It's almost time for me to take my annual social media / blog sojourn for the festive season. But before I go, I wanted to sign off with a little something I wrote for the end of the year. I felt it was quite fitting not just for myself, but also for many people close … Continue reading A Reflection On A Year
Before I take my annual blog / social media hibernation for the next couple of weeks, I just wanted as always to share a little festive something I've written. The actual inspiration for this came from a brilliant post on Instagram I saw last week. Life can throw all sorts of things at us, regardless … Continue reading Be Present
As 1998 drew to a close, the remaining quartet of the Spice Girls said goodbye to Ginger - and their imperial phase - with their third and final Christmas number one.
Hello all, So today is my last full day of the year before the festive break. As always, I wanted to share a little something I'd written before I disappeared off to have some much needed down time. Lately I've not really been in the best frame of mind, and it occurred to me that … Continue reading A poem for this Christmas
Today marks the start of what is by far, even with how streaming has skewed things in recent years, the most important date for avid watchers of the UK charts, as the battle to become the Christmas number one single for 2022 a week hence gets under way.And whilst the charts have been full to … Continue reading #CrazyStupidPlaylist: Christmas Future Classics
Hello everyone, Once again I know this festive season is looking different for a lot of people when they hoped it would be approaching something more normal. But I hope with this little poem I have written about my "Grate-ness" list (a Christmas Gratitude List, if you will) that I have encapsulated the reminder that, … Continue reading My Grate-ness List
Love In All Things by Alex MacGregor When life hands us lemons, there is lemon drizzle cake When life hands us confusion, understanding and helpful ears are there When life hands us endings, new starts begin When life hands us despair, hope springs up When life hands us darkness, there is light within When life … Continue reading A poem for Christmas Day.
Now I must confess that, under ordinary circumstances, I am more a savoury man than sweet man. But there is one exception - and that is Christmas time. Call it the time of year, but suddenly I am drawn to all things sweet. And suddenly, for someone who only occasionally entertains a brownie for the … Continue reading Our definitive ranking of Christmas chocolate.
For all my yearly rewatches of Bernard and the Genie, The Holiday and the Christmas episodes of The Vicar of Dibley, there are some Christmas films or shows of yore I'd maybe forgotten about but loved at the time, and I am only just now rediscovering. Such is the case with Robbie the Reindeer. Partly … Continue reading Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire – the lost gem of Christmas films
The race is on, even as we speak, to discover who will be the identity of this year's Christmas number one single in the UK. Regular readers may remember that back in 2017 I did a blog recounting my favourite Yuletide chart toppers of yore. But of course, this being the UK, for every 'Do … Continue reading #CrazyStupidPlaylist: The “Should’ve Been” Christmas Number Ones
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