By the time I get up in the morning most of you will be close to eating your Christmas dinner. My family did most of our celebrating on Christmas Eve day as my brother wanted to get his family back to Nebraska due to expected bad weather tomorrow. We are having a white Christmas, indeed so far this December I have found global warming to be "bloody disappointing".
In spite of dire predictions by many that the church would cave in, my wife managed to get me to Christmas Eve service tonight, I even belted out hymns with a fair amount of enthusiasm. The moon is full and bright, and the reflection off of the snow on this still Christmas eve would allow you to drive without lights if it were legal.
After church we returned home and watched "A Christmas Story" on TV, it is on a 24 hour marathon and is a must each Christmas. If you can rent it in the UK I definitely would encourage you to watch it if you haven't ever seen it, it is about a boy in the 1950s who wants a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas and his trials and tribulations in getting it, it is a classic movie in my opinion, and says alot about our culture here.
Merry Christmas to all of you, as Peter says, in a strange way we are all friends, well, it doesn't seem that strange to me, we share a common enthusiasm for the land and growing things. Once again, Merry Christmas!!