It's the Winter Pimms that's getting knocked back here. Merry Christmas.

Damn doctor says no booze, so I am less than contentedly watching wife, daughter, daughters boyfriend, two sons, and son's wife slugging back their poison of choice.

My grandaughter and I are making do with diet soda.

Merry Merry Christmas to you and yours.

Next year in America.

Merry christmas all!..its Hine cognac and mince pies all round.

Merry Christmas! Out upon merry Christmas! What's Christmas time to you but a time for paying bills without money; a time for finding yourself a year older, but not an hour richer; a time for balancing your books and having every item in 'em through a round dozen of months presented dead against you? If I could work my will, every idiot who goes about with 'Merry Christmas' on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart. He should!

Yet even Scrooge found joy at the end...

Merry Christmas to you and yours Mr FM.

Merrrrry Christmas to you and Mrs. FM, and a "Ho ho ho!" to the Marklets.

Next year, we might spend Christmas in England. Now there's a thought to shiver your timbers...

Oh, and our drink this year is the Golden Dream: peach schnapps, champagne and a dash of fresh orange juice.

I know, it's a bit tarty... but the kids love them, so what can I say?

Belated Merry wotsits! :)

Hope it was fun, sorry I missed it online :(

I raised a couple of glasses of a particularly nice mead to everyone though :)