Christmas Cactus

My Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera x buckleyi, I think)is full of flower buds which are beginning to open. It is doing better than in previous year, which I think may be because it was in a cooler- than- usual house, during  September /October when we were away on holiday, which encouraged  flowerbud production. 
This afternoon I visited my Mother. It appears she won a trophy for winning the indoors hockey game! My sisters and I are astonished, as she always claimed to be hopeless at games when she was at school, and has never played since, until now. 
She also has a part in the Home's forthcoming pantomime, "Cinderella in Rhyme". She has been cast as the mother of the ugly sisters- not sure  my sisters and I think this reflects well on us!