Ho! Ho! Ho!  Here’s the Christmas and New Year special edition Dorking Talking magazine to see you through the festive season into the New Year.  It’s extra long and packed full of items to amuse, entertain and enlighten you – and it’s available online until February 2020, so you can take your time to enjoy it.

To give you a flavour, we’ve asked our readers to tell us their special Christmas memories, we’ve got  Christmases on duty, food and drink, New Year ideas, and several heartwarming stories. So get out the mince pies and the beverage of your choice, make yourself comfortable and we’ll begin…

1. Christmas Welcome and Birthdays
2. Vicar disrupts Christmas
3. Xmas Day in the Fire Station
4. Policeman’s Xmas Memory
5. Hospital Christmas Memory
6. Raise Your Glass – beverages of the past
7. Port Negus
8. Xmas child & Santa Memory
9. Jesus is Missing!
10. A Slower Pace Of Life
11. Cold Turkey
12. Paris Xmas Memory
13. A slice of life
14. Trip of a lifetime Xmas Memory
15. Surrey Monopoly Board
16. History of Hogmanay
17. New Year Resolution Story from Sarah Lott
18. My NOT To Do List, by Victoria Coren
19. New Year Activities to Join
20. A Small Moment – Taxi Driver
21. Endpiece