Home Alone for Christmas!

[pdcorlis]

Traditions are important for us all and yours seem wonderfully intact. I especially enjoyed the final photo - a pose that I suspect was often repeated around the world.

Happy Christmas Hamish and a Joyous New Year - by the way is that the maple leaf tartan?

Warmest Wishes

[Hamish]

Traditions are important for us all and yours seem wonderfully intact. I especially enjoyed the final photo - a pose that I suspect was often repeated around the world.

Happy Christmas Hamish and a Joyous New Year - by the way is that the maple leaf tartan?

Warmest Wishes

Many thanks for the greetings, Phil. Yes, it IS the Maple Leaf tartan. I had Geoffrey (Tailor) of Edinburgh make this one up for me four years ago. It is a full 8 yarder in 16oz weight and, like all Geoffrey's kilts, is pure joy to wear.

[Hamish]

Thank you everyone for your marvellous greetings and kind thoughts. Let me assure you that, since I have been on my own, I prefer to spend Christmas alone. I am no longer unhappy or sad, but I do derive great pleasure in sharing the day with my cherished memories of those 36 blissful years Tom and I spent together. (Actually, I miscalculated - it was 38 years!)

My wish is that you all have the happiest of years in the new one coming.