Thanks for your thoughtful post, Jerry.

Christmas is many things to many people and, to some, it is a sad time with little joy in it.

I think all of us, as we grow older, experience some melancholy at Christmas Time. There is a lovely book by Joan Walsh Anglund called, "Christmas is a time of giving". Perhaps you know it?

You can't help but think back to Christmas Past and the people who used to share it with you. There were the little touches they brought to the occasion that are not there now. The silver threepenny bits in the Christmas Pudding that you had to give back if you were lucky enough to have one. Then they could be used next year! The smell of cigars. So many different memories.....

A toast!    Absent Friends!

But.....Christmas is a special time.....so lets make some memories for those younger than us to remember!

......let me see now....... :o)