An old joke, but a good 'un. Why couldn't Mary and Joseph find anywhere to stay in Bethlehem?
See post title for punchline.
Next week - Christmas Day - will be the final edition, but don't expect much from me and we'll get along famously.
This, then, is the last full post of Here Comes Christmas.
And it couldn't have happened without: The Anti Santa Liberation Army, The Christmas Resistance Movement, Disneyland, the North Pole, Starbucks, Costa Coffee, the Tweenies, Santa Claus, Fat Ninja, pinatas, the Criminal Records Bureau, Wikipedia, the TARDIS, the Netherlands, Sinterklaas, Zwarte Piet, Austria , Christkind, Julemanden, the Danish, Greenland, rice pudding, butter, Nisse, Coca Cola, Russia, the Iron Curtain, Commies, Chris Moyles, Leon Jackson, Leona Lewis, Leo, Mr Blobby, ,East 17, Michael Jackson, Spice Girls, Westlife, Louis “I Like It!” Walsh, Bob the Builder, Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman, Girls Aloud, Michael Andrews and Gary Jules, Band Aid 20, Shayne Ward, Scorponok, M.A.S.K., Action Force, G.I. Joe, Star Wars, meatball marinara, Toys R Us, Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles, WWF, Power Rangers, Biker Mice From Mars, Gameboy, Mario, Tetris, Buckaroo, Mr Pop, Guess Who, Pictionary, Monopoly, Cluedo, Etch-a-Sketch, Spirograph, Hungry Hippos, Operation, Polly Pocket, Lil Miss Make Up, Sylvanian Families, Barbie, Cindy, Trolls, Teddy Ruxpin, Pound Puppies, Rainbow Brite, My Little Pony, Pokemon, High School Musical, Thomas the Tank Engine (still chuffin'), Fifi and the Flowertots, Elmo, Doctor Who voice changers, Hannah Montana, Tim "Deathproof" Lethaby, The Muppet’s Christmas Carol, Jingle All The Way, The Snowman, Yogi’s First Christmas, Miracle on 34th Street, Home Alone 1, 2, 3 and 4, Die Hard, Die Hard 2 – Die Harder, Ghostbusters, Trading Places, A Christmas Carol, Scrooged, Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence, 101 Dalmatians, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Boris Karloff, The Poseidon Adventure, Gremlins, It’s A Wonderful Life, White Christmas, Black Christmas, The Nightmare before Christmas, Santa Claus: The Movie, The Santa Clause, Silent Night, Deadly Night 4 – Initiation, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Uncle Buck, The Polar Express, Bad Santa, Fred Claus, Elf, Iron Man, Ernest Saves Christmas, Batman Returns, Terry Pratchett's Hogfather, Lethal Weapon, Sleepless in Seattle, When Harry Met Sally, Love, Actually, Fargo, Star Wars Episove V: The Empire Strikes Back, 30 Days of Night, Bridget Jones’ Diary, Christmas Evil (aka Terror in Toyland, You Better Watch Out), Silent Night, Bloody Night (aka Night of the Dark Full Moon, a 13-year-old Queen Victoria, General George Washington, a meat tree, Ronald McDonald, Pauline Fowler, Left 4 Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Dead Set, Timmy Mallet, Robert Kilroy-Silk, Hennessy's limited edition cognac, Flawless, Cristal Rose Champagne, brown sugar, angostura bitters, a Cheeky Vimto, Haribo sweet ring, Atheists, The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (may his noodly appendage touch you), and a lot of other nonsense I can't be asked to source.
Finally, let us bow our heads, empty our minds and join together on December 25 to wish a very happy birthday to Father Christmas.
Until next year ... and HERE COMES CHRISTMAS 2: Son of Christmas.
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