Guide to coming home to Stoke for Christmas

The do's and do not's for visiting your family in Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire over the festive period.

• give family big hugs ❤️

• don't moan ❌

• look for positives ✅

• call out family members or mates who are self-deprecating/derogatory (and doing nothing about it) towards where they live 🙋🏻‍♂️

• Go to Hanley/Town Centres 👊🏼

• SPEND YOUR MONEY IN STOKE 💸

• Eat at Slamwich Club, Little Dumpling King, Lunar, Potbank or all 🍝

• Smile at people 🤗

• Go to Drop City Books and buy something, it's Stoke's only independent bookstore 📚

• Eat Oatcakes, miss them and ask yourself why they aren't a global sensation? ❤️

• Add "do something to support S-O-T regeneration" to your new year's resolutions ✍🏼

• Enjoy the warm hug and kindness of Stoke; take that back to wherever you're going with you ❤️