'tis the season to be jolly

That’s it, I’m almost done. One more present to wrap, one more lesson to give, just one lemon to buy then I am all ready for Christmas.


My ‘Xmas 2010’ play list is currently playing on this laptop; dragging and dropping is so much easier than the hours and hours I used to spend creating compilation cassettes. It’s very tempting for me to liberally sprinkle tomorrow’s soundtrack with lots of British Sea Power, The White Stripes, The Flaming Lips, Otis Redding and Saint Etienne (I could possibly get away with Saint Etienne), but I have tried to include something for everyone - Cee-Lo Green, Hot Chip, Beyonce, Kings of Leon, The Waterboys, Rod Stewart, Wilson Pickett et al with lashings of festive tracks from the likes of The Jackson 5, Wizzard, Phil Spector, John Lennon and Amy Winehouse.

I suspect some people are beginning to get a bit complacent with the weather and starting to take risks with their driving. There certainly seems to have been more accidents the last few days. If you have to make a journey, just set off early and accept that it will take you longer. There are plenty of people who are driving too cautiously, causing traffic to build up behind them. But that’s fine, better too slow than too fast; just relax and drive with patience - getting closer and closer to the car ahead will not make you reach your destination any earlier.

If you are a ‘glass half-empty’ person, it is not always the best time of year - transport problems (or ‘chaos’ as the media prefers to call it), cold weather (or ‘the Big Freeze’), continuing dishonesty from politicians, too many people homeless and having to sleep out in these temperatures, people going missing or being killed by someone’s pet….. The list goes on. But fill up your glass… The days are already getting longer, the nights shorter; the weather WILL improve; business will pick up, someone else will replace Matt Cardle at No.1 and, tomorrow, ITS CHRIIIIISSTMMAAAAAASS!

I would like to echo what The Jackson 5 are singing right now, Love and peace to everyone. Have a good one.