Feeling strangely optimistic that I would live for another 21 months, I decided to purchase my usual fun calendar for next year from Amazon. It arrived in an envelope so big that Sting phoned me to ask for the return… Read More ›
Christmas
Last Christmas
The film Last Christmas was recently released in the UK and is tenuously based on the Wham song of the same name. Unfortunately, for me, that song brings back some painful memories of a failed teenage relationship. During my college… Read More ›
Nativity Nightmares
In my first role in a nativity play, I played a triangle. Not literally, it wasn’t a nativity play with a ‘geometric shape theme.’ Jesus wasn’t a rhombus.I held the tiny metal instrument and diligently dinged it at the change… Read More ›
Christmas Card Dilemmas
Today, I received my first Christmas card. I don’t know whether to applaud this person’s brilliant organisational skills or wonder if they’ve a desperate need to be liked?I’m now morally obliged to speedily send a card back in case delaying… Read More ›
Inaction Man
As a child, I’d often sit transfixed by the television adverts and marvel at the spectacular toys on offer and, like many children, nag relentlessly to my parents to buy them for me for Christmas.One year, Action Man underwent a… Read More ›
Christmas Toys
Christmas is a time for children. With this in mind, I have been frantically trying to find out what presents children are likely to want.I recently saw an advert on television for a baby doll that has a runny nose… Read More ›
Russ Writes 