Nothing like a bit of gangster rap to put you in the Christmas spirit

There are several things I look forward to at Christmas. These include time with family and friends, presents, going slightly over the top decorating my room and, surprisingly, hearing the same Christmas songs played in all the shops. These songs include "I wish it could be Christmas every day", "Merry Christmas (War is Over)", and all the others. They don't seem to have many/any Christmas songs here. I've been told there's one that's well known but I haven't heard it yet. On my way past the Christmas market last night, I did however hear, what I will call "gangster rap" (ok, so there was a beat and no tune but I definitely heard the word "gangster" in the lyrics).
I was given an Asterix calendar by my friend at work and there are plenty of lights about but I get the impression that they're just up "because it's Christmas". There's no real atmosphere.
On Saturday I went round some of the Christmas markets. The one at La Defense is pretty big and the stuff they're selling isn't bad but at the other 2 markets I went to they were selling almost exactly the same things. Still I had a good time and it was good to get to know a couple of the people I met the other Friday night.
I had been invited to go to Strasbourg at the weekend but hadn't got round to booking the ticket (and had run out of money before the weekend) but I was told it was very good so I'll have to try and go another year.
I've bought a disposable camera so as soon as I've had it developed I'll put some pictures up. I'm still trying to get my digital camera fixed so be warned, once it works I'll be putting lots of pictures up.
I can't really remember what I did last week but things are getting very busy at work with organising the convention for the new year. I'm already tired and it's only Tuesday.