Monday of this first week of December, known as ‘Cyber
Monday’ was predicted to be the busiest ever for online trading. People wanted
to purchase Christmas presents after being paid for the previous month. My wife
and I went to Lakeside and it was pretty busy. I’m glad we made the effort,
because on Tuesday, down came the snow. Even the weathermen were caught out, as
they had not expected three inches of crispy white snowflakes. Traffic came to
a halt on most of the main roads. Gritting had not taken place, and wherever
there was an incline, vehicles could not get a grip.
On Wednesday the snow
was still hanging around, and even today there has been more than a trace of
the stuff. Crunchy snow on pavements that had frozen overnight made walking on
them a dicey business, but by midmorning there was a bit of a thaw and traffic
was moving again. For those who did not have to venture out, it was a great
opportunity for catching up on jobs that needed doing. I was able to make a start
on the Christmas cards. Organising them into categories helped. I placed them
into four groups: relatives, friends, neighbours and others. Altogether I wrote
out 32 cards for relatives, 8 for friends and 9 for neighbours. I shall have to
buy 37 second-class stamps, in total £18.50 at 50p a time.
I like receiving Christmas cards, as quite often they come
with snippets of news from people I may not have seen or spoken to for several
months. As tokens of love and friendship, these colourful cards sit on the
mantelshelf or they are displayed on purpose made wallets hanging form the
lounge walls.
I shall soon have to climb into the loft to find our old
artificial Christmas tree for assembling, along with bits and bobs, an old
cotton wool snowman with a black top hat and a metre high Father Christmas. Our
grandchildren will love it when they see the tree and other festive
decorations. They’ll love it even more when they play with balloons, and gobble
chocolates and dance to music. It will be a wonderful time. I’m really looking forward to Christmas this
year, and of course there will be a joyful celebration at the church on
Christmas day, followed by a gathering at my youngest daughter’s place, not to
mention the traditional roast turkey.
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‘Cyber Monday’
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