TUESDAY 27th DECEMBER

 

Lord Jesus, Light of light,
you have come among us.
Help us who live by your light
to shine as lights in your world.
Glory to God in the highest!

                                                                          Gifts


So how was your Advent?  What went well in your life? What would you have done differently? A lot of water will flow under all our bridges in the next year. How will you approach Advent 2017?


As a present, we wanted to leave you with lovely Benjamin Zephaniah's 'Talking Turkeys' but we couldn't get permission to reprint in time, so if you want to remind yourself about Benjamin's very funny seasonal poem, you'll need to Google it yourself. Here's a vegetarian alternative...

A Very Happy New Year to all readers!


Sprouting for boys (and girls)

Raise three cheers, give up a shout
For the humble, hardy, Brussels sprout.
Be you Brexin or be you Brexout,
They're cool.

Let's have a British Board of Veg to tout
The merits of the buttery, nutty Brussels sprout
If Brussels objects, then dare to flout
Their rules.

Gregg Wallace says that there's not much doubt
Of the vitamin value of the Brussels sprout.
If you say different then you learned nuffink (or nowt)
At school.

Some folk rave over sauerkraut
But cabbage simply pales besides a Brussels sprout
Serve al dente with lardons round about
And drool.

Stave off the 'flu, ward off gout,
With iron-rich good-for-you Brussels sprout
You'll never be obese (or the least bit stout)
Sprout fuel!

Kids will moan, kids will fuss about
Something, so let it be the Brussels sprout.
Tho' it make them sigh, tho' it make them pout,
Sprout Yule!

                                             Vince Cross: December 2016.