device. 

Anymore information about my projects to be released upon request.

The Chase - Series 6 Statistics

Now that Series 6 of The Chase is now finished, here is a detailed statistic table of the progress over the course of the series.

The Chase will return.

CHASER STATISTICS

Mark Labbett "The Beast" 

Appearances : 5

Wins : 3

Defeats : 2

Anne Hegerty "The Governess"

Appearances : 5

Wins : 3

Losses : 2

Shaun Wallace "The Dark Destroyer"

Appearances : 4

Wins : 2

Losses : 2

Paul Sinha "The Sinnerman"

Appearances : 4

Wins : 2

Losses : 2

COMING UP on The Chase! IT'S CHRISTMAS!!!

COMING UP on The Chase!

IT'S CHRISTMAS!

• Episode : 1/1
• Transmission : 24th December 2016
• Time : N/A
• Week : 24th - 30th December 2016
• Channel : DANBURY Productions
• Status : Christmas Special 
• Published : 26th November 2016

Bradley Walsh is back to present a very special Christmas edition of The Chase featuring all four chasers. 

A team of four celebrities have to try and outrun the chasers to win money to help one Christmas charity of their choice between them. But have X Factor winner Matt Terry, Queen of the Jungle Scarlett Moffatt, The Apprentice finalist Jessica Cunningham and Strictly champion Ore Oduba got what it takes?

Additional information to be released at a later date.

In the lead up to Christmas...

Christmas is fast approaching. So what is there to do?

Advent begins tomorrow, and with that, the final countdown to Christmas 2016.

So what can you do to get you into the Christmassy mood? Here's my list of suggestions.

1. Listen to Christmas Music - There's nothing more to get you in the mood for Christmas than to listen to timeless Christmas classics. If you're having trouble finding what to listen to visit my YouTube channel : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCH3q0VVY8pdgzDJi8HC0VTA - There's a playlist of Christmas songs on there to listen to titled "My Christmas Music" on there.

2. Watch Christmas Movies - Sit back and relax, and watch some your favourite Christmas movies. Whether you like The Grinch, The Polar Express, Elf, Arthur Christmas, It's A Wonderful Life or whatever it is. Christmas Movies are there to get you in a fun mood to enjoy over the holidays.

3. Go Christmas Window Shopping - By that I mean, look online and have a scout around for things you might want to buy for a friend or family member, get some ideas on what they might want to get them. Or incidentally, you could look at things you might want to receive as presents. That's one of the things that excites me about Christmas, guessing what I might get and looking over things I've got on my list and wondering I wonder whose got me this, have I got this? You never know, and this one is there to help you if you're really stumped on things to do.

4. Play games - This is a great time of year to get your old board games out from the attic or the cupboard and play them together as a family or with a group of friends. It's interactive and sociable and above all really fun.

5. Go and see a Pantomime - It's Panto season, and there is a great variety of Panto's happening. Perhaps one is just near you? Go and see a good panto with good celebrities in it, and hopefully not too pricey either. It's interactive, it's fun for the whole family and it really lifts your spirits up. Good old fashioned entertainment on a night out.

6. Christmas Jumpers - Christmas Jumpers I think capture a great part of Christmas. They're colourful, warm, comfortable and show off the joy of Christmas in their designs. When you wear it, it shows off a fun side of you within the medium of what the holiday is about. That's why I like Christmas jumpers.

7. Putting the Tree up - Putting the tree up and hanging all your decorations. Surely that's got to get you in the mood? It's another one of those interactive parts of Christmas that's not only fun to do but you once it's done it looks really pretty when it's finished. It's a form of art in a way that you can do, and it's something you're in control over. Your tree can look how you want to look.

8. Wrapping up the presents - Christmas Wrapping, the wrapping paper is glossy and pretty and all in lovely eloquent patterns and colors to show off how special this time of year is.

9. Bake Gingerbread men/ Christmas treats - this a piece of fun interactiveness to get you in the mood and doing something fun and practical. Baking Gingerbread men or any Christmas treats. They're dead easy to do and don't take up too much of your time.

So those are just a few things for you to do over the holidays if you really can't think of what to do. Use this list a guide to give you a few suggestions. Maybe you have a few suggestions of your own that I've not mentioned that are worth trying out. Who knows? Have a Merry Christmas all the same and enjoy your time in the lead up to this truely magical event. It's December starting from tomorrow!