Today I find myself back in Norbiton in Kingston upon Thames in the UK, and it is very cold.
Being in Turkey for such a long time, I have missed the build up for Christmas, and it has come as quite a shock to realise that it is so near and I have done nothing to prepare myself.
Part of Christmas is that we send cards to friends, relatives and people we know, and I do not think I have time now, so if you do not get a card, Happy Christamas and a Happy New Year.
For my Muslim friends, Happy Eid or in Turkey Happy Bayrami.