So muddy walks with family, jigsaw puzzles and posh takeaways continue to distract from Tier Three Restrictions. As do creative ways to meet up with longtime friends to catch up and Only Connect. It was easier this year to follow my instinct that Christmas fol-de-rol can only manifest on December 1st because lockdown meant that most shops were out of bounds and I’ve fine-tuned my ability to block out Christmas music in October and November…. Over the years, certain “traditions” mean that the Christmas countdown can begin: the Blue Peter Advent Crown (tinsel and wire coat hangers, anyone?), the decision about what day to choose (and who will decorate) a Christmas tree, the flutter of (fewer and fewer) Christmas cards through the letterbox (who will be first off the mark?), the slowing down of Autumn as Winter approaches and the military-style lists of “Things To Do” get gradually crossed off and, naturally, some form of Advent Calendar. Last Christmas Sue (in collage above) gifted us Advent Stockings and this year Sally secretly filled the Evens and I’m (naturally) Odd.
Out with the Old, In with the New
As Advent began, global miracles were occurring – yes, there’s the familiar….
- the rising Star of Bethlehem/Comet
- the approaching of the Three Wise Men/Kings/Astronomers
- the glimpse of Shepherds counting their socks and heralding Angels
- the longed-for arrival of a beloved baby in a Manger
But in the present-day, Advent 2020 heralds the start of a new world order with a few concrete miracles, in ascending order of importance….
- a new Christmas special episode of Call The Midwife
- the departure of some toxic staff from 10 Downing Street
- the very-nearly-complete dismissal of the TanToxic TwitterChundering US President
- the beginning of humanity’s vaccination FightBack against the Coronavirus – a triumph of international scientific collaboration
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