Thanks for that, Spaw! Good to read it & laugh again....

Real tree for us! It lives in the garden & I call it Horace. We dig it up carefully each year, pot it & look after it inside the house. We'll replant it in a different area after Christmas as it didn't do very well where we replanted it near the laurel last year.

Mind you, I'm not sure how Horace will cope with our new kitten, Rusty. She really does think that everything inside the cottage (including us) are her playthings & servants. She'll love Christmas & when she's big enough (can't yet) we'll let her out to play in the garden, she's really looking forward to that *grin*