We were happy to meet a man called Santa Claus today, we think he may have been operating under an assumed name.

Still, a jolly fellow with many stories to tell, a good listener and one with a ruddy complexion and a hearty laugh – seems innocent enough.

We are also attracted, like a moth to a well-lit window, to all the Christmas lights around people’s houses and never think for one moment if there is any meaning or significance. They just look happy!

It’s noticeable that people are promising to Be Better next year. I’m all for that! And I have been informed these words are not always promises kept for longer than the first digits of January.

But, don’t you think…. smiling could catch on?