General Discussion
I wish ALL of you a happy Christmas and New Year........ after that let the battle begin all over again lol 
.... and to Smella if she is peeping.
Merry Christmas all Dawlish.Com'ers, and to the webmaster who after all does a sterling job
A very Merry Christmas and a peaceful New Year to everyone who posts on this site; and please resist the urge to throw yourself (or anybody else) off Shaldon Bridge.
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Let's remember that Christmas is supposedly the season of Goodwill to all (men & women) irrespective of race, religion, sexual orientation, age, ability/disability and my wish for Christmas and the New year is that everyone shows more compassion to others.
I was struck by what a poignant example of compassion was shown by Maureen Greaves: "One year after a Christmas murder, a widow's simple plea: 'Forgive them'". See story on: http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/dec/22/maureen-greaves-forgive-killers
Unbelievable!!!!!!!! Wake up Taylorjack (and whoever agreed with you!!). Christmas is NOT English. It is celebrated around the world as a Christian 'festival' and the aethos is most definitely goodwill to ALL. Whether or not you are a believer in Christianity that seems a laudable sentiment.
Any way Taylorjack I'll join you in the spirit you intended by wishing you and everybody a Merry Christmas. Plain and simple!
I think I have just reminded everyone that Christmas is one symbol of a season of goodwill to all, which I would extend to the whole year, not just a few days at the end of December. Is that not a nice Christmas message to everyone? And what Maureen Greaves has done is a beautiful message to us all.
Perhaps you are saying that you do not want goodwill to all? And if you don't then it's just hypocrisy to wish everyone a merry Christmas.
Thank you Taylorjack and the same to you.
Hope everyone has a great Christmas and all the very best for 2014, regardless of whatever race, creed, colour or religion you are.
Lets remember why we celebrate Christmas, it is a Christian Celebration of the birth of Christ, symbolising the 3 gifts from the Magi. All this seems to have been forgotten in a frenzy of spend spend spend, and gorge ourselves on food and alcohol when many are homelees, hungry and unable to afford the basics in life. Also the greed of retailers who force their staff to work over Christmas when their industry is not conclusive to saving lives.
Merry Christmas to all and thanks @FredBassett & agreers for your kind words. Also, this site would not be much without the contributers and posters so many thanks to you all and keep posting.
Every year I give out the statistics for dawlish.com, so here are this years compared to last years (in brackets):
Period: 24 Dec 2012 - 23 Dec 2013:
Pageviews: 650,859 (599,827)
Visitors: 183,182 (145,265)
Unique Visitors 75,629 (68,752) - I.e 75,629 different people visited the site during the year at least once, nearly 6 times the population of Dawlish
Average daily pageviews: 1773 (1638)
Average daily visitors : 498 (395)
Peak:
13 Aug 2013 : 3715
25 Oct 2013 : 4097
Last year Peak:
25 Nov 2012: 5436
Carnival Week (Sat to Sat inclusive): 25,687 (19,844)
Most popular thread:
https://www.dawlish.com/thread/details/22448 (48K views)
Prior years:
Some people here make me smile, they can even turn "Happy Christmas", into a excuse for a row.
@OLD FART. Surprisingly we agree. Alf Garnett is good enough for you
@Taylorjack and Merry Christmas to you and, as Carer said, goodwill and best wishes to all irrespective of race, creed, colour or religion
@webmaster. Congratulations. You have a tough job. Keep up the good work for 2014
