{"id":895,"date":"2022-12-16T15:48:58","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T15:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/?p=895"},"modified":"2022-12-16T15:48:58","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T15:48:58","slug":"december-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/?p=895","title":{"rendered":"December 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The very best wishes for Christmas from Martha, me and all at Knebworth House and Park.\u00a0 Whatever the weather this holiday time \u2013 and in such a bizarre weather year, I don\u2019t think we\u2019d be surprised if it was bright &amp; balmy or blowing a blizzard \u2013 may your hearths be hearty and healthy\u2026 and your heating bills arrive when your sense of humour is still riding high from the jokes in your crackers.<\/p>\n<p>I recall in the 1970s we would hang blankets in the corridors of Knebworth House to keep the heat in the corner of the house that we lived in.\u00a0 Then, when the charity was created, and was able to afford a new boiler for the public rooms, we took down all the blankets in the hope that some of the heat would make it down the corridor \u2013 particularly to our bedrooms \u2013 where we lived under layers of jumpers and coats.<\/p>\n<p>I suspect, this winter, many of us will be layering up rather than turning the heating up.\u00a0 So here\u2019s to ridiculous Christmas jumpers, warm full hearts and warm hearty laughter \u2013 and perhaps a hot toddy or two (or Horlicks for me) \u2013 this Hertfordshire holidays!<\/p>\n<p>Henry Lytton Cobbold<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HenryCobboldKH?\">@HenryCobboldKH<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Snow-Day-RobRyder-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-896 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Snow-Day-RobRyder-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Snow-Day-RobRyder-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Snow-Day-RobRyder-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Snow-Day-RobRyder-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Snow-Day-RobRyder-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Snow-Day-RobRyder-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 640px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 640\/360;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The very best wishes for Christmas from Martha, me and all at Knebworth House and Park.\u00a0 Whatever the weather this holiday time \u2013 and in such a bizarre weather year, I don\u2019t think we\u2019d be surprised if it was bright &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/?p=895\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-22"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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