Looking back over the years my New Year's Eve (or as we call it in Scotland Hogmanay) posts have usually focussed on the bad things from the previous year with a hope that things improve the following year.
I suppose this year is no different. It is common, particularly in Scotland, to get melancholy remembering lost loved ones who are no longer with us. Drink tends to accelerate this process.
On a more positive note things have been reasonably ok this year at CCHQ with no deaths or significant illness scares although I am conscious that this will not be the case for some reading this.
Let's look on the bright side. Hopefully there will be an election in the Spring and as M People would have it Things Can Only Get Better. And also we must look forward of course to Scotland winning the Euros in the summer!
A varied selection of New Year related songs for you below (including the shortest one I've ever posted) with a warning that some may indeed be melancholic. I had to exclude Ballboy for that very reason.
Wishing you and yours a Happy New Year and all the very best for 2024.
See you on the other side.
Happy New Year to you and Mrs CC. May your feet be first and may M People never do a cover version of that terrible record by D:Ream
ReplyDeleteI'm not going to edit that to prove that I am fallible at least once a year!
DeleteAnd likewise to you, CC.
ReplyDeleteGreat last post. Thanks for the sterling work throughout '23. Here's to ya! Happy Hogmanay and all the best for 2024
ReplyDeleteI will not be wishing our Camara Municipal or Junta de Freguesia a Boa Ano, and neither will many of the people near our house either thanks to the insanely loud band playing last night (that we could clearly hear at the farm 6km away). And there's another one tonight. FFS
ReplyDelete.............but for your good self and long suffering wife, i do wish you both a Boa Ano.
ReplyDeleteHappy new year CC, all the best
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year, CC. And thanks to Ernie for saving me a correction.
ReplyDeleteMy New Years Resolution will be not to get ant names mixed up in 2024.
DeleteOne which will be easy to break I suspect.
Happy New Year, CC and Mrs CC - some great songs there (Camera Obscura especially). Here's to health and happiness in 2024.
ReplyDeleteThanks for some smashing song selections in ‘23, CC, including today.
ReplyDeleteWishing you and Mrs CC a happy Hogmanay and a rather wonderful 2024 to come!
Happy New Year to you all!
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