Hello, and a very merry Christmas. Happy new year. I'm not sure exactly when you'll get to hear this.

But I can tell you a little bit about where I am and what I'm doing as I record these words.

As you hear this, I'm recording it on Christmas Day.

And I'm at home. It's very, very quiet all around the apartment where I live.

Seems that many people have gone away. I went out for a walk in the park just a little while ago.

And there were a lot of grim faced looking people. You wouldn't believe it was Christmas Day. I tried smiling at a couple.

Very few return the smile. I think a lot of people are just kind of preoccupied with all kinds of things.

This Christmas. And I completely understand how they may be feeling about life in general.

Believe me, sometimes I feel that way too.

But it was interesting just to see how the world is. Breathe a bit of clear air.

Today, as I record this, it doesn't feel like Christmas at all. Christmas is when I was a little kid

tended to be frosty and bright. And the Christmas is lately that I've had here in London.

Have been almost spring-like temperatures. So I think it's about 11, 12, 13 Celsius today.

Something like 55 Fahrenheit, which was never a Christmas temperature when I was a kid.

It's dull and overcast and muddy underfoot. And that's all I can say for it really.

It's a day that has come and gone. I'm going to cook myself a little bit of Christmas something.

I've got some turkey in. Something I can stick in the microwave.

And that's going to be me for another year. And I always make this this vow to myself every year.

Next year, I'm going to make a point of staying somewhere for Christmas.

And I'm going to have dinner cooked by that place. And I have to do that next year.

Otherwise, it's just empty and idle talk.

Now, looking back over the last year of the unexplained, we've had some great guests.

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