No personal development today, just some festive fun. 
Ten Things to Avoid this Christmas:
1. The third and fourth course.
2. Deep and meaningful conversations with pissed people.
3. Your hilarious uncle; the one who spits food, stands too close and laughs hysterically at his own jokes.
4. Running races with five year-olds.
5. Anyone with a video camera; you’ll hate the result no matter what.
6. Demonstrating your nephew’s new skateboard.
7. Any kind of theological debate.
8. Pianos.
9. Public proclamations of impending weight-loss.
10. The toilet after your hilarious uncle has been.
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11. Regifting that kitschy Elvis velour print with added functional clock to the very person who gave it to you last year.
Very funny, usually I am the one demonstrating how to ride the new bicycle for the little kids, I stay away from skateboards. I am also the one running around with the camera taking lots of memories.
What if you are the hilarious uncle who is overweight, loves the grog, loves food, spent time in a seminary, is an amateur video freak, loves a tinlke on the ivory, and has irritable bowel syndrome …..?
Poor hilarious uncle. A very lonely Christmas awaits
For the blokes
12. The christamas peck on the cheek to a single, middle aged lady, you could get yourself in trouble!!!! in more ways than one!
Love it! Will obey all of those except maybe the piano.
Craig, I stumbled across your book ‘Stop f*cking around’ earlier this year and have found it enormously useful. Same with your newsletter. You’ve helped me be a bit more productive, be a bit more focused and take things a little less seriously. Thank you.
Here’s a quote I’m sure you’ve heard before, but a friend sent it to me recently and I found it helpful:
‘Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, simply surrounded by assholes.’
William Gibson.
Merry Christmas everyone.
Playing cricket while drunk,could result in a massive black eye.Not a good look!!!
Whatever you do during the next two weeks, remember one word; MODERATION! And behave according to that word.
Best wishes for happiness, good health, peace and love, to you and everybody near and/or dear to you.
Too late Craig. I had a deep and meaningful last night with a pissed person. Result not so good.
Merry Xmas everyone
A proclamation, and a promise to myself. I. am. going. to. lose. weight.
OK Craig are you stalking me?
I am the hilarious uncle; I love 3rd and 4th courses nearly as much as 5th and 6th courses – isn’t the next week just a progressive dinner?
I will avoid piano’s and skateboards and weight-loss pledges, particularly in combination and there would be few 5 year olds who could not beat me in a race, which just leaves me as the not-so-hilarious fat uncle…..happy christmas everyone
just kidding – no sympathy comments please or I will eat chocolate
I have a feeling that I will be the number 2 this year!
Number 7 already dealt with “No I will not be attending the Xmas eve church service with you unless you don’t mind standing next to someone who is going to Uncontrollably groan and roll their eyes through the whole service”.
Number 9, that normally comes on new years eve for me, so I’m off the hook on that one for Xmas at least
no chance of any of that for me this year. I am thinking … that chance for that would be awesome… even if it means you do make a ‘dick’ of yourself… or have to clean up after the uncle…. at least it means you have someone to share it with. A very different Christmas again this year…. trying to figure out, what is the ‘new normal’.