I am not sure if you all realise this but since 1955 NORAD has helped track Santa every year to ensure that he has a safe journey and doesn't collide with anything. Plus allow children to know when to get to bed to make sure they are asleep when he arrives in their area.
Well this is our third Christmas in Canada and we have had a busy December socialising, buying presents for our relatives in the UK, then Posting them all by the 3rd December, and preparing for our Christmas whirl.
This year we have been invited to Christmas eve with Guy & Christine at the Chickadee Lodge. Guy and Christine were the first people we stayed with in New Brunswick on our research visit in 2003. They have become good friends and we regularly visit each other and invite each other to different parties / events etc... Christine has a dry sense of humour that works well with my own.
On boxing day we have invited our Geoff and Liz (next door neighbours) to spend it with us as they are alone this Christmas. Geoff is a Brit who's mum and dad emigrated to Australia in the 60's. He has a strong Australian accent but is very firmly British. His wive Liz or Elizabeth is a local girl.
On the 29th Dec we are hosting a Murder Mystery party for some 12 including other friends and neighbours. I will let you know how that goes 
I will be writting up our annual "Whelbourn Canada News" newsletter, normally sent to friends and relatives. It is a summary of our last year with all different aspects reported on. I may just post it up on the blog. It may be too long for the blog as it is around 3-4 pages long.
It isn't that I spend alot of time on the computer but I have promised Julie that the computer will be off 25th and 26th so there will be no more enteries until after Christmas. I am working 27th and 28th so I can log on and give you an update then with some photos.
I want to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year where ever.
PS
it is raining here but we still have snow on the ground and the forecast for Christmas day is cold and dry. | 