AFter 14 carol singing gigs (all but one at the Ritz Hotel in London), I never want to see a smoked salmon sandwich until at least June. Neither do I want to sing 'We wish you a merry Christmas' which by my reckoning I sang 31 times (3 times a night for 10 nights, once at another gig) and 'Auld Lang Syne' which we did 9 times over 3 nights - it's very different singing it formally, correctly and soberly!

Glad you had a good time Skarpi, I am now off to the doctors to see if 13 nights of smoked salmon sandwiches has anything to do with the indigestion I've had for a week, and why my knee sounds like someone morris dancing on gravel when I go downstairs - I knew it was noisy but didn't realise just how noisy until another choir member asked what the crunching sound was!

LTS