Dear Seasoned Greeters,
Before we are all consumed by the annual nut roast fest that is Christmas, I wanted to take this opportunity to thank you all for your support this year. Twelve months ago, I was merrily writing an advent calendar poem a day for Twitter and Facebook with very little objective other than keeping myself amused and staving off the frustrations of office life. Now, I find myself with a beautiful-looking book to my name and an encampment of zealous journalists outside my house eager to catch a glimpse of my pipe through my polyester net curtains.
That this happened at all - and so quickly - remains a continual surprise to me. Quite why it has happened I really don't know. But one thing that I do know is that none of this would have happened at all without your help. Thank you so much for that. To see all of your names in the back of the book truly makes my heart sing (and my lungs whistle).
I hope you've enjoyed being part of this project. Have a happy Christmas - and here's hoping that the new year gets its act together and brings more joy and hope than 2016 was able to muster.
Brian
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