As we approach the Christmas holidays, the focus for many families throughout Northern Ireland will be on Christmas presents, Santa Claus, Christmas trees, Christmas decorations, family get-togethers and Christmas carols.

As a Cromwellian, I was naturally delighted to read that the Croatian government plans to cancel Christmas. Actually, to be precise, Christmas has not been cancelled but privatised: the hard-bitten Croats have decided that, given the current crisis, it would be wrong for government workers to have Christmas parties at taxpayers' expense.

The Obama Chia hits the shelves but not without some "controversy" For those who may not know, Chia Pets are toys that look like dogs, cats, Tweety Bird, Scooby Doo, Garfield and many more. You pour water in, paint some kind of seed on the outside and in time grass hair will grow through the holes. They appear at Christmas time and then disappear until the next holiday season. An Obama Chia hit st...

Now as you may have gathered from the first post things didn't quite run to plan the day before the wedding however the day of the wedding went a lot smoother ignoring one minor incident in time keeping. Thursday- The Wedding and Reception The day started off well, the hair dresser arrived at 6:40am and sorted my hair and Jamie's hair with no problems, while this was going on we were try...

At Christmas 1968, the capitalists owned the banks and the government owned the utilities. At Christmas 2008, the government owns the banks and the capitalists own the utilities. This seems a strange reversal. Merry Christmas.

Just seeing him on TV last night, he seemed to have lost a lot of grey. Maybe being reminded of his old self boasting about all the leaks he received in opposition has got the hair dye out. As ever with Labour - its all false impressions and deceit.

Last nights TV debate exposed the three mainstream party leaders for what they have become, shallow human beings who will use all and any low behavior to gain personal advantage. I find it impossible to take serious men who dye their hair, but for Cameron and Nick Clegg to get the Grecian thousand out is doubly pathetic, presumably they dye their hair to make themselves look younger and more vigor...

Why is the taking of Christmas from Christmas not a big deal? An annual argument. I was reading an article on the holiday's today and the point was made that removing the word Christmas from Christmas is really not that big a deal. That Happy Holidays should suffice because it removes any semblance of religion from the equation. That it presents a much safer approach to the time of year. I do...

Bit of a shock, but it suits him better than the bootpolish hair style.

What do you get the person who has everything? Well, how about a robot doppelganger? The sogu Japanese department store chain is offering you the chance to spend £139,000 on a silicone robot with your face, build, hair eyes and...