Now questions have to be asked.
Has Perry Como worn his Christmas jumper yet? It was never Christmas until Perry appeared on telly wearing his jumper.
And what about Billy Smart's Circus. Is that on today? Top of the Pops? Doctor Who? Well yes and no. The circus has long gone, Top of The Pops is now a review of the year a few days after Christmas when we will all hear how many downloads there have been (what's that all about). Apparently Wham have the Christmas number one. That's because Ladbaby haven't come up with a tune this year after something like five years of sausage rolls (what on earth is he talking about I hear you say. Has the blogger lost his marbles? I used to have bags of marbles. Used to make up party games with them. That was a lot of fun).
Doctor Who is still around in a kind of incomprehensible way that leaves you with a "what was that all about" feeling but as Jethro Till once said (That's the rock group and not the inventor of the seed drill, although I'm not sure why you would want to drill a seed) I'm Living in the Past.
But before I go on about Christmas Day tomorrow I need to tell you about Saturday and Sunday.
Saturday brought a final trip to Norwich. We dined at our favourite small restaurant Saporita and then I had a good look around book shops, ending up looking at local books in Jarrolds' Department Store. The book section is situated on the top floor next to the toy department. I was minding my own business, leafing through A History of Norwich Sewers 1900 to 2000 when there was a commotion. A man or so I thought seemed to be shouting. I couldn't locate him but I thought "this isn't the way to behave in a children's department" particularly during the time of peace on earth and goodwill to all men, women and children.
I put it to the back of my mind and finished my browsing. As I moved north a few yards, I heard the same rasping male voice. It sounded like seconds out round two. But then I realised the noise came from Father Christmas who was having a gay old time.
Now of course I'm regressing to my childhood again here as the word gay in this context means colourful or happy. This Santa was winding up a girl by the name of Jessica and was wonderfully ho ho ho in a rather over the top kind of way.
After that had a cup of coffee in what I refer to as Bonds although it's been John Lewis for many years. Local people will know what I mean when I refer to Bonds. Then down to Carrow Road to see Norwich score a comfortable 2-0 win. First I need to comment on the ever rising cost of a cup of coffee. It's edging ever upwards towards £4 a cup. At John Lewis we paid £3.45 which I fear is too much for something that comes out of a machine.
"There's only one David Wagner" sang the fans in support of the Norwich manager at the football. Only problem is the chants in support of Wagner were from the Huddersfield supporters and not the Norwich fans. Wagner is not greatly popular in Norwich due to his negative tactics. Huddersfield remember him as the man who got them promoted to the Premier Division. Since then Huddersfield have become something of a rag, tag and bobtail outfit (you'll have to be of a certain age to understand that one. Otherwise I'll leave you to look up rag, tag and bobtail).
We had left the car in the village and so, after a quick wee ( something you probably didn't need to know) I walked to pick up the car and went through the Christmas winter wonderland at Park Green. It was the first time I have walked through it this year other than on launch evening. There were lots of people there including a pizza van. Santa had been undertaking a tour of the village starting and finishing at the lights. It's remarkable how Santa was able to get from Jarrolds' department store in time for his tour of our village.
Finally if you get bored eating and drinking today and playing games and just want a few quiet moments, there's always my Hethersett Herald to read. It went online yesterday and it's bright and colourful with plenty of photographs. Don't open it if you dislike Christmas though as it's the annual festive edition.
HAVE A GREAT DAY.