Can you feel it yet?

Carlos sort of complained (ok, perhaps not complained, but remarked in a whiny sort of way) that this year, he could not really feel the spirit of Christmas. 
He did not get the cheerful Christmas vibe around Dun Laoghaire, on the street and in the shops (on the very rare occasions when he ventures more than 3 meters away from his Xbox for more than seven minutes...) 
And worse of all, on Christmas day, he only got two WhatsApp message (from Madame and myself). 
I seem to recall that last year he had remarked in a whiny sort of way (ok, he had actually complained) that on Christmas day his phone never stopped buzzing. Apparently, most of his tormentors got the brief this year... 
So I commanded him to come over to our place, got him to sit in the Christmas Room (the warm one) and ordered him to look at the lights in the Christmas tree through his glass of bubbly. 
I may also have threatened to slap him on the back of the head if he did not get the Christmas feeling. 
And you'll never guess...

He got it! There and then!

Yet another miracle at Christmas time.