Hey Ggfs! Ah, doing all those Christmas things, family things. I think Santa is one of us! Why else does he do his thing at the witching hour? As I said, for good or evil the really interesting stuff happens at night.

I hope you all had a good holiday. I did.

Janie, I was reading about the Clan McMillan to which I claim ancestry. One of the young sons had gone off to school and was home at the Christmas break. Wolves had attacked some of their sheep in the Highlands so Papa took his son out with him to address the problem. Snow was on the ground and their only warmth was in the clothes they wore. When night fell, they set about to sleep upon the snow when Papa looks over at his son who was fashioning a pillow from the snow: "You've gone soft on us now, ha'e you?"