I Wish You A Very Happy New Year XX

Drunken Fairy

Some people may already be partying to welcome in the new year having not stopped their Christmas revelry's. Others may be following that age old tradition of cleaning their home and making it spick and span for it is said how your home is on new years day - so it will stay. So, a lot of people try to have their homes clean and cheerful ...for they want a cheerful new year. Not one bogged down by clutter and chaos.

People think of the new year as a new beginning - but it is just a continuation of more of the same .. the same worries, the same joys and the same sorrows. The year may be new but we certainly are not and all the things that vex or break our hearts one year will still vex us and break our hearts the next.

For many people the Christmas period becomes a time when you dwell on the past thinking about people who are no longer around. People who were in their time an important part of your world and then others who may have only been in your world for a relatively brief time ... who also added colour and joy to your life's story but are now, for what ever reason lost to you. It all sounds rather depressing doesn't it?

Gremlin In My Stocking

Thankfully though we have the gift giving and receiving - we have the dinner (that is always in danger of being ruined but that we somehow salvage) we have the M&S Cava, the bucks fizz, the mulled wine, the beer  and the telly. The stupid games, the little tiffs and family and friends.We have all the trappings that are gold to stand up comedians .. crackers charades sweets cakes. We have the opportunity to overindulge ourselves and our families. We have everything that will insure a merry Christmas We have the smiles, that are not frozen or plastic, but genuine and a vague idea that next year we will make it an even better Christmas.


The Christmas period can be sad and happy in equal measure, we cannot forget the people who have gone from our lives because in their time they enriched us with their presence.  I am however mindful of the people in my present. They are all the best Christmas present I could ever want........Now where did I put my Cava?

A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL!   CHEERS  XXX