A Postcard A Day - Tuesday 30 December 2025 - T for cats and Christmas

 Hello lovely peeps. Have you all had a peaceful Christmas? I will briefly tell you about mine but first I'd like to show you my postcard for today:

It is a sweet little boy and a cooked turkey. It could be Christmas, or it could be Thanksgiving. But I care to think it is Christmas as I spy some holly and berries.

The card comes to me from Siegburg in Germany.

The stamps are colourful:

The top one is froim the series: Occasions for writing. Here are two from that series:

The top one is entitled: Einladung (Invitation) and the second one Im Gedenken (In Remembrance).

The stamp with the train commemorates the 20th anniversary of German reunification. The edition references the song: "Sonderzug Pankow" or 'Special Train to Pankow'. 

The website berlin.museum-digital writes:

This song (3.01 minute long) by rock singer Udo Lindenberg, released as a single in 1983. It is based on the melody of the 1941 American classic "Chattanooga Choo Choo". The lyrics are addressed directly to the then Chairman of the State Council, Erich Honecker. Lindenberg accuses him of being a rocker at heart and secretly listening to West German radio. 

The reference to the Berlin district of Pankow in the title stems from the fact that Schönhausen Palace, located there, served as the residence of the President of the GDR from 1949 to 1960 and subsequently, until 1964, as the seat of the State Council. Until their joint relocation to the prestigious housing estate in Wandlitz, many members of the GDR government and high ranking officials from other agencies also lived in the nearby Majakowskiring. For many years, the East Berlin district of Pankow was synonymous in the West with the "Pankow Regime".

Today I'll be joining the T-Party again, hosted by Elizabeth and Bluebeard. For that I need a drink, so here is my drink:

I think that was my meal on Christmas Eve, pork shank with roast potatoes and veg. The drink is a nice rosé.

My Christmas was very quiet. No photos as I was on my own, but I had a nice meal (turkey) and watched the church service on tv (from Bradford cathedral). I opened presents that my sister had bought me. I had videocalls with several people including my son in Italy. The weather was absolutely awful, so I didn't go out either.

I had some fake candles (No real candles when there's a cat around).

And Ronnie of course had to sniff them out.

Nooo Ronnie, don't play with them!

Oh alright then, I'll just sniff.

If I'm not allowed to play with them, then

I don't really want to pose. Bye bye.

Happy New Year to all,

Lisca (and Ronnie the cat)