A Quick Question About Christmas,

how many new Christmas movies are available this year?

most can be found on the Hallmark Channel, Lifetime, Netflix, and the rest on a few other outlets, I thought it would be in single numbers, but I was so wrong! according to the guys at Vulture there will be 91 of them! so to make sure you do not miss one, here is the link to their list of them, 91 new Christmas movies, I would never have thought it! image credit UPTV.

Keeping To A Christmas Theme,

a cartoonist has produced this,

here is the Hallmark Christmas Movie Plot Generator by John Atkinson of Wrong Hands cartoons, does this plot generator really work?

We Went Into Town,

in the morning, as Diana did not have to start work until the afternoon,

 so a walk out of the park,

 and past the Christmas fair,

 for our breakfast 

 in The Big Breakfast, the restaurant was absolutely packed, every table taken, we were lucky to find a table for two,

 but for us not the usual fry up,

lasagna for Diana, 

 chilli con carne for myself plus 2 latte coffees, the bill came to just over £21.00, and good news, they now have a card machine, I noticed it being used a couple of tables away, no having to remember to go to the cash machine before eating after today, so I gave my card to the cashier, but was told cash only, I pointed to the card machine, 'Broken', was the reply, I said, I had just not a minute ago seen it working, 'Cash Only', was the reply, how strange that a shop nowadays wants cash only, I would have thought the daily transference of all of that cash would be so dangerous, walking around with that much cash would I thought have been a magnet to muggers, but there it is, so remember to go to the cash machine if you want to eat there, 

 we walked past the church,

 to Beckenham Green,

 where the Christmas fair was taking place,

 not as many stalls as the summer fair,

 but there was a Santa's grotto,

 and next to it an inflatable building, 

 not a bouncy castle, it was my sort of building,

 we carried on looking around,

 Diana likes the food on the Greek stall, but we were still full from our breakfast,

 at the end of the green, an area selling Christmas trees,

 and nice they looked too,

 but for us with limited refuse bins what do you do with it after Christmas?

 a quick look at some of the stalls, 

 and the soon to be lit Christmas tree, the council like us can put their tree into storage for next year,

 the stage being set up for Christmas carol singers,

 at the center of the green, the leaves from the tree now dropped,

 and the dedication easy to see now that the plants had died back for winter, a history of V1 and V2 bombings can be seen here, 

 on a happier note, the pub was open,

 so a glass of Christmas bubbly it was then,

 'Cheers!', we started on our way back to the bus stop for Diana to go to work, but the bus she needed was not due for some time,

 so into O'Neill's it was then,

 for a mini bubbly, after saying goodbye to Diana,

 I took the shopping home, 

  and settled down for my evening meal, starting with a sherry,

 and then a red wine to go with a slice of pumpernickel,

 topped with tuna, cucumber and tomatoes, finally sprinkled with a grated frozen lemon, rind and all,

 fresh pineapple for dessert,

 beside me the tree looking nice,

 just before midnight Diana called, so a walk to the bus stop for me,

 arriving home our next door neighbour had put out some Christmas decorations in the hall,

so tomorrow it will be out with our Christmas wreath for the door and Rudolph floor mat, next a nightcap as we watch the latest Have I Got News For You, which we both thoroughly enjoyed, and I have to say this week's episode was exceptionally good, after that we were off to bed.

The November,

no shave guys are back,

Every year, these friends get together and spend the month of November growing their beards -except for the guy on the right; he is an EMT and cannot grow a beard due to his job. It's part of No Shave November, a campaign to promote cancer awareness. And every year since 2013 they get together to do a picture based on a theme, and also every year, redditor jammies shows us what they've been up to, this year that theme is the Old West,

the bank robber, the sheriff, the fighter, and the bartender, Her boyfriend is the bank robber. Here is a collection of all seven years that have been photographed, what a great fun way to raise awareness, and hopefully raise some funds for such a good cause.

Apparently,

folding a fitted sheet is not as easy as it looks, so here is a guide,

helpfully supplied by cartoonist Matthew Gallman, I do try to help around the house, so guides like this help me a lot, Matthew has this drawn this step-by-step guide, actually I did find it quite helpful, I just cut out steps one and two, what a result!

If Slime Is Your Thing,

here is some good news,

the surviving cast of Ghostbusters have signed on for slime detail, above the 1984 cast of Ghostbusters, Bill Murray, Dan Akyroyd and co. will be picking up their proton packs and teaming up for the first time since 1989, in Jason Reitman’s much-anticipated Ghostbusters 2020, star Dan Aykroyd announced the news in an interview on The Gregg Hill Show. Ernie Hudson (Winston Zeddemore) previously said he was involved, but this confirms what fans had been hoping for – Murray, Aykroyd (Ray Stantz), Sigourney Weaver (Dana Barrett) and Annie Potts (Janine Melnitz), together with Hudson, have all been working on set, Aykroyd spoke in glowing terms about the latest resurrection, describing “a beautiful, heartfelt script that takes the real DNA from the first two movies and transfers that directly to the third, the next generation.” That next generation is Ant-Man Paul Rudd, together with Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard and young actress Mckenna Grace, there are 2 noticeable absences from the credits, Harold Ramis, who played spook-slapping genius Egon Spengler, passed away in 2014, and Rick Moranis has been virtually retired from show business since 1997, though could be persuaded to reprise Louis Tully, Ghostbusters 2020 is set for release next July, happy slimeing!

How To Scare Away Monkeys,

that eat your crops, 

in one easy lesson, paint your dog! farmers in the Malnad region in Shivamogga, Karnataka, India, have been plagued by monkey raids on their crops, one of them, Srikant Gowda, decided to combat the monkey threat by making his dog more menacing, News 18 reports that he painted his dog to look like a tiger, the paint is made of hair dye and lasts up to a month before fading, apparently the farmer has also put up posters of his dog and and that of tigers in the grass to scare away rogue monkeys, photograph Naresh Shenoy, what a neat idea, I wonder if it worked?