The turkey has been carved, you have had the cold turkey sandwiches and what’s left is heading for the curry pot.
Yes, Christmas is over – but we still have the memories of it, such as the St Peter’s Pre-School Playgroup nativity play.

There is nothing like seeing the carefully rehearsed play when all the youngsters know what they have to do. Have you noticed how it all goes to plan until they see Mum or Dad and the concentration wavers slightly? Wonderful!
Poor Jesus though, he was gently ‘dropped’ into the manger! I think the staff are very brave to dress up too – loved those donkey’s ears!
We were entertained to Christmas lunch by the Green Centre luncheon club, and very nice too. Doris Hunt and the ladies meet every Monday for lunch, but they surpassed themselves this week, with all the trimmings including wine.
Pat Powell in the kitchen deserves a mention for all the hard work she puts in. Well done, Pat.
Mother Christmas looked suspiciously like Margaret Layland to me! It wouldn’t be Christmas without the Worcester News Film Show. We were unable to do both mornings so Stephen Inman, the deputy mayor, did one and Joan and I did the other.
I enjoyed giving out the mince pies and sherry to all.
I won’t tell you how many bottles of sherry were consumed. Suffice to say we left before the singing started! The Worcester News figured again with its annual carol service in the cathedral.
It was packed – literally standing room only. What a fantastic service too, with superb singing by the cathedral choir recently enhanced by including girls for the first time. If you haven’t heard them, you are missing a treat.
We also attended the cathedral’s own carol service – again a wonderful night, but with the boys in the choir this time.
I must say they were every bit as good as the girls! Fr Paul Fitzgerald, my chaplain, read the first of the lessons.
I have said it before, but we are always made most welcome every time we attend. On Christmas morning Joan and I went to the hospital and visited the wards.
There is never a good time to be in hospital, but at this time of the year it is perhaps worse than others. The staff do a wonderful job, as do all emergency services. I must mention the volunteers giving up their Christmas too.
A big thank-you to them all.