'My Favourite Christmas Fair & Other Things'

Well, I have to say that so far this year my 'Christmas Mojo' is struggling to get out of first gear! I have watched a load of Christmas Movies on Channel 5 and 'blubbed like a baby' at the obvious though touching story lines and have felt the thrill of buying someone a present I hope they will be over the moon with but overall, I''m still not feeling this Christmas...

I did get a kick though out of finding out the other day that it was a man by the name of Robert L MAY  who invented 'Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer'.

 That someone with my family name invented a character so interwoven now with the story of Christmas seemed fitting! I am nicknamed 'Mr.Christmas' by my friend (and Producer), Harvey Summers so maybe this is why! Robert was American apparently so I doubt we are actually related but he obviously had a love of Christmas to be able to write the poem featuring Rudolph that he did.

I found the story of Robert & Rudolph here: The Story of Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer Sadly, in rather an uncharitable and un-Christmassy way, I am not allowed to reprint of re-produce any of their article here for copyright reasons. Don't you just love the irony of that? I mean, how much of an own-goal is not being able to spread the word about a character like Rudolph's invention for the human race? Its typical of the modern world I dislike so much to be honest!

Anyway, my Christmas spirit may well get a boost soon as tomorrow my favourite Christmas Fair of the year is due to take place at St Clements Church in the Old Town of Hastings. It has been a few years now since I was able to attend the event as the last couple of years it has clashed with a writing festival I go to in London each year. This time though I am free and am hoping it will be every bit as memorable and Christmassy as I remember it! They usually have a £1 a go 'present every time' stall and I LOVE supporting that because I get loads of UNOPENED MYSTERY wrapped presents to put under our tree for opening on Christmas Day! Ho, Ho!!

 Getting to feel like a kid again is such an important part of Christmas for me and going to Christmas Fairs is all part of the fun. The St Clements Christmas Fair (used to be held at All Saints Church Hall in All Saints Street) is by far the best Fair of the year for me though so I do hope I won't be disappointed tomorrow...

Last years Christmas run up did not quite work out for me in a number of ways as you will know if you read this blog regularly. Thankfully, after the  'Santa at Battle' debacle last year, my camera has been a 'good boy' this year so hopefully this time if I go I will get some proper photos to share with you all here.

Oh well, back to the present hunting!