....Knowing full well that David Bowie and his family won't be able to
join in the fun? For me, it will all feel a bit hollow, so I'm
seriously considering just giving it a big miss this season.

Maybe I'm over-reacting because I'm still in shock. I had no idea he
even had cancer. Although I suppose in retrospect, all the warning
signs were there and we all should have suspected something was
seriously wrong when he turned up here;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G4jnaznUoQ

Gayest dman thing I ever saw in my life.

Not that there's anything wrong with that...