Surprise!

Over the last week and a half I was running a poll in the sidebar asking if you like to know what you’re receiving as a gift or if you prefer a surprise.

91% like the surpise. 9% are more likely to poke and prod so that they can find out what’s beneath the wrapping.

I’m happy to say that I’m in the majority for this one. I enjoy the surprise and I was surprised with some lovely gifts this morning as we sat around our tree.

Thanks for participating. I’ll add another poll in the next few days.

I hope that you are pleasantly surprised today and that you’re able to put a surprised smile on the faces of those you love with the gifts that you give them today.

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Working on Christmas Day

A lot of people think I’ve got it pretty tough.

Each year when I tell people that I’ll be at work on Christmas Day they seem to think it’s rather sad. Many people couldn’t think of anything worse that working on Christmas Day.

I’ve got to admit that I don’t really mind working on Christmas morning. It can be a little inconvenient and it does take me away from my family for a few hours on this very special day but it’s not too bad.

No matter what day the 25th of December falls each year, all the regular weekday announcers at 98.5 Sonshine FM make their way to the studios to spread some Christmas cheer.

I’m sitting at the broadcast desk right now. I’ve got Christmas music playing and I’ve been talking about Christmas stuff all morning. Each year for Christmas Day we play Christmas music for the entire 24 hours. In fact, we started playing only Christmas music at 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon and we’ll keep it going until midnight tonight.

I’ve already had a couple of listeners phone to wish me, my family and the rest of the team here a very happy Christmas. I’m sure there’ll be more calls before the morning’s over.

I’ll still have plenty of time to spend with family but it’s wonderful to be able to join the celebrations of thousands of other families on such a special day.

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'Twas the day before Christmas

I had one of the best Christmas Eves in living memory yesterday.

We started the day by joining some friends for breakfast at their home. As well as the usual Christmas excitement there are two birthdays to be celebrated in their home at this time of year so they invite a bunch of people to breakfast to join in the festivities. It was wonderful to catch up with them as well as a few mutual friends that we only get to see on such occasions.

Then it got even better.

For the first time that I can remember I didn’t need to do any Christmas shopping on Christmas Eve. I didn’t even shop on Saturday. I was all finished by Friday afternoon. That is a marvellous accomplishment for me. I don’t know what you’re like with Christmas shopping but I don’t generally get started until the day before Christmas. You have no idea what a relief it is not to have to face the throngs of Christmas Eve shoppers.

Last night it was all capped off brilliantly.

We went to a Christmas Eve concert with Andy James Court and his Supernatural Gospel Choir. It was just wonderful. I don’t think any one left without a smile on their face. We had an absolute blast looking ahead to Christmas and celebrating all that today means. The concert was organised by our church so I helped set up, then I was the MC and I gave a short message about the meaning of Christmas. I helped a little with packing up afterwards before heading home.

Of course the day wasn’t over.

Pauline wrapped lots of gifts and I helped out just a little bit while watching Christmas Vacation on TV. Once Pauline had gone to bed I got to wrap some gifts for her before slipping into bed. It didn’t take me long to drift off to sleep.

I hope the lead up to Christmas has been a good one for you and that you’ll have opportunity to share Christmas with those you love today.

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