Here in Britain we like to maximise the time off work at Christmas and any excuse to shut the Country down for a whole two weeks tends to go down well with the average British Joe Public.
Although normally a workaholic, my firm has insisted that I use up all my annual leave by New Year, so it's goodbye workplace for a whole 2 weeks.
Elaine is also blessed with time off as being a primary school Teacher - I think that this year, they have managed to spin the Christmas holiday out to a full 3 weeks.
Last Update - Christmas Eve (24/12/00)
So in the want of anything better to say, I will leave you with a couple of Seasonal pictures taken on December 26th 1983 depicting a couple of rather snowy views of our one time Family Home on the Isle of Man.
For all of you reading this in North Dakota, you may wish to add another 30 feet of snow to make the scenes a little more realistic.
Happy Christmas - from Ken & Elaine.
