As I have said, and in the spirit of Sesame Street, this year's advent calendar will be brought to you by the number 63. As will become more apparent in subsequent blogs, this number was not the starting point for this year's theme, but has rather been cast upon me by that best of all authors - fate.
Fate has a nice way with it. At least I like to think it has. My favourite number is 8, a legacy of my best position on the rugby field. However (and I am not making this up) my second favourite is 63. I'll exlain. At junior school we were vividly encouraged to master our multiplication tables, up to the twelve-times-table. I've often wondered why we stopped at twelve but I suppose it might have something to do with our pre-decimalisation monetary system or perhaps it was thought that young brains might explode at the thought of multiples of thirteen. Whatever, I responded diligently to the task of memorising my tables. The Headmaster (Mr. Jackson) used to burst into lessons and ask some poor random a question. To my mind the hardest multiple to master was 7 x 9. Whch is of course 63. It has stuck with me.
All of which has nothing to do with advent but is a nice coincidence. And if we encounter a further rather monumental coincidence then the lucky amongst you will be able to predict each calendart entry. I do realise that no one really can be that bothered, but this keeps me off the streets and is good for society.
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