Tuesday, December 02, 2025

Fairly Christmassy, queue jumpers and advent calendar.

1. For the last few weeks, polling company YouGov has been wondering how Christmassy I feel. Today, I can answer honestly that I'm now feeling fairly Christmassy.

2. Because we are on foot, we can walk past all the cars to the front of the water queue. But then we have to carry all our bottles home again.

3. We have an advent calendar on the computer to play with this evening, with tiny low-stakes games and little surprises. 

Winter is passing, toad in the hole and mulled wine.

1. It is cold (although less chill than it has been) and cloudy (although less grey than it has been) and a robin sings loudly from the top ...