We had a little wander down Carnaby Street ...

the other day and came across the snowmen.  If this doesn't remind you of Ghostbusters, then you're from a different era than me!

Just back from the pub...

The church was invited by the local pub to have a Carol Service with them, so we all went  to the John Baird pub and had a bit of a sing-song.

The landlord gave us the freedom to do whatever we thought appropriate so we had some songs, readings, and Will, one of our Vicars, gave a small talk.

It was an odd, but very interesting, night.  I'm not sure the church has done anything like it before and it certainly was a "slight" variation on the nine lessons and carols format.  But we met some very interesting people, took a little bit of Christmas out into the community and, on the whole, it seemed to go down with the regulars well.

The tree is up...

and has stayed up so far, although it is a wee bit crooked.

I wasn't allowed to add any tinsel though.  Apparently when I start to put tinsel on the tree I get a bit overexcited, so the wife tells me, and she has subsequently banned me from using tinsel not just on the tree but within a radius of 6ft from the tree.

That leaves me the kitchen and the bathroom ...

I am detecting that the anti-tinsel feeling is not just limited to my wife!  There's a lot of negative attitude about which I don't understand.  Surely all it's trying to do is make the tree look like it has a bit of snow!

Anyway, not going to get all "Scroogey" about it, the tree is up and the endless cycle of John Rutter CD's begins.