Yule approacheth

It's been quite a Christmassy weekend, all told: cake baked (with a good two weeks remaining for the spiking with brandy thereof); most of my cards written (albeit not addressed yet, and I seem to have neglected to buy any stamps); and the tree bought and waiting in the back garden (now just have to clear the shelf of the alcohol collection, the small mountain of videos/dvds and the extra shelf of books which we've put up in the corner since last year...now just to get the present buying malarky out of the way...