<b>By The Editor

At this special time of year, I'd like to personally wish all of you wonderful readers a very happy Christmas. I hope it's everything you and your families wished for.</b>

For my part I continue to be amazed by the support you have given the Suffolk Gazette. Since I launched it as a one-man hobby website ten months ago, with the aim of having a bit of fun while trying to be creative, the readership has grown beyond belief.

Just last week the site got its <b>one millionth</b> page view. Over <b>600,000</b> people have read the Suffolk Gazette. Our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/suffolkgazette/" target="_blank">Suffolk Gazette Facebook page</a> community is growing rapidly, currently standing at <b>6,700</b>.

Those figures will never fail to amaze me. It just goes to show everyone loves a bit of a laugh and a good yarn. As the Suffolk Gazette motto says: You couldn't make it up!

And so I'll raise a glass to you this Christmas (and thanks to the many of you who took advantage of our <a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/buy-us-a-beer/" target="_blank">Buy Us A Beer donation page</a>), and leave you with this heartwarming Suffolk seasonal scene...

<center><a href="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/ipswich-nativity.jpg" rel="attachment wp-att-2332"><img src="http://www.suffolkgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/ipswich-nativity.jpg" alt="ipswich-nativity" width="600" height="382" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2332" /></a></center><center><i>Traditional scene: the Ipswich nativity (photo courtesy <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Spotted-in-Suffolk-again-part-2-644138869051492/?fref=ts" target="_blank">Spotted in Suffolk Again Part II</a>)</center></i><br><br>

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