Leading up the the usual 25th December mad panic to buy a years worth of groceries to make sure there’s enough of everything for that one ‘supermarket closure’ day, I noticed there were a whole year’s worth of seasonal occasions available to buy.

Still selling dwindling supplies of Halloween costumes and artefacts at now greatly reduced ‘buy-one-get-the-rest-free’ prices, all the usual Xmassy stuff now being slightly reduced in price as it’s ‘not quite Christmas day yet’ including sad looking Xmas trees which had already started giving up the fight and losing their own needle thingies which normally keeps them green looking through to New Year. Sun creams and Summer attire for that 2026 Summertime holiday not reduced in price, obviously!. Valentines day cards and gifts on a stand all on it’s own and, wait for it, ‘Easter Eggs ‘, yaay!

So, thinking of the grandchildren, one ten and the other five years old, (and both believers) I thought, what a jest if Santa Claus could just deliver one Easter Egg to said recipients along with the usual snow capped mountain of presents they usually receive. I wonder what their reaction would be and would they question why Father Christmas would even think of providing an ‘Easter egg at Christmas? ‘

Well, the usual whirlwind opening frenzy of presents took place faster than anyone had the chance to photograph or video it happening and to cap it all, the Easter egg opening had a comment…’ Yess!….an Easter Egg!’ yet no mention during or after that annual whirlwind event as to ‘why on earth would Father Christmas send me an Easter Egg for Christmas?’

My job is done!

now for a cup-of-T