<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/xmas-treeDec18.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-5411" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/xmas-treeDec18-225x300.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a>Do you ever ask yourself why we do this? Every year we beat ourselves up with questions like "should I send cards to x, y or z?"; "have we bought enough to eat and drink?"; "what's on  the TV over Christmas?"; "have I decorated the house sufficiently?" etc. If you haven't asked any of these questions then you are probably a man. Strange as it might seem I have taken the "female" Christmas responsibilities quite seriously. I make sure the cards go out on time, the tree is decorated (see right) and the house is a little bit festive.

Having done all that, resisted buying unnecessary cake, chocolate, treats or wine I can now settle down and ignore it.

I did attend the West Wolds U3A Christmas lunch where a good time was had by all (I have to say that because I'm still Chairman until November 2019).

And I've looked back at previous Christmas posts. <a href="http://www.pigyard.com/ArchivePages/december08.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ten years ago makes interesting reading.</a>
<h1><span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/christmas_cat_animated_gif.gif"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-761" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/christmas_cat_animated_gif-244x300.gif" alt="" width="244" height="300" /></a>Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy 2019</span></h1>