Christmas again

Well love or loathe it, its here again.

Personally I loathe it. However always being a party person i don;t mind everyone being happy and overspending, overeating and overdrinking for a while. Though that while seems to span November to February.

Its a bright light in the middle of winter. How can you hate it?

Well its not about hating it, its all the pressure on parents, families, mostly mothers, and the lonely. Not being a family person is part of my discomfort with it. On the other hand its a good time to meet up with old friends and take drastic action like going to another city just to see them.

Here in Ireland it is a monolith.

Two of my neighbours have already decked their houses out in Blacpool illuminations. Not being a party pooper i have strung some colourerd lights around the inside of my front door. To the outside world I am, game on, part of the buzz. They don't know that that is the sum total of my xmas decor.

I've sent about 15 cards. The rest lie in the kitchen, some of them are three years old now as I can't usually be bothered to sit down and write them. Especially now with e mail and facebook, we are all so much more in contact, cards seem a bit old fashioned.

I have a moody teenager aboard the my ship. She tuts at my half mast attempts and I savour the day when she will have her own place and not want to visit her aging mother and i can happily tackle a canvas sipping a cup of mulled wine and forget its even happening.

so happy x.ms to ye all.