All the staff at the Allstars Blog (some of them still nursing hangovers from the staff party) would like to wish all our readers a very Merry Christmas.  We hope that you all have a restful holiday, so that you will be raring to start winter nets early in the new year.

The offices of the Allstars Blog will be closed over the festive season, and will reopen in January.

Anyone who has opened a newspaper or turned on a radio this morning will have heard that the Allstars’ own James Hindle is to marry at last. After living the playboy lifestyle for many years, James proposed to the lovely Rose and (after completing a thorough due diligence exercise), Rose accepted.

All the staff here at the Allstars Blog send James and Rose their warmest congratulations and best wishes for the future.

The Awards Dinner previously scheduled for the 26th November 2010 has been postponed. We’ll bring you details of the new date as soon as it is fixed.

Today is a very special day for a very special Allstar. Our very own Felix Haddow-Allen is marrying the lovely Kate, making him the luckiest man alive, and breaking hearts all over London and the South-East.

I’m sure that all of our readers will want to wish Felix and Kate the all the best for a long and happy life together.

As promised, on the right hand side of this page you will see a poll where you can vote for your favoured destination for the Allstars’ overseas tour in 2011. Just because you don’t usually tour, or won’t be touring in 2011, shouldn’t stop you from voting — after all, Maxie’s not going to take any notice of this anyway.

If you do vote for “Other”, please say where in the comments section below.