I’ve been extremely busy this year at this time so I forgot to put up my annual Christmas greeting to you all.
Therefore although delayed by 24 hours or so, I’d like to wish everyone who celebrates a very Merry Christmas and hope you are all having a good one. In Britain where the 26th is called Boxing Day and is mostly a day when major shops and services close, many people are hopefully ‘filling up the corners’, as Tolkien said about Hobbits eating habits, with leftovers from Christmas Dinner and mostly relaxing with families and friends. However there are many Britons who are not relaxing today and winding down from the Big Day. There are many Britons who are suffering in stressful situations such as those who are carers or those who are lonely or living in genuine poverty. In our celebrations we should not forget those who cannot because of their circumstances celebrate in the manner that they would like to celebrate or those for whom the Christmas Season is one of remembrance of loss of loved ones and who will always mourn the empty seat at the Christmas Dinner table.
As is usual for this blog at this time of year it’s time to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and hope you are having a good one. As is custom here it’s time to sign off the Christmas post with a Christmas song, one written (or in this case adapted) like so many other Christmas songs by Jews. The difference with this one, which was broadcast by the Latma TV comedy programme in Israel, is that it rips the piss out of an enemy that doesn’t just want to kill Jews (there’s been lots of them over the centuries) but just about everyone else as well.
So here it is and I hope everyone is having the best Christmas they can have.