Not long now - just a couple more days...
I hope whatever you have planned, it is happy and peaceful and that amongst all the festivities and time with friends and family you might have the opportunity for some restful reading or to flick through the pages of a new book in anticipation of losing yourself in another world.
I'm looking forward to seeing if anyone has been brave enough to select a book for me in their kind gifts this year. I realise I'm a difficult person to buy for in that regard, and I really do have plenty of reading matter, but it's always very special if someone has taken time and trouble to select a book for you, isn't it?
Of course I'll be seeking to work my way through my existing vast collection of unread books over this Christmas period and hope to have all my jobs done early on Tuesday so that I can spend the evening in front of the fire with a good book.
I'm pleased that the Icelandic tradition of Jolabokaflod is now quite a 'thing'. I run a book group in a local primary school and one of the children there said that all of her family are given a book on Christmas Eve and they'll sit together and read while enjoying chocolate and hot drinks.
So however, you are spending Christmas this year, I hope it is a good one, full of light and warmth, hope and promise.
Thank you for reading.