It's Christmas!!!

Merry Christmas to all readers out there. It's been one long year for all of us, and am I the only one who sometimes thinks Christmas brings out the worst in some people? Right now my sister is taking out her anger on some sausage roll pastry, also why would the day after goodwill and peace on Earth be called boxing day if things weren't sure to get ugly! 

The radio stations have been playing Christmas songs since December 1st so forgive me if I don't put any Mariah Carey Christmas songs on.

If your still shopping now I would say shame on you but your probably berating yourself enough in your head (and sometimes out loud ) for the both of us. Maybe my friend was right; Christmas is just as consumerist as Valentine's day and sometimes just as much of a pain up the rear. Especially with the homework I've got (I'm a big procrastinator)

Don't "Bah Humbug" me  though I'm not  as mean as this guy:







Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before! What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. What if Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!” 
― Dr. Seuss
This quote has been in my face for the past few weeks... It's on a large billboard near my house. 

Now for a selection of Christmas songs (you knew this was coming).

Invictus

We all know where we were when Nelson Mandela died.(Actually I found out the next morning).Either way, whatever you thought of him, he did change the world for the better and in my eyes he was a hero who faced cruelty and oppression to bring peace to a country torn by racism.There have been many films made about him, but the one that stuck out to me the most was Invictus (and I haven't even watched all of it yet). The poem they used really made it come to life for me though, so here it is:

Invictus

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll.
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul. 

William Ernest Henley 

Just to round this all off here's a quote from the man himself

 It always seems impossible until its done.

Nelson Mandela

I guess uniting South Africa may have seemed impossibe at the time but eventually it happened and to that the world is grateful.

here's a new U2 song that tells us about ordinary love and shows how you can love anyone no matter who they are

I could only get the lyric video but anyway

Carpe Diem

SJ