[Livia]

This will be my first Christmas on my own since... well, you know. And honestly? I can't WAIT! My brother and his wife have brought my nieces up for the last couple of years and as much as I love and adore them, as much as I would die for them... I'm just not used to the *******ING MAYHEM that they bring with them. The noise... the hysteria... the piles and piles of pink plastic stuff on Christmas morning... Anyhoo, this year I will cook dinner for my parents, we'll have a nice quiet time then they'll go back to their house and I'll stay in mine with sloe gin, some scrummy stuff to eat, some herbal smoking mixture and I will veg out in front of Doctor Who. I've also got the complete set of James Bond films which I intend to watch from the beginning. The family arrive on 27th, by which time I'll be ready for them.

They're all up for Hanukkah though, well for the weekend that falls in Hanukkah. I have ear plugs.