"George! GEORGE! Are you down there?"

Hearing his wife's voice from upstairs causes George to almost fall off his chair. He had been watching an episode of The Brady Bunch to help steel himself for the rest of the day.

He is not looking forward to this Christmas, not at all. Actually, he never likes Christmas but this year he definitely doesn't. Last night, after a long day of going around the shops with his youngest daughter (he still got blisters on his feet to prove it), Gracie had told him that his sister and her brother (he has never gotten over the fact they got married) are coming over to grace them with their presence. He shudders as he remembers the last time.

"GEORGE!!?? You are not down in the cellar again??? I thought you were going to fix the lights before anyone comes?"

"Coming!" He shouts as he gets up and switches the old telly off.

He will have to see what Mike Brady does to deal with his current predicament some other time...