and eerily quiet flat. The kitchen floor still wet from a mop, but the weekly cleaner nowhere in sight. Nobody is in. They have left for rendezvous without London for the festive season. I am alone.

I love it.

I have no family to visit this Christmas. Usually I do, but this year some relatives are chilling and others in faraway lands where the mighty sun bids a steamy Christmas.

So instead, I am going to celebrate Christmas with some fellow homeless bodies. Bodies with nowhere to go as families are in lands yonder, some asunder.

Lunch looks fantastic. Here’s the menu:

Starters 2:00
Canapes
Hot spicy punch
(alcohol free)

LUNCH 2:30
Cucumber Soup
Warmed Breads

Bon-Bon Snaps & Party Hats

MAIN COURSE 3:00
Roasted Crown of Turkey
Slow Roasted Lamb
Sage & Onion Stuffing
Roast Potatoes
Creamed Parsnips with Nutmeg
Carrot and Swede Mash
Steamed Green French Beans & Asparagus
Bread Sauce
Cranberry Sauce
Gravy a la Razzle

PUDDING
Untraditional Christmas Pudding Von Tex!
(this comes with a warning… LOOK OUT!)
Brandy Butter
Double Whipped Cream
Vanilla Bean Ice-Cream
Mince Pies
Stollen
Oranges Fruit Bowl

PREZZIE SWAP
(see below for deets)

Cheese & Crackers
Arabica Café
(+ Tea, Diet 7-Up, Punch etc)

Sparkling Mineral Water
&
Dark Chocolate Pralines

Well, my Christmas present to myself came early. I went to the Apple Store on 18th December and purchased a 15″ MacBook Pro and Logic Audio Studio. It’s a luxury and a work tool. A luxury to work on, and my studio for writing, producing, recording, and my office. My poor iMac is giving up the ghost. It is complaining, misfiring and generally tired and slow.

So there, that’s me for now. I bid you all a FANTASTIC CHRISTMAS!