Christmas 2069 Style!

Well here we are on the slippery slide towards Xmas! Its raining, a dull and generally an ordinary day in Liverpool and its hard to imagine that this is that magic, wonderful period from my childhood, when I was counting down the 'sleeps' before the big fella came down the chimney with a sack of toys for me and my sisters. Gone forever is that incipient sense of wonder as I opened my eyes to find a stuffed stocking on the end of my bed and a carpet covered with gifts and annuals and selection boxes under the tree. That sudden rush of excitement when I tore open the wrapping paper to see the black starry background of a Spacex card or the familiar red and blue of a SWORD toy box is sadly missing these days as socks and tins of deodorant and sensible jumpers really don't elicit the same kind of response.

Or so i thought… I got home last night from a seriously tedious day at work to find an expertly wrapped package waiting for me from my very good friend and Wotan Archive benefactor Terry. After releasing the box from its wrapping, I found a small parcel inside wrapped in xmas paper. Never having had a lot of patience or a deal of common sense, I tore open the xmas paper too - rather than wait another three days - and lo and behold, I was instantly transported back to 1969 and was a small excited child once more. That fabulously magical feeling that had long since been missing for many an xmas grabbed me and lifted me out of my pre-xmas humbug and flew me round the room with excitement! My 14 year old daughter looked at me like i'd lost the plot as I pulled back the paper to reveal…. Zero X!

So in short, thank you for a very Terry Christmas!