December 2003  - Edition No.87

'Christmas comes but once a year', but doesn't it come round quickly! It is not helped by the ever-earlier appearance of Christmas decorations in the shops, which are already playing Christmas music! However, don't get complacent, by the time you are reading this, there will only be just over three weeks to finish off the present buying, ice the cake and make the pudding, ready for a further steaming on Christmas Day.

Thanks to the many recent generous donations to the funds - especially the continued support of the Parish Council - there is sufficient money to indulge again in a coloured cover, and once more, Debbie has done us proud, illustrating the two donkey poems on the insides of the front and back covers.

Thank you, as always, to all the contributors to this issue but particularly the many 'regulars' without whom the newsletter would look very thin! Items and articles for the February issue - the first in 2004 - will be needed by mid-January please as soon as possible but by Thursday, 15th January at the very latest. Thank you.

There are many events planned for the festive season, so enjoy them. Have a happy and peaceful Christmas and with all good wishes for the coming year.

Judie - Ed