Let sleeping reindeer lie...

After a very early start as my sis-in-law headed up to London, and then on to New York for work (she returns Friday), I managed to persuade my brother to take me to a nearby garden centre where Santa’s reindeer, Twinkle and Stardust, were resting up, preparing themselves for Christmas Eve!

At this time of the year, the garden centre turns itself into a Christmas Winter Wonderland (see extra - every Christmas decoration under the sun and animated scenes from children’s films). Back home, I succumbed to the inevitable Christmas lurgy...