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This morning I heard a woman being interviewed on the radio, claiming that she was not sure how she’d cope if her delayed Ocado delivery did not arrive. Oh please, I thought, is this what we’ve come to. Could she not lift herself from her despair and go to a shop? And is it really [...] At Sunday School we are having very interesting discussions which are challenging and inspiring both adults and children. We are thinking about the nativity story behind the Christmas card scene; what it was like for Mary who was probably a young teenager, giving birth for the first time away from home and family; how it [...] I love the one-off comments children come out with – funny but at the same time often sad and poignant, an insight into their perceptions, fears or passions. I have a book called Lots of Love, a collection of such phrases edited by Nanette Newman. “My mother ses she’s cold and then she makes me [...] This is a follow up post to one written by Whistlejacket about having too many toys. All the comments to her post were in agreement – yes we have too many toys; yes people are too generous at Christmas but what can we do, relatives like giving children presents; yes there’s no need to buy [...] Today I had my first “only eight weeks to go until Christmas!” email, written in breathless tension to imply that if I didn’t shop with them right then I would be wildly behind schedule. For goodness sake, it’s still October! However, I have spent the week organising Christmas presents – but for good reason. At my [...] I am delighted to read that Father Christmas has been told to relocate to Kyrgyzstan. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=DZ35HFBALUSONQFIQMGCFFWAVCBQUIV0?xml=/news/2007/12/23/nxmas223.xml A remote spot in this little known country has been declared the “geographical centre of the world’s spread of children” by a team of Swedish scientists who have advised that if Santa started his journey in Kyrgyzstan he would achieve the [...] |
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