Happy Boxing Day, everyone. Don’t forget, this is but the 2nd day of Christmas, and you don’t actually have to pack your tree away until January 5th. It always depresses me to be in America and watch Christmas be dismantled with an unseemly haste as soon as the big day is over.

‘A Merry Christmas to all our readers’, as they say. May you have a great day, whether your with your families or with friends, and remember, Christmas is for all time, not just for Christmas. And may you recieve better presents than Smith and Jones did.

Obviously, Jones thinks her new bell makes her a social leper.