I have decided that I am like the queen…I don’t have two birthdays, nor do I wear posh dresses, nor am I in Sandringham…I do however feel the urge to make a Christmas speech!Of course by Christmas Speech I  mean blog and other than being loved by God that’s where my similarities with the queen end…so this morning I have four things to say;

1 - Merry Christmas to everyone who reads this blog, I hope you have a brilliant day celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ…Saviour of the world.

2 - This article on BBC News Caught my attention. It’s about a vicar in Yorkshire who’s hoping to get more people to Church today by telling the story of the Nativity using Chocolate bars in a bid to get people to listen more too….now you could be critical and talk about the consumerist side of things however I think it’s a positive thing. This year we’ve seen the traditional fluffy nativity story change a fair bit…we’ve had it told with Chavs and Immigrants and now with Chocolate…I think it’s awesome that people are trying to help others understand the insanity, the mystery and miracle of the Christmas story.

3 - Every year for the last couple of years I find the Relient K Christmas song ‘I Celebrate the Day’ really challenges me, so here are a couple of lyrics’Here is where you’re finding me in the exact same place as new years eve and from the lack of my persistancy we’re less than half as close as I wannt be”The first time that you opened your eyes did you realise you would be my Saviour? and the first breath that left your lips, did you know that it would change this world forever?’

4 - And fourthly and a bit mushily yesterday was a year