Featuring prominently in a Christmas carol, ‘Herald’ is a noun with a rich history. It’s also expanded into a word family which we can use to write about governments, vaccines and sports teams.

For this instalment of Christmas vocab, let’s turn towards affairs of the stomach. Mince goes in a pie, but can it go in an idiom or two? Yes it can, and I’ll show you how.

“Peace and goodwill”, we often hear at Christmas. Is goodwill the less interesting younger sibling of peace? Not at all! It’s an interesting word, used in a lot of contexts, and I’ve unpacked some of its other uses in this post.

Take a whirl with me through the various meanings of this word, and a selection of idioms which are surprisingly un-Christmassy!