Tag: Christmas
It’s beginning to feel it’s NOT like Christmas!
CHRISTMAS 2020 ON THE M62 SERVICES: an exchange of presents is taking place in the rain, bags being moved between cars. A grandfather stoops into...
I wish you all a happy distanced Covid Christmas Day!
So this Covid Christmas is all about contradictions. Government says we may get together (up to three households), but advises that we shouldn't. After our...
Well, well! Wellness trumps dry January
You’ve heard and read all the usual advice on detoxing after the Christmas binge. You may have decided to go dry for the month:...
New Year humbug? ‘Tis the season to be grumpy!
‘Tis the season to be grumpy. No, really. Ever since Charles Dickens invented the character of Ebenezer Scrooge, we’ve delighted in repeating his catchphrase,...
Thank you for the music
Thank you for the music. No, this is not a tribute to the Abba song: but the infinitely superior possible title for this piece...
Bah! Humbug! Leave that cellphone at home, Santa. . .
I AM OFTEN HEARD muttering “Bah! Humbug!” at this time of year. To say I find Christmas quite difficult is an understatement: I once...
Christmas is coming: well, sort of
Christmas is coming: of that there is no doubt. But for any Poms finding themselves Down Under for Christmas, as we Traffords are, it...
YOU DECIDE: SHOULD THE BELLS RING OUT FOR CHRISTMAS?
AN ugly internal dispute between bell-ringers and clergy means that York Minster's famous bells will fall silent on Christmas Day for the first time...
