Pre-Christmas wine thoughts

IN keeping with state of the world economy, one may be inclined to be a little more thriftier this Christmas. On the other hand, one may take a defiant "business as usual" approach, determined to celebrate the occasion with as much cheer as possible. There is a middle ground, of course, which is to celebrate Christmas sensibly.

Good wine at Christmas need not cost the proverbial arm and a leg. There are myriad choices of not just decent wines, but very good wines at sensible prices. Of course bearing in mind that "sensible" may not mean the same to everyone, each having their own definition.

In planning the traditional Christmas Eve dinner, the first question is usually "What are we eating?" I wonder what proportion of Singaporeans sit down to a traditional Christmas dinner these days? Which just reminds me that the first-ever Christmas meal I had was in 1941, at the impromptu lunch invitation from my church pastor on Christmas Day.