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The Christmas routines

December 22nd, 2022 · Comments Off on The Christmas routines · Life

“Christmas” and “routine” are not entirely compatible. Over the holiday period all sorts of routines get disrupted, which is potentially a problem for anybody who is a bit OCD or who just clings onto routines as a coping mechanism.

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Christmas 2020: a matter of perspective

December 25th, 2020 · Comments Off on Christmas 2020: a matter of perspective · Life

I am going to have a fantastic Christmas this year! I know. There is still covid-19 going on, our area moving into tier 4 on Saturday, Brexit, and all sorts of other general unpleasantness, but it is all relative. For example, two years ago, Christmas 2018, I was in the middle of chemotherapy treatment and […]

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Best Christmas ever?

December 26th, 2019 · Comments Off on Best Christmas ever? · Life

It is possible that yesterday was the best Christmas ever. It went a bit pear-shaped after midnight when the dog threw up over the bedroom floor, but that was after midnight so doesn’t count. It started with a bit of a lie-in of course. Nothing too excessive, but the sort of thing we could only […]

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Thinking Christmassy thoughts

December 25th, 2019 · Comments Off on Thinking Christmassy thoughts · Life, Music

I don’t think its a secret that I am not a fan of Christmas. I’m not ashamed of that, not proud, it just is what it is. I just don’t get it or buy into all the fuss about it, but ironically I may well enjoy it more than many of the Xmas fanatics because […]

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Enjoying Christmas

December 28th, 2018 · Comments Off on Enjoying Christmas · Life

My natural tendancy is towards Grinchiness at Christmas. I am not a fan. Can’t see the point of it, and get concerned about the conspicuous consumption of it all. Despite all that, I really enjoyed it all this year.

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