Hello,

It's very much quality rather than quantity in this pocket-sized
Christmas issue, with contributions from acclaimed author Catherine
O'Flynn alongside regular favourites, and for the first time ever I've
attempted to illustrate the whole thing using copyright-free images
from the brilliant website fromoldbooks.org. The result is that it
looks a bit like some Open University course notes the early 80s. I'm
quite proud of myself for managing to suck all the joy out of
Christmas.

Extra points this month if you spotted an All The Rage namecheck in
the national press. In her fascinating "My Week" article for The
Independent, Miss O'Flynn was kind enough to mention that she was
working on her piece for this magazine! Meanwhile, I mentioned a few
of our previous contributors in an interview I did with Dollymix this
week: http://tinyurl.com/yplnxf

But we're not getting any younger. Get over to
http://alltherage.org.uk/alltherage-2007-12.pdf now, and find out
about:

- what it's like to be a shopping centre Father Christmas
- the history of gifts
- Matt Langham's demands on Santa
- sleeplessness
- Sylvia's flaming puddings
- Loads more!

Apparently All The Rage has a Facebook group. I'm not on Facebook, but
thanks to those who set it up and everyone who's joined. A thread from
a Facebook discussion (? - sorry I don't know the jargon!) has been
repurposed for an article this issue. Feel free to join, and make
"threads" or whatever it is, and perhaps they'll be used in a future
issue.

Happy Christmas, and thanks for your support over the year.

ATR xxx

PS http://alltherage.org.uk/alltherage-2007-12.pdf