Well the "retrospective" is almost over - we'll soon be returning from our lengthy break and back into the swing of posting in more or less current time. So in a move that's a bit akin to pasting a bit of paper over the greeting in last year's card and recycling it, please take the following as our heart-felt wishes for the coming year!
Santa, presents, reindeer, snowflakes and a couple of Christmas trees (sans decoration), in a summer wonderland. It's a bit difficult to find any symbol relating to the actual reason for the celebration, well there is star in the East when viewed from a certain direction, but it's all OK.
This is Australia, where regardless of one's personal belief, it's still called Christmas, a time for Peace on Earth and good will among men (at Christmas it's OK to refer to the human race as "men" too).
Here's wishing one and all a very Merry Christmas from the Sunshine Coast, where the chance of snow is about the same as the chance was of a reindeer landing on my roof last night!
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