What's happening in your area this Christmas?

Hi everyone,

It's Hobbit here. Firstly Merry Christmas to everyone. I know Christmas time is a time of joy, love and happiness, but can also be a time of sorrow, stress and anxiety for a lot of us (me included!!)

So I thought I would try and start a discussion on what's 'out there' in everyone's local area this Christmas, try and get a feel for some fun things that are happenning in the local community.

I'll kick things off - I attend a local Salvation Army (I run a group there for people at risk of homelessness, and also play guitar in the band there). We had our usual Carols in the Park a week or so ago, but it was absolutely bucketing down (anyone that lives in Sydney will know what I mean!) so we had to hold it in the church hall. We normally get around 3000 people at the park, so you could inagine the hall ended up being pretty packed out! To be honest, I was pretty glad when it was over!!

On a more personal note, I have a cat that has 'adopted' me - comes into my unit and just hangs out. Lovely and cute little thing, in between a kitten and a cat, so still very playful, in other words likes to bite a lot!! Thing is, I am deathly allergic to cats. But it's so cute. It is my Christmas Cat. And my Christmas is now turning out to be one based on sneezing, and then....Claratyne. What a conundrum!!

Well, that's me. Let us all know what's going on in your area this Christmas!!

Hobbit.