Christmas is coming Music plays a part
….. and the Geese are getting fat Please to put a penny in an old man's hat. If you haven't got a penny, a ha'penny will do but if you haven't got a ha'penny then God bless you. A rhyme learned at the knees of our parents and carried on for generation after generation. Quoted and used at the appropriate time and season. Poetry, rhymes, tales/stories all are a rich element in the tapestry of life and the change of the seasons. Especially traditional tales, or ghost tales or the Night before Christmas. A bit like hymns and Christmas Carols which also do the same and add colour, texture and voice to celebrating the seasons. For me this is all part and parcel of the Christmas season which I think binds all the elements together from years ago to the everyday. I thought to perhaps get you into the Christmas season a little more (even though you may not be ready for it). Now that we are officially in Winter. I thought I would every...