Christmas Eve is here again, another year has gone, and I give thanks for all that is good in our lives, and pray that all who suffer will find some peace and hope.
We have had a year of rain here in Somerset, and today brings even more rain, wind and flooding - it's going to be a wet trip up to the village in my wellies, to get the last few things.
Switch on the lights, bank up the fires, and make merry!
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We have had a year of rain here in Somerset, and today brings even more rain, wind and flooding - it's going to be a wet trip up to the village in my wellies, to get the last few things.
Switch on the lights, bank up the fires, and make merry!
Crown Winter with green,
And give him good drink
To physic his spleen
Or ever he think.
His mouth to the bowl,
His feet to the fire ;
And let him, good soul,
No comfort desire.
So merry he be,
I bid him abide:
And merry be we
This good Yuletide.
Robert bridges