It's Christmas month!!

Pinch and a punch, and all that.. I hope this month of festive cheer brings you love and warmth and joy, despite the impending global meltdown of all things apparently important.

I opened door 1 on my advent calendar to find a picture of a train and a chocolate button. It may seem odd to you that a man approaching his 25th birthday is this excited, but please remember that this is the first year I have ever chosen my own advent calendar. Throughout our childhood, mum would make us all get a ‘Luxury Liqueur’ one with 24 booze-filled miniatures in. Then she’d break into them on December 1st and have them all. I swear that woman would lick the spit off the gums of a dead man if it was the only way she had to taste some alcohol.
So this year I have a rather expensive ‘Chocoholics Delight’ one that cost more than mum used to spend on my presents.. Technically speaking, it didn’t actually cost me anything.. I was putting them on display at work when one fell on the floor and I accidentally ran over the packaging with a trolley… then on my way to the ‘Damaged Goods’ skip I accidentally dropped it into my locker, which had accidentally fallen open when I put the key in the lock.. Funny how these things can happen.

By the way - it just took me seven attempts to get the spelling of ‘liqueur’ right..

Have a good December

RC 2-12-08
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