Christmas song #18

The blue and white penguin covered in flashing fairy lights has reappeared. After the rugby club Christmas party it went missing from outside the ice cream parlour. Now it's moved and can be found glittering happily in front of the fish and chip shop. It seems to be in good shape ( bar some 'flattening' around the beak and a slightly crumpled right wing ) and brings a little glamour sparkle to the late afternoon gloom. Local toddlers are delighted.

This morning at sun-up the farmers two eldest lads are at work in the barns. Getting teenagers out of bed this early during the Christmas holidays is nothing short of miraculous and speaks volumes to the power of a promised trip to America. They're using the forklifts to restack the large wooden potato crates. The younger of the two informs  us that they have brown rats in the barn. " Better than the black ones " he adds festively. We move along quickly.

And to lead us into Christmas week proper something that the French would call 'Oh so British '. Nerve racking for the soloist ( and his mother ). Christmas song #18 :https://youtu.be/lBjKniT8a70?list=RDlBjKniT8a70

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