The world is full of badness: disease, death and destruction. Sometimes it's hard to believe that good things happen - but they do! This book will be full of all the stuff we never get to see on the TV screens, all the happy news! Acts of kindness...
As we all know, 2016 was a pretty horrific year for the world, but if there's one thing that can't be ruined, it's Christmas, and even when we were held in the grip of despair last year, there was still a lot of festive cheer going around.
There was definitely a lot of festivity at one place in particular, when a nurse from Nottingham decided to host a Christmas dinner party - but this wasn't your average holiday meal.
Mo Fayose wanted to help combat 'festive loneliness' and so reached out to people who would be spending Christmas alone. She originally invited people to her house, but there was so much interest that she had to hire out two venues in Nottingham - she ended up hosting for 130 people.
Mo - a mental health student nurse funded the event herself and despite spending £2,500 - £3,000, she said the day was 'awesome'.
She did admit that her idea was 'a bit mad', but also told reporters that her Christmas present was the happiness of seeing everyone smiling {and...that is the sound of me melting}.
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"I must admit it was awesome because it was diverse; we even had a few homeless people in there as well," she stated.
"As a mental health student nurse I find that there's festive loneliness and that got me thinking that we could bring people together."
She also said she had experienced loneliness herself which probably enforced her decision. Shee said she had "been through it all" in life, including the breakdown of her marriage and being blinded in one eye because of a car accident.
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She served up three courses - with the help of volunteers - at St Mark's Church Hall in Woodthorpe and Bestwood Park Community Centre. There was also a Christmas breakfast at Hyson Green Market Square.
Mo said she never expected the event to be so popular and is already planning to do it again next year.
She said: "It was just the fact that people were saying 'This is so good, because I would have been on my own today', and they wanted to get tucked in and enjoy the day."
Although she is not religious, Mo sees Christmas as a time of bringing people together - and she certainly did that!
This is a touching story that reminds us that there is always hope out there, no matter how bleak the situation. This is about more than just Christmas, it's about kindness, empathy and compassion - and these are things that we find hard to believe in when we switch on the news.
