The dark days are over,
light the yule log.
In between the childish parts of
the holiday season and the more timorous adult happenings it is good to spend a
moment remembering those who will only be in our hearts in the coming year.
'And girls in slacks
remember Dad/And oafish louts remember Mum/And sleepless children’s hearts are
glad/And Christmas-morning bells say ‘Come!’
Poet
Laureate John Betjeman (1906-1984), from his poem Christmas.
'One can never have
enough socks. Another Christmas has come and gone and I didn’t get a single
pair. People will insist on giving me books.'
Professor
Dumbledore in the first Harry Potter book by J.K Rowling.
Ladies and Gentlemen I
offer a toast. To absent friends.
Schöni Fäschttäg und e guets
neus Jahr.