A bonus read, and hopefully the start of a personal tradition. I've reread 'The Dark is Rising' at Christmas before, but never as it unfolds in real time, so starting on Midwinter's Eve and running through to Twelfth Night. I did this year, and was pleasantly surprised to find out from The Guardian Editorial on 3st December that I'm not a weirdo, this is actually a thing: Guardian Editorial
It definitely seemed more magical and exciting in the days before Christmas rather than the last few days of mud, greyness and back-to-work-and-school-ness, and I've never been one for delayed gratification, preferring to binge. So like a Christmas selection box, it doesn't suit me to read a bit of a book every day, I lose the thread and get confused with other books I am reading. It remains a wonderful story for children though, with Will Stanton a cipher for their wish fulfillment about power, being special, danger and knowing stuff adults can't comprehend. a shame my own children show no interest! I'll have to go through Dorney on a cycle to take a good look at the church and big house that are the models for those in Will's Huntercombe.
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