“Christmas is a frame of mind”, Father Christmas said in Miracle at 34th St. I am not there yet. The sun is shining today and a friend and I sat on blue chairs looking out to a glittering sea soaking in the vitamin D. However, the shops and adverts are making it known that there are only a few weeks left. As we get older, it is isn’t the presents but the thoughts that count and a card is always welcome. Over the years we have gone from postage costing more than the gifts, to sending a card, and now a text or app message. Let’s get out some cards and put some effort in to it and also amaze the post office! Our post is mainly a bill or some statement and those days of a postcard or airmail letter have gone. As Phyllis Diller says, “Christmas is a time when everybody wants his past forgotten and his present remembered.”
