My not-blogging because I’ve been busy with work, will now be replaced with some not-blogging because I’m busy relaxing for Christmas. I’d like to wish everyone a merry Christmas and a happy New Year and hope to have some more for you to read in 2009! Happy Christmas again!       

HIC SECRET PERSON INTERFECTUS EST Just before Christmas my workload increased and my blogging activity decreased. I promised more to come after Christmas, but as you can see below, my Christmas break has become more permanent. I considered producing occasional, but longer posts, more political philosophy than news commentary, but these types take long enough in themselves.

As this is likely to be my only spare time for a good few months yet, I am spending it excusively with my family and so blogging / twittering / Facebook will be non-existent; except if there is a political crisis or amusing story involving a celebrity and a farm animal. So I'd like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year. 2010, eh? Scary! p.s. As one Christmas card s...

It has been a very busy couple of days, so blogging has had to take its rightful place lower down the priority list. Blogging will resume later today.

Christmas just wouldn’t be Christmas without the familiar seasonal reports of local authority killjoys trying to ‘ban’ it. And like the Christmas displays in the shops, which the laws of commerce now require to be in place before the first leaves fall from the trees, the reports of the bans start earlier every year. This

Here is the information from the Council about disposing of your Christmas tree for recycling: Residents are being asked to place their Christmas tree beside their on-street bins for collection on one of the following days: January South - 9, 16 or 23 January. Other options for Christmas tree recycling • Residents are also being advised that they can recycle Christmas trees at any one of Edin...

I’d like to wish all my readers a very merry Christmas. I’ll be taking a few days off blogging but I’ll probably update Twitter from time to time so if you really have nothing better to do over Christmas than read about whatever is annoying me you can follow me on Twitter! Technorati Tags: Christmas

As happens more or less every Christmas , I have been csuddenly poleaxed by flu and a vile chest infection so don't expect much blogging over next few days. Trying desperately to get well for Christmas Day and can hardly make it to computer......

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.

Just wanted to say Merry Christmas to everyone! Hope you all get decent presents and Scrooge relatives don't use the Krunch as an excuse to give you a pair of socks. Will be back blogging after the festivities.