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Finding positivity in the face of more exits than entrances

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Generally, in both blogland and the real world, I try to adopt a position of merciless positivity. I am convinced there is a silver lining under every cloud even if it’s of the what-doesn’t-bust-you.. variety. Lately, though, we seem to have been surrounded by more cruel coincidences than seems right by anyone’s measure. I hasten […]

Jingle, jingle, ho ho ho and mince pies

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All I want for Christmas is Christmas

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A penny suddenly dropped for me today. I’ve spent quite a lot of effort over the past few weeks hunting around looking for my festive spirit, my fa-la-la and my jingle. However hard I tried though I only seemed to turn up some tatty tinsel, a squashed sprout and a mild hangover. I put the […]

Another post that starts “snow joke… “

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Snow joke being stuck at home because of the snow, but here’s what we learned. Attempts to climb a Christmas tree will be unsuccessful. Oddly though, if your tree was decorated by children, it won’t look much worse for its experience. If you put enough clothes on the baby to keep him warm, he can’t […]