Seasonal Greetings

It's the 24th of December.
That's Christmas Eve in the Christian Calendar.
Our last shower of snow was yesterday,but it's likely to lie for a while.Our forecast is for another frosty night.
The birds are on the lookout for whatever food they can find.
It seems every kid,and older kids are out sledging.
The Galloway hills present a picturesque winter canvas.
While the Cree flows undisturbed through the town of Newton Stewart.(Although there are frozen sections in places)
Icicles hang everywhere.
The late afternoon mist creates an ethereal picture.
Gardens and windows are decorated festively.


Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious,
socially responsible, low stress, non-addictive, gender neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday,
practiced with the most enjoyable traditions of religious persuasion or secular practices
of your choice with respect for the religious / secular persuasions and / or traditions of others,
or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all.

I also wish you a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset
of the generally accepted Gregorian calendar year 2010, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice
of other cultures whose contributions to society have helped make our country great and without regard to the race,
creed, colour, age, physical ability, religious faith or sexual preference of the wisher.

By accepting this greeting, you are accepting these terms:

1. This greeting is subject to clarification or withdrawal.

2. It is freely transferable with no alteration to the original greeting.

3. It implies no promise by the wisher to actually implement any of the wishes for her / himself or others and is void where prohibited by law, and is revocable at the sole discretion of the wisher.

This wish is warranted to perform as expected within the usual:

application of good tidings for a period of one year or until the issuance of a subsequent holiday greeting,
whichever comes first, and warranty is limited to replacement of this wish or issuance of a new wish at the sole
discretion of the wisher.
No trees were harmed in the sending of this message.

The above is for the politically correct amongst blog readers

For the rest of my readers.

Seasons Greetings