I is for Invitation
Invitations are always exciting, especially when you are a child. What could be more exciting than an invitation to a Christmas party. A party with magical decorations, a sparkling Christmas tree, a copious table of tasty food and drinks and of course, a visit from Father Christmas, complete with his sack of gifts.
The word invitation, or to invite comes from the Latin word: invitatio (the noun) and invitare, (the verb), which means to entertain or to be pleasant to someone. Which of course is what you ought to be if you have guests.
I never knew that my Latin O level might come in useful writing Christmas blogs, one day.
It took a fair number of invitations addressed to Harry Potter before he finally managed to open his invitation to Hogwarts.
The moment when Uncle Vernon is buried under a mountain of envelopes, reminds me of my daily task of sweeping the leaves outside in my garden. But that is another story and another blog: Limey Limericks.
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