Happy Christmas to all our Ross-shire Journal readers, advertisers and contributors!

HAPPY Christmas!

It's still slightly hard to believe it has rolled around again quite so quickly but then again don't we say that every year?

We would like to take this opportunity to wish you the compliments of the season and to thank you for being part of the Ross-shire Journal through 2023.

2023 has been a really eventful year and we've done our best to reflect that in what we produce in print and online every single day.

This is made possible thanks to a small, dedicated team, some wonderful contributors and the regular input of scores of readers and well-wishers who take the time to share stories, photographs, comments and tip-offs with us. This team effort includes you and for that we're always grateful.

Have a lovely day whatever it is you're up to and take the chance to rejoice, reflect and recharge.

And may we cheekily suggest a free gift to yourselves? You can have our twice weekly newsletter sent direct to your email inbox twice a week. The briefing offers an at-a-glance précis of some of the Ross-shire Journal's highlights including news, sport, features and those quirky little happenings that make life worthwhile. You can subscribe to it – or any of the other newsletters produced by our family of publications – incredibly easily here.

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