It was the kids that used to awake and salute the morn, I'd usually been helping Santa to see off the mince pies and brandy. One memorable Christmas morn, 3 yr old Alison got up at the crack of doom, and opened all the presents- ALL the presents, hers, Tom's, ours, the ones meant for other people. Had a wonderful time.

We sent a lot of thankyous saying "Dear ..., Thank you for the lovely gift."

Happy celebration, Guest Nina, and don't forget that christians came on the scene over 5000 years after people had started celebrating the middle of winter. Not to mention the rebirth of spring. Funny that the religious lot never got a handle on midsummer, though...