Well, it’s that time of year again. By the side you’ll see the three covers of my Christmas card designs from last year. Christmas songs remade as newspaper articles, which you should be able to read if you click on them and expand the images (then unpinch or zoom in).
It’s been a long and, mostly, dreadful year again but there’s something about Christmas that, if you’re lucky, brings some escape or temporary respite from the troubles of our times and personal burdens. Like a collective agreement to be more tolerant of others and either reach out to loved ones or embrace a welcome touch of solitude. Again, if you’re lucky enough to be in that position and are not out sleeping on the streets or in other, even less pleasant circumstances.
Anyway, I hope that some of you, if you are on your own this Christmas, find some time to discover something to your liking on this blog. There’s my Annual Cryptic Movie Quiz (right here) for a start, if you want to puzzle some of those out... and if you go into the ‘list by year/month’ index in the right hand sidebar on this page and click in December of each year, you should be able to find a whole bunch of Christmas themed movie, book and comic reviews, if you are so inclined.
I also hope you all manage to find some time to get cosy and let the world spin by without you for a bit. I always cherish the precious time I have off this holiday, away from the negativity and bustle of the work environment.
The reviews should hopefully continue coming, more or less, every day this week... at least that’s the plan (normal service will settle back down to three per week in the New Year). If the extra reviews don’t turn up then either something very good or very bad happened to me, I guess. And if you are playing along on the Cryptic Movie Quiz, check the comments section every few days as it’s my intent to throw in a clue or two this week to help out, so to speak.
That’s it. Merry Christmas to all and I hope the New Year brings us all better fortune, for sure.
