And so that was Christmas...

Amazing isn't it?
Weeks (and in some cases, longer than that) are spent preparing for December 25th.. Stressing over finding the perfect gift, trudging round shops, writing cards, wrapping presents (badly, most of the time) planning nights out, being deliberately jolly, purchasing, preparing and cooking mountains of food.. And then in twenty four little hours (only about six of which you're actually conscious for) it's all gone, done and forgotten about for another eleven months..
Despite illness cruelly conspiring against me (what a shitty, shitty week to fall ill - still two days wrapped under a duvet, with the central heating on full blast meant I managed to enjoy Christmas dinner without covering my fellow diners in globules of snot!!), and the weather threatening to piss on my chips (why oh why did no-one think to grit the frigging M56? It was down to a lane and a half for long stretches last night and was decidedly sphincter-clenchingly scary in places!!), it was a bloody good Christmas.
Hope you and yours all had a great day too and everyone's feeling suitably festive and happy..