Tag Archives: Christmas
How’s your Christmas going?
It’s a tradition to expect a lot of and not get very much on the big day. This could be proving true at Maison Tapper as our brilliant meal has been postponed because someone turned off the oven with the … Continue reading
Leaseholders left behind at Christmas say the Times
I am concerned for leaseholders as are those who support Harry Scoffin in his efforts for them.
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Tagged Christmas, Free leaseholders, leasehold, Melissa York, the Times
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The shortest day of the year always evokes strange love for women!
I saw a lady walking down London Wall this morning, what a sourpuss, I turned to her and tried to cheer her up “cheer up it’s Christmas” said I. She flicked me a V and walked off Continue reading
Swiss vote themselves a Pension for Christmas!
This article originally appeared on the BBC website (thanks to J Cumbo for highlighting it Swiss voters have given themselves an extra month’s pension each year – in a nationwide referendum focusing on living standards for the elderly. The government … Continue reading
Christmas – a tougher job than we think!
I am trying to understand what makes Christmas special and I think it’s different from other times of the year as a few days when we aren’t supposed to do any work. I actually find myself guilty of wanting … Continue reading
Christmas isn’t cancelled – especially in Bethlehem
I’m told they have cancelled Christmas in Bethlehem. But what is being called off in Bethlehem is an experience of Christmas , not the thing itself. The nativity scene we have got used to is the kind of graven image … Continue reading
Christmas naif that I am
I found this grumpy blog in my 2011 archive First Posted on December 24, 2011 by henry tapper “Driving home for Christmas“… singing the song….. there’s a service station at Fleet…. you know there’s a service station from the blue motorway signs telling you … Continue reading
A full-throated “merry Christmas” now is a day of hope!
I went to Midnight Mass at St Paul’s cathedral and the cathedral was half full. The choir sang beautifully without masks and we sang through ours. We prayed and listened to a sermon about angels and we took half of … Continue reading
With Christmas in our hearts we can change everything!
Waking up to Christmas by radio 5’s Liz Bonnan and a podcast that has been searing my soul, I realised two things had changed. Firstly, my world – I was listening from London not my mother’s house – where … Continue reading
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Tagged 1% world, Age, Christmas, david attenborough, Joy to the world, planet
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We can’t cancel Christmas when it’s in our hearts!
Saturday 19th December – the low point of the pandemic so far. Trouble had been brewing all week. You sensed that politicians (especially Boris Johnson) were in denial, but the case numbers spoke a different truth, something ugly was happening … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, Business and Economy, Christmas, Covid-19, COVID-19 Actuaries, Government, hearts, Pandemic
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