DARLINGTON, England:   Believe it or not I saw my first decorated lit up Christmas tree last night, not your old £10.99 Woolworths silver imitation gaudily lit up in someone's bay window but a proper real roots in the ground 20 foot tall conifer lit up with red lights in the garden of a farm I walk past when I take Zak (my dog) out for an evening walk. It had such an impact I stood staring at it for several minutes and came away smiling.Now I love Christmas, I find it a time of year that is full of genuine love, warmth and charitable feeling, often based around family and close friends which is the basis of true Christianity and I love it with as much passion as I hate the false pretentious, alcohol-induced profession of false platitudes of friendship and brotherly love that so many people spout at midnight just seven days later, which I would add is conveniently forgotten for the next 364 days as they reach for the Alka Seltzer a few hours later. Anyway it got me...(Read Full Post)