Finished the Christmas cards

I spent yesterday afternoon (ALL afternoon!) writing the Christmas cards. I always intend to write individual Christmas letters, but have never yet managed to get round to it. Not keen on the round robin types of letters, mostly because I think they come across as somewhat impersonal, and I can never remember everyone's children, let alone their grandchildren! Writing the Christmas cards is something of a marathon effort, but I do like to receive them so perhaps other people feel the same and like to receive ours.

Had a choir rehearsal last night in Norwich. I'm singing in the carol concert at St. Peter Mancroft, the big city centre church, next week, at Wednesday lunchtime. It usually attracts a big crowd of shoppers and workers, and choir is made up of people from all around. We just get together for this one occasion. Then in the evening our own, local choir is singing at a local church carol service, so at the moment there are a lot of rehearsals.

This morning gave a talk on writing books, to a small group gathered in a friend's house. It was a good occasion, especially as I sold one of my "Children's Stories" and several "Babes and Sucklings".

Tomorrow Ed and I are off to the Christmas Tree Festival at Dickleburgh (my old parish), which always starts our Christmas season well. I'm sure we will meet a lot of old friends, which will be great.

Then there'll be no more excuses. We'll just have to get down to putting up the Christmas tree and decorating the house...