“There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humour.” 
    - Charles Dickens : 'A Christmas Carol' (1843)

Walking the woofer for an hour, finishing the set up of my Christmas Village, and a supermarket run filled most of this short, cold and grey winter's day until bro arrived late afternoon. William, Jonathan, Maddy and Katy (William's g/f) all arrived an hour later - following my invitation for mince pies, hot chocolate and/or mulled wine on the understanding of course that there would be much (mandatory) oooohing and aaaahhing at my now finished Christmas decs including the heavily laden tree (see yesterday) - but mostly for us all to be together before Katy travels back to Lancashire on Wednesday. 

Always good to have a room full of family.