Last year, I added The Holdovers to the roster and now I need a longer December.

Also, estimating the number of words on a page by:
Counting the words on each of 3 lines and finding the average. Then multiplying that by the number of lines that ran more than half way across the page.

From newspaper days, drawing a diagonal line on the back of a photo and measuring how tall it would be if printed across a given number of columns.

It's an incredible piece of design isn't it? So small outside, so big inside.

Just last week we put a 7ft Christmas tree into a Honda Jazz with no trouble. Not sure you can do that with many SUVs.

While St Peter's Church in Poole has Scrooge with live music!

I was so sad to read that he'd died. Hearing what a good guy he was makes it all the sadder - but what a mark he made.

Very much looking forward to it. I'm just hoping I can hold myself together through the scene with Santa and the little Dutch girl!