he hasn't got you any presents (you'll have to make do with his presence)

this is the sad and unfortunate truth ('on christmas day, on christmas day..'). 

not much can be done about it now ('on christmas day in the morning')

could this be the last christmas with the tories in power for a very long time?

'I honestly believe – I know – that we can reduce them to 70 members of parliament or less at the next election...  74% of voters have said they will use tactical voting to actively reduce the number of tory MPs... a bonfire of their vanities. yes! I want it so that it would take at least a generation for them to regroup.'

so says carol vorderman.

'I had with me a multi-tooled swiss army knife that could pry open just about anything.' - alistair maclean, bear island. 

on christmas eve  horsemouth watched mark gatiss's version of sir arthur conan doyle's lot no. 249, 'a ripping yarn packed with ghastly scares'. he pronounces it most enjoyable. 

it is in fact christmas day. horsemouth is a little horrified. the day finds him unprepared, he will have to do some running around to get things to where they need to be. 

for his christmas carol horsemouth offers you il est né, le divin enfant.