Hi all! Last year as you know we had a holiday thread where we talked about what we were doing over the festive season, what traditions are part of our respective celebrations for Christmas, New Year, Hanukkah, Eid, whatever - and whether there were any favourite thoughts, quotations or poetry that might make the time special for you. I'm starting this up again this year and hope it will be as interesting and fun as last time. When I get back from the Cologne Christmas market this is where I'll be telling you all about it.
Here's a poem for you all, call it a Christmas card for the TJ board.
Christmas In Envelopes
by Ursula Fanthorpe.
Monks are at it again, quaffing, carousing;
And stagecoaches, cantering straight out of Merrie England,
In a flurry of whips and fetlocks, sacks and Santas.
Raphael has been roped in, and Botticelli;
Experts predict a vintage year for Virgins.
From the theologically challenged, Richmond Bridge,
Giverny, a lugger by moonlight, doves.
Ours
Costs less than these in money, more in time;
Like them, is hopelessly irrelevant,
But brings, like them, the essential message
Love.