Nativity 3 in November: A Review by Natty

I know I know...
IT'S TOO EARLY!

It's only November and Nativity 3 is in a cinema near you.

I love to keep the magical excitement of Christmas at bay until the end of December. I think it's a throwback to the time I spent living in France. I love real decorations and simple gifts, good food and family games.

Somehow I think that starting Christmas in August (yep, I'm sure I spied a display in a garden centre as long ago as that, Baa Humbug!) just leads to wrung out children, overspent parents and a diluting of the whole meaning of that festive time of year.

That said, we have Natty in our family 

Natty at Nativity 3 in November!

Happy Birthday, Unbirthday and a Blogiversary

November is a month of birthdays, blogiversaries and unbirthdays, in our house. 

They are markers in time, vantage points from which to assess our challenges and achievements over the previous 12 months.

Happy Birthday, Unbirthday and Blogiversary 

I was pondering my own forthcoming special day, when I came across a beautiful poem by John Lavan called An Age over on his blog Poems from Reality.