A Little Trivia...

For many years I have thought how nice it might be to have something a little Christmassy around Christmas.

Being only the two of us, we haven't bothered too much with decorations but I have seen plates with Christmas designs on which I though would brighten up Christmas Dinner and have never got around to buying any so yesterday I saw the following and bought them.

I only purchased enough for the two of us and if any should get broken we will be short but as they will only come out a few times each year, I could not see the point of buying too many.

However, I think when December arrives I may use them over the month and get a decent use out of them.

With all the doom and gloom and worries of how the future may pan out we need something to brighten things up.

I can imagine one day me being alone sitting in a poky flat trying to have a Christmas and still using some of these for myself.

Christmas can be a happy time but also a very sad time for some and I can understand why some find this time of year difficult to get through.

Next year we have the census again(I hate filling forms in)My Father used to take care of that but I remember doing the last two...However, there is another survey being planned I am unsure how it's going to be collected...whether a survey will pop through the door, whether people will stop you in the street or maybe it will be added to the Census.

In these hard times our Prime Minister has been saying what a wonderful Country this still is...and he wants to know how happy we all feel and how our well being is.

The idea has not gone down very well for many reasons I am sure you can work out for yourself not least how much this exercise will cost when we are all tightening our belts ourselves or because it is being forced upon many of the population.

Superficially I think we are happy but if we look too deeply into the future I am sure many will be saying no, it's just that at present the harsh reality still has not hit home and most of these changes will start to come in early in the New Year.

Unless something unexpected happens I am determined to have as good a festive season as we possibly can...