Shaun invited me to Christmas dinner with his family. His mom, his brother and his brother's girlfriend were all down from Massachusetts, and Alex was over from Denver.

It was a lovely meal, and I contributed homemade eggnog. As far as I'm aware, no-one has died from salmonella poisoning yet.

The Christmas tree picture is a bit fuzzy because I couldn't use flash - flash tends to drown out the little lights. But that meant I got a bit of camera shake. It's OK if you don't blow up the image too much.