It is the 30th anniversary of John Lennon's death this week and so here is one of my favourite Christmas songs which has been on the radio nearly every hour of every day we have listened to the radio...
"So this is Christmas
And what have you done
Another year over
And a new one just begun
And so this is Christmas
I hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young...
A very merry Christmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear..."
And then it was the 50th anniversary of Coronation Street - it still has a very, very, very strong following here and so we sat and watched about 20 minutes of the disaster before getting rather bored ...
And in the same week of the same year a little boy in Wellington was just beginning another Christmas school holiday after a long year in the junior school. Yes, it was also Harry's birthday - and sorry to say it was a pretty ordinary day with going to work and then going to our last dancing lesson before Christmas. As the song goes 'Another year over'...
And a number of years before Lennon, Coronation Street and Harry were even thought of Handel wrote the Messiah. I have always wanted to see the musical but needed the right building to set the atmosphere. A cold, large cathedral was just the place on a winters evening. So, wrapped in hats, scarves, jackets and our thermal socks we sat in the Bristol Cathedral and listened to this master piece with lots of others. I enjoyed it, and so did Harry (through closed eyes) - the mix of music, solos, choral music - something quite special. And half way through with the snow outside I thought about Handel composing this piece for generations to enjoy - sitting at his desk or musical instruments in a room with dark beams and sinking ceiling, the fires burning, the candles flickering and the snow falling gently outside.
On Saturday, after a relaxing start we went over to see Mike and Barbara in Northampton. It was good to see them and catch up over a nice dinner (cooked by Adam) in the little pub in the picturesque village of Kislingbury. A long time ago when it was warmer we went for a walk through this village and I took a detour into the pub - the publican showed me around his 19th century home taking me into the restaurants where the old piano stood, out to the back courtyards, behind the bar, and into the kitchen but not up the stairs to the bedrooms - while the others waited outside vaguely wandering what had happened to me. In the morning we woke up to a cooked breakfast (chef Mike) and then said goodbye - needing to get home as Chris, Glen and Ben were coming for dinner.
"So this is Christmas
And what have you done
Another year over
And a new one just begun
And so this is Christmas
I hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young...
A very merry Christmas
And a happy New Year
Let's hope it's a good one
Without any fear..."
And then it was the 50th anniversary of Coronation Street - it still has a very, very, very strong following here and so we sat and watched about 20 minutes of the disaster before getting rather bored ...
And in the same week of the same year a little boy in Wellington was just beginning another Christmas school holiday after a long year in the junior school. Yes, it was also Harry's birthday - and sorry to say it was a pretty ordinary day with going to work and then going to our last dancing lesson before Christmas. As the song goes 'Another year over'...
And a number of years before Lennon, Coronation Street and Harry were even thought of Handel wrote the Messiah. I have always wanted to see the musical but needed the right building to set the atmosphere. A cold, large cathedral was just the place on a winters evening. So, wrapped in hats, scarves, jackets and our thermal socks we sat in the Bristol Cathedral and listened to this master piece with lots of others. I enjoyed it, and so did Harry (through closed eyes) - the mix of music, solos, choral music - something quite special. And half way through with the snow outside I thought about Handel composing this piece for generations to enjoy - sitting at his desk or musical instruments in a room with dark beams and sinking ceiling, the fires burning, the candles flickering and the snow falling gently outside.
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