A Little Calm Before Christmas: Making Time for a Spa Day in December
There’s a particular kind of Christmas list that never makes it onto paper. Remembering the school raffle. Finding the missing shepherd’s costume. Knowing who likes which chocolates, and whether there’s enough wrapping paper for the presents still hidden in the wardrobe.
If you’re the mum who usually brings the Christmas magic to life, December can leave very little room for you.
A winter spa day is a chance to make some. A few hours of warm water, unhurried conversation or simply being quiet, while someone else takes care of the details. Here at SenSpa in Brockenhurst, you can come on your own or bring a friend who understands exactly why you needed this.
How to relax before Christmas
You don’t have to finish everything before taking a break. There’ll probably still be something to organise when you get home, and that’s all right.
Start by choosing a little time you can realistically set aside. Ask someone to take over the school run or bedtime, put your phone away for a while and let this appointment matter as much as the others.
Among the relaxing things to do before Christmas, a New Forest spa day offers a welcome change of surroundings. Outside, the woodland settles into winter. Inside, there’s warm water, rising steam and space to follow your own pace.
An afternoon with nothing to organise
Our Afternoon Tea Spa Experience begins with arrival from 12.30pm, followed by access to the hydrotherapy and Health Club facilities from 1pm until the experience finishes at 5pm.
Spend time on the underwater benches, with bubbling jets around you, then explore the thermal rooms or settle into a recliner. Traditional afternoon tea is served between 3pm and 4pm: a chance to sit down with a friend and catch up without either of you keeping an eye on the oven.
If you’d like a treatment included, choose our Refreshing Spa Escape. From 11.30am until 4.30pm, it combines spa facilities, a two-course Thai lunch with a glass of wine or soft drink, and a 30-minute massage or facial.
Let us take care of the evening
If an afternoon is harder to arrange, our Evening Escape Spa Experience gives you time at SenSpa from 4.30pm, with use of the hydrotherapy and Health Club facilities until 8pm.
Move between the warmth of the thermal rooms and the pool, or spend longer in whichever space feels right for you.
Afterwards, change for a two-course Thai dinner at the Zen Garden Restaurant, with a glass of house wine included. There’s no menu planning, cooking or washing up to think about. Just dinner arriving at your table, and time to enjoy it.
A treatment chosen for you
For shoulders that have been doing rather a lot lately, our Anti-Stress Massage focuses on the back, neck and shoulders using Swedish massage techniques.
Or consider an Éminence Prescriptive Facial, with products selected around your skin’s needs.
Put yourself on the Christmas list
If you’d like to turn a few quiet hours into a December spa break, stay overnight at Careys Manor and give yourself time for a winter walk too. A Christmas spa break can be a tradition you share with a friend, or time you keep just for yourself.
For a winter spa visit in the New Forest, bring your swimsuit, perhaps a friend, and leave a little space in the diary for yourself.