Happy Christmas!

Dear BrontëBlog readers,

We would like to wish you a very happy Christmas one more year. May you 'greet with joy the glorious morn' and 'holy Peace may smile from heaven' as Anne Brontë would say and may you be surrounded by love, kindness and warmth, as the Brontës surely were many Christmas mornings.

Not much is known about the Brontës' Christmasses (even if there's a book with a similar title) but we like to imagine them all pretty happy and contented, cosy and warm in their dining room, and perhaps Anne sitting in the rocking chair before the fire with her feet on the fender, as we know she once was.

Whichever way you celebrate, we sincerely hope you have a happy time.

Picture background: Winter Foxes, Haworth Parsonage by Amanda White