Work was hard this week - another round of restructuring and interviewing of staff and having a bit of a bug didn't help either. We managed to cycle to and it didn't really start to snow again until Friday.
Oh the weather outside is frightful,
But the fire is so delightful,
And since we've no place to go,
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
Bristol seems to be a bit immune to the severe weather conditions experienced by most of the rest of the UK - which to kiwis not used to suburban snow is a little bit of a disappointment. But not to others as the country's transport system grinds to a halt for the second time in two weeks. There are loads of homeless presents waiting to find the right Christmas tree - online shopping does have its disadvantages!!
"Several internet retailers stopped taking orders for deliveries in Scotland and freight experts warned families in many parts of Britain that they might not get their Christmas gifts in time as the country hunkered down for more snow, sleet, wind and ice. With snow forecast to move down from Scotland, across northern England and into Wales and the West Country before moving east on Saturday, airports, rail operators and road gritting and breakdown services were again on alert...Companies have been struggling to clear a backlog of millions of Christmas gifts that built up when earlier extreme weather coincided with peak online ordering...described the problems as like "bailing water out of a sinking ship". Although many people still stand a good chance of getting their presents in time ..."This year in Scotland and the north-east it is likely Father Christmas won't be coming...There is the very real possibility that for the first time everything won't be delivered".
- Rudolph had a cold and couldn't leave the warm Reindeer Barn.
- It snowed so hard at the North Pole that the elves couldn't dig the snow away from the sleigh garage.
- The internet was down so Santa didn't get the present order in time.
- The power was out in England so he couldn't see the lights from the Christmas tree and thought nobody was home.
- Power in the North Pole was also out so he couldn't access his computer to see the list of presents, children and addresses and he didn't want to deliver the wrong present to the wrong house.
- Power outages also caused a problem for the elves during their busy toy making season and they couldn't see to finish making all the toys.
- Santa ran out of salt and grit and so the sleigh runway was too slippery for the reindeer to take off and we wouldn't want a reindeer with a broken leg would we?
and because of all this it was so cold Santa decided to stay in and sample Mrs Klaus Christmas dinner and wait until the snow clouds drifted away.... Glad I'm not an internet shopping parent.
Saturday we woke up to a lovely spread of snow - a bit like icing spread over the bumps of cars, bushes and fences. So, we took a long walk up to the tower and enjoyed slipping and sliding, throwing snow balls at each other and watching the kids toboggan down the hills.
Besides the weather there has been some interesting news this week. Like mathematical experts have come up with the perfect formula to always win the christmas cracker...O=11xC/L+5xQ. In layman's terms that means pulling the cracker at an angle while gripping the cracker one inch from the barrel. The angle depends on the length and circumference of the cracker as well as the quality. What's wrong with using two hands and all your strength I say!! Also some cannabis factories have been found out - the tiles on the roof are a bit warmer due to the ideal growing conditions inside the loft - but the snow melts faster than on their neighbours roof - there is a roof like that not far from where we live!!
We are missing all our special people... its our first Christmas without Mum who loved the season and buying of presents for everyone.
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