Mid December last year I decided I didn't want to be responsible for more trees chopped down, more greenhouse gases released all in the name of a Christmas card mailout, when most of those cards were going to get binned during the first week in January.  But just doing a zero cost email campaign in lieu of Christmas cards seemed very cheap!

After discussions with my partner and my team the solution we hit upon was to figure out how much we would have spent on Christmas cards and donate that sum to a charity of which we all approved.  After lots of discussion we settled on one in the area of childhood cancer.

So this year we are doing it again.  This year (for reasons I won't go into, but which have significance for a number of people involved in the decision) we have settled on MS Australia.  It is a great cause & one which I am delighted to support - and if anyone else wants to contribute to this organisation you will find their details at www.msaustralia.org.au

I am looking forward to the Christmas break which I will be spending with some members of my family (whilst also thinking of and missing some others). 

I hope you all have an enjoyable and hopfully special Christmas.