A festive cafe in Shropshire celebrates Christmas every day - except on December 25
We visit the award-winning Shropshire cafe where it really is Christmas every day - but it’s shut on December 25!Kim sells mince pies, Christmas pudding, fruit cakes and turkey and cranberry sandwiches with all the trimmings whatever the season or weather.
Kim said: “Since last year, it has grown in popularity and our afternoon teas get booked up really quickly. People still come in January. We even won a Pride In The High Street Heroes award from the council, where people vote for their favourite shops in the area. “We have bakers who do it from scratch. We do more classical jazz music throughout the year and then Christmas music. We do sometimes start playing the favourites.
"Its what our family used to do, wherever we went in the world, we would buy a Christmas decoration on holiday. So I thought it would be a good opportunity to open a Christmas shop in a World Heritage Site as tourists come here. When we opened, people said we wouldn't last five minutes."But they love us. There is a trend to get a Christmas present from wherever you go, so we have the tourists who come to Ironbridge and locals who visit regularly, too.
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