Sorry to put a damper on the interesting memories of Christmas past, I hear on BBC News this morning that in the past week, 2,500 people have died in England and Wales as a direct result from cold weather.
The report says that this is a higher number per head of the population than Norway or Russia.

This is really a throw-back to Christmas past, and it shouldn`t happen,old people frightened to put on an extra bar on their Electric Fire in case they cannot meet the bill.

Tony Blair spent billions on an unecessary war while the citizens of his own country die of the cold. Christmas past indeed. Ard Mhacha.