This year mum Stacey Eddolls will use her imagination to ensure Santa comes down the chimney for her four-year-old daughter Arwen. Having had to move onto the top floor in a block of flats in Newport, South Wales, making a fairytale Christmas for the little girl is not easy. Arwen was born on December 25, therefore the most special day of the year is even more important. So Stacey, 30, a former bus driver who started her own baking business before lockdown to stave off financial hardship, is again being creative. "We want to make it a magical Christmas for her," she insists. "I'm making some decorations for the flat and I'm going to create a big fireplace and chimney stack out of cardboard and paint it, so that Santa can come down and visit us!" To find out more about the Mirror’s Christmas appeal click here Four-year-old daughter Arwen in her play shop Times have been tough for the family recently. Stacey's partner, who has asked not to be named, suffered a brain haemorrhage not long after Arwen was born. Shortly afterwards, Stacey was diagnosed with fibromyalgia. "Since Arwen was born it has been a tough few years for… Read full this story
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