I am keeping this post short and sweet. First of all, Merry Christmas to all that visit this blog, regularly or irregularly, with many thanks for your patronage as well as sincerest wishes for the coming New Year from everyone in Folly Ground. Let’s hope that 2021 brings some relief and optimism back after what has been a pretty abominable year all round.

Secondly, I hope some of you have managed to get a glimpse of the once-in-a-lifetime astronomical treat that is the Great Conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter in the skies above. It has apparently been visible since last Saturday the 19th, and will be continue to be until Wednesday the 23rd, weather permitting. The planets are at their closest approach to each other tonight as I write these lines. If not, try to catch a live stream of the event online; there seem to be plenty of those on YouTube at the moment.

Finally, this post, just as the last one, comes with a bit of music: The Sundays’ terrific ‘Here’s where the story ends’. Perhaps not the most relevant or Christmasy track for this post, but some of the lyrics sure do resonate with our collective present circumstances.

So, Merry Christmas wherever you are and however you may be!