<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">The postman's been and gone; now it won't be long before the New Year arrives with a bang.</span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rLwejBRvm80/Tvy_LlGcp3I/AAAAAAAAEo8/RjrGkFyu1qc/s512/2012.jpg?gl=GB"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rLwejBRvm80/Tvy_LlGcp3I/AAAAAAAAEo8/RjrGkFyu1qc/s400/2012.jpg?gl=GB" border="0" width="400" height="282" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">Back in 1945 when I was young you were prompted to make </span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ibp36fmG5wU/Tvy7ya48N1I/AAAAAAAAEok/VLVeyGkZdDU/s512/%252527New_Year_suggestion%252527_-_NARA_-_515064.jpg?gl=GB"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ibp36fmG5wU/Tvy7ya48N1I/AAAAAAAAEok/VLVeyGkZdDU/s400/%252527New_Year_suggestion%252527_-_NARA_-_515064.jpg?gl=GB" border="0" width="276" height="400" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div> <p><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></p> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Prior to the revolution you might have even received a card (if you lived in Russia)</span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div> <table class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JdvRf1GMKfU/Tvy70ijNG5I/AAAAAAAAEos/YZmJAjq5vK8/s512/Happy_Christmas_and_New_Year.jpg?gl=GB"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JdvRf1GMKfU/Tvy70ijNG5I/AAAAAAAAEos/YZmJAjq5vK8/s400/Happy_Christmas_and_New_Year.jpg?gl=GB" border="0" width="258" height="400" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Happy Christmas &amp; New Year</strong></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Very rare pre-1917 postcard (CC BY-SA 2.0</strong></span> <strong>- paukmus Rusian</strong>)</div> <div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">If you are inclined to make resolutions for the coming year in 1907 you might have been inspired by this.</span></div> <p><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></p> <div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div> <table class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R3oLkzikQ8M/Tvy7zVfW0NI/AAAAAAAAEoo/Wj3ASbpbVBs/s500/Resolution_ship%252520cook.jpg?gl=GB"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-R3oLkzikQ8M/Tvy7zVfW0NI/AAAAAAAAEoo/Wj3ASbpbVBs/s400/Resolution_ship%252520cook.jpg?gl=GB" border="0" width="400" height="291" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Captain James Cook's Ship Resolution 1907</strong></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div style="text-align: center;"><strong>(from James Cook, The Circumnavigator, London - John Murray 1907)</strong></div> <p><span style="font-size: small;">All that's left for me to do now is to wish you all Writelinkers&nbsp;</span><strong> </strong></p> <div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div> <table class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-C6ce32M2vFw/Tvy7vZU49MI/AAAAAAAAEog/d2eTVEVdONI/s512/379px-Happy_New_Year_01.jpg?gl=GB"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-C6ce32M2vFw/Tvy7vZU49MI/AAAAAAAAEog/d2eTVEVdONI/s400/379px-Happy_New_Year_01.jpg?gl=GB" border="0" width="252" height="400" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>New Year Day postcard c1900</strong></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>(by Its Lassie Time)</strong></span></div>