cyclist for breakfast

Dear Reader
You must have almost given up on me - I see with shock that it is almost a month since I provided you with a titilating insight into life chez Santa.
My work being such as it is, it is necessary for Mrs Claus to have a day job to help ends meet, although in her case it is a night job, but ends still need to be met. For a whole variety of reasons that it is not necessary to go into, Mrs Claus' nights have recently changed which has had an impact on almost every aspect of our lives. Not least we now have full weekends together which is strange after so many years when this has not been possible. Having just celebrated our 310th wedding anniversary, the consequence of having every weekend together may be that we don't make 311 but we will do our best and again that is another story.
The immediate point being that I now have to take Hugh the reindeer for his early morning (6.30am) walk each weekday morning as well as the pleasure of being the main walker on Saturdays and Sundays. Sometimes we walk up to meet Mrs Claus as she returns from the home for incurable elves and sometimes we just walk the streets exchanging sniffs and words with other reindeer owners. But one day last week there was a strange noise behind us and on turning round there was Mrs prim and proper coming along on a bone shaker. Hugh is very fond of Mrs prim and proper since she sometimes looks after him when we are away scouting for elves and he loves to chase bone shakers so the combination was irresistable. Fortunately the consequences were not dire since he was still attached to his reins.
Since we last communicated the Israel group have had a reunion. With well over 1,000 photographs between us it was a very happy time full of memories and stories to be retold.