Xmas gifts.

[mickd1961]

Dandy,Beano and Whizzer and Chips Annuals were my staple Xmas items.

Those along with one “big” present which ranged from a second hand Scalextrics on one year,a cassette/radio recorder when I was 15,a Timex watch when I was 10 and probably my favourite ever Xmas present which was Striker ( where you pushed the player’s head down to shoot or pass )

Most of my players ended up like like Gary Owen and Gladstone Small with no neck!

My perfect Xmas these days is to receive as little as possible rather than have to look grateful for something I think is hideous.

That along with guest turning up without coughs and colds and f u c k I n g off in reasonable time rather than waiting for bedtime drinking chocolate suits me just fine.

Most years end in a family ruck and squabble due to the insistence by my wife of bringing together a collection of people who all seem to have at least one person in the group they can’t stand.

If it was up to me I’d be with the missus in a remote cottage in Cornwall with not another person in sight.

If the wife goes before me I shall take myself off to Alaska or somewhere equally remote at Xmas.

I hate New Year even more.....all that false bonhomie and linking arms with some t w a t you can’t stand or have never previously met!



I’m not the first name in anyone’s party plan list.