On Christmas Eve last year at the end of our children`s service I invited the little ones to come to the front of the church to have a closer look at the crib figures…. Mary, Joseph, the Shepherds and all the rest. Well, that`s when the stampede started and it was amazing to see how they…

Last week I was down at the shops buying some Christmas wrapping paper. I paid for it at the till and the assistant looked at me and she said, “I see you`re typical bloke, leaving it all to the last minute again”. And we both laughed; except I didn’t find it all that funny really…