I have a couple of gifts sitting in a drawer, I'll get them later and unwrap them, I've been busy burning, ahem, cooking food and picking at it so much that when it came down to eating it, I wasn't particularly hungry and hadn't given the presents a thought

I've heard word that at least a few of the things I gave were received with gleeful squeals of delight, and that made me happy

1nutworld, I have Band of Brothers, it's a fantastic series. I got as far as the second to last episode and then I broke down so much that I didn't feel I could sit through the final episode at the time. I will do one day though, I think the whole thing is something that needs seeing.

Lilith, Merry Christmas to you I wonder if you got that smile on camera as it might be a while before the next one. I'm sure I didn't crack a smile to either of my parents/step-parents for the whole of my teen years