Tis the night before Christmas
Well, I made it home and managed to finish my Christmas shopping at exactly 3:55pm. Early this year. I’ve bought books for almost everyone. A gift you can open again and again, said the sign in the shop. They are so right.
Christmas is always a bit odd for our family. My parents run a hotel, so they work Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Afternoon – which means we do the usual present stuff in the morning but Christmas lunch etc has to wait until Boxing Day. Which sounds worse than it is – not least because it means I don’t feel guilty sitting here beavering away on my laptop on this most festive of eves. (Although I see Richard Charkin is doing the same, with this excellent post about The Londoner)
I am, however, listening to ‘Holiday Radio’ on Pandora to get me in the spirit. And last night I watched Strictly Come Dancing. Jesus Fucking Christ.
So, yes, I’m beavering away doing a bit of work on Fridaycities, which launches properly on 1st January. Albeit with a hangover. I’ve just redirected London by London to the new address which I suppose marks the end of an era, and the beginning of another.
Oh, while I’m on the subject, a few readers of the blog (and there are a surprising number, it turns out) have complained that being losers not part of the close-knit LbL community, they don’t know anyone who can invite them to join the beta site. I feel for those people; I really do, and so as my special Christmas gift, if you’re trying to get in and cant, you can use my own special personal invite code…
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(http://london.fridaycities.com/signup)
Use it wisely, wontcha? And quickly too, it’ll expire on 1st January in time for the launch.
Right, so, this seems as good a time as any to wish everyone – or at least everyone I know; the rest of you can sort yourselves out – a very Merry Christmas. I hope Santa brings you everything you want – particularly if what you want is a Friday Books book or – um – an invitation to join Fridaycities – or peace on earth and goodwill to all men. Particularly that last one – God knows we could use a bit of that.
Did you see they’re going to blow up the tubes? Oh, and Iran has rejected the sanctions, saying that the 15 countries who agreed to them (which includes us) will ‘regret it’.
Still, at least the nutball BBC Have Your Say contributors have been asked for their Christmas message.
“Christmas must not be pushed into the background for fear of offending Muslims etc. Would we expect them to downgrade their religious festivals for the sake of us?”
[Thin_Lizzy], KIRKCALDY, United Kingdom
That’s the spirit!
Happy Christmas.
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