Feliz Natal

“According to rural legend – at least in those areas where pigs are a vital part of the household economy – the Hogfather is a winter myth who, on Hogswatchnight, gallops from house to house on a crude sledge drawn by four tusked wild boars to deliver presents of sausages, black puddings, pork scratchings and ham to all children who have been good. He says ‘Ho Ho Ho’ a lot. Children who have been bad get a bag full of bloody bones (it’s these little details which tell you it’s a tale for the little folk). There is a song about him. It begins: You’d Better Watch Out…
The Hogfather is said to have originated in the legend of a local king who, one winter’s night, happened to be passing, or so he said, the home of three young women and heard them sobbing because they had no food to celebrate the midwinter feast. He took pity on them and threw a packet of sausages through the window.*

*Badly concussing one of them, but there no point in spoiling a good legend.”

in Soul Music de Terry Pratchett

A todos os frequentadores deste blog, desejo um Natal muito feliz, com muita paz de espírito, alegria e convívio com as pessoas que mais gostam.

E depois, menos importante, mas também bom para o espírito da época, espero que ingiram algumas calorias sem consciência pesada e recebam algumas prendinhas agradáveis.

PS: A foto é um pormenor do pinheiro familiar, mas o Tio Vlad não se envolveu nos preparativos.

Como curiosidade, direi que o meu enfeite preferido, o Pai Natal tem praticamente a mesma idade que eu.