Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

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I think this is a very beautiful version of Carol of the Bells . . .

Such a beautiful season, I just wish we had snow, the old fashioned fluffy stuff that stays around for a while making the world quiet and bright.

Compliments of the Season to all and lets hope 2017 proves to be a much happier year all round

Yes- all the best to those on these threads for the Festive Season - not least the currently suffering Ivan...

Hi all

Hope you have a Great Christmas..........We have our son home from hospital for the first time since 20th Sept....So it should be a happier time for us......

So pleased for you astradt1! Have a happy time together...

So here we are - brave survivors of another British Christmas, which happen every year though this one seems to have been unusually prolonged. As were reports of the death of a sad little popstar which completely filled Boxing-Day pages and wavelengths. The Big Day had been as usual deja vu all over again. "The family came to us" this year, complete with tiny tots whose names I can't remember and who usually look around for the safety of Mummy if I do speak to them. They'll be sorry for their poor communication skills when they're famous and asked to do one of those telly ancestors programmes!

The lady wife of course prepared a Christmas Dinner big enough to shame that Bible story about feeding of the five thousand, and will provide leftovers well into Lent. Appetite was sharpened by its late arrival to about four hours after we'd almost lost expectation. A highlight was taking the turkey out of the baking-tin "to rest" while a gravy was to have been prepared, only to transfer the entire kit and caboodle onto the kitchen floor. I'm assured this is traditional. In the true spirit of Christmas we had also invited Mrs NextDoor to share our festive table, and I think I saw sparks coming off her knife and fork to begin with. After saying absolutely nothing during the meal, she then monopolised conversation with stories concerning people none of us knew. But our conscience is clear.

Perhaps you saw that Tesco advert where people have a post-it note attached to their foreheads bearing the name of a famous personality, and they have to try and guess who they are meant to be. I can think of endless variations upon that notion, and may explore them next Christmas, when it will be we who "go to them".

Oh! and incidentally, your bin-men now know which of their clients are alcoholics. Unless you are by nature devious, and patronise the bottle-banks. (as do we.)

So - it all went pretty well then...?

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All the best for 2017 to all who post here.

I'm sure 2017 will be just as crazy as 2016 with regards to politics, news, and events.......and I don't think we'll have much to celebrate at the end of 2017.

However, I wish you all well in your personal lives and endeavours. x

Thanks, sickchip - have as good a year as you can...!

Hope you all have a better 2017 than 2016 has been....

My son was finally discharged from hospital today, so we hope for a much better year than the last one.

Brilliant news about your son, Astradt 1 - hope his recovery continues apace this year and that 2017 proves a good year for all

Happy Christmas for the final time to all on Cutting Edge - let's all hope Ivan's prediction comes about in 2018.
Have a lovely peaceful break and a healthy, fulfilled and happy 2018

Yep - best wishes to all!

"Let's be careful out there" is still a useful enjoinder when Christmas and New Year have pitched us head-first into 2018. One hundred years after The War to end all Wars.