IT BEGINS.

“And three wise men from the East came, bringing with them gifts of gold, frankincense and zip ties”

Spoiler: “Nathan, a fitness influencer”

I, for one, welcome our new wheeled overlords.

I am from Northenden and my mum and her family from Chorlton so i grew up very close to the Manchester Mersey and spent a lot of time on these riverbanks and the water parks next to them. Good to see www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Bloody Hell! I managed to stay in the #whamageddon game all the way through till Christmas Day and then they played the song intro on #amandaland

watching #callthemidwife set in Hong Kong and remembering a patient when i was working at the Kent and Canterbury Hospital who said "I saw one them Triad Nurses in A&E" (And also that she had taken a "TNT tablet under the tongue") Talk about "admission prevention" ploys

Nigel and Kemi will be delighted Shared leave is "Wokery" after all www.theguardian.com/money/2025/d...

Hebden Bridge in snow, west Yorkshire, painting by Caroline Johnson.

When i was a registrar at St Thomas' in the mid 1990s. Richard the Senior Staff Nurse on the ward said to me on two consecutive Christmases "If i want to listen the Queen talking, i can do that at home any day"

Old and busted: Crappy winter wonderlands The new hotness: Shoddy pantomimes

Christmas Eve, and the Essex Echo is serving us the thinnest gruel imaginable.

Not now, giant mystery sausage.

Mary Christmas from Kazakhstan!!

Christmas is RUINED.

And now we await: 1. FUMMIN at rotten turkey 2. FUMMIN at three hour wait for pub Christmas lunch 3. FUMMIN that shop won’t honour gift card and/or return of unwanted gift 4. FUMMIN at Christmas BINS MERRY CHRISTMAS!

**Gen X face**

One of the greatest Christmas traditions, thanks to lovely @rhodri.biz - here's the link to contribute if you can ❤️

A very blue barred hamlet, possibly a hybrid, positively electric in the winter sunshine #barredhamlet #hybrid #electric #sunshine #winter #coral #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

You’ve been blessed by the magical puffer of Christmas Eve!! 🥹🙏🎄🐡💨✨ #porcupinepuffer #pufferfish #pufferfishofcoralcity #christmaseve #blessed #cutiepie #coral #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

Anne is having a go at Mary Berry "Pear treacle steamed pudding with toffee sauce" Will report back as never attempted before

America needs an Attorney General who: 1) will read a law, 2) understand what she is reading, and 3) comply with it. That doesn't seem like too much to ask, does it?

I am watching Mortimer and Whitehouse "gone fishing" on catch up And i love the fact that the "Christmas Special" is clearly recorded in summer A bit like "All Creatures Great and Small" - Christmas is filmed in June

I am watching Mortimer and Whitehouse "gone fishing" on catch up And i love the fact that the "Christmas Special" is clearly recorded in summer A bit like "All Creatures Great and Small" - Christmas is filmed in June

Nigel Farage truly is a lovely guy. He visits a part of the country he’s never been to before and hands out love, olive oil, DNA & tufts of hair. Our Mother Teresa Our Ben Duckett Our Doris Day Our Karen Carney Our Gusset Our Anal Porridge. Gawd bless ‘im! 🤢

My wife Bunty and I would like to wish you all a MERRY CHRISTMAS unless of course you are: Ben Duckett Bearded Tattooed Claiming benefits A wrap music singer A plumber A cyclist Currently on Mumsnet A wearer of cropped shorts From Kidderminster. Yes I have been on the sherry. 🥴🎄

"Christmas is a time of peace, humility, love, compassion, selflessness and charity. So naturally I fucking hate it."

I see BBC News is doing a montage of all the best Royal Family moments from the year Words cannot do justice to the extent of my father's lifelong disdain for the Royal Family or even the concept of it or ability to blame all woes on them I hope he isn't watching cos his head will explode

Having a day off from the hospital so can sit here in the quiet and enjoy Annie's seasonal decor. I am a poor sleeper and always give up by 5 or so and she is more owl than lark But i appreciate her flair for this stuff cos i have none

"You've got the power to know. you're indestructible. Always believing" www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

last 3 hours or so of my acute medicine shift today, big surge of admissions, just when i was hoping it would settle down a bit i have worked many a Christmas Eve on acute take but this was as busy as i remember for a few years (and bugger all to do with Flu or strikes before Wes asks)

Mystery as hundreds of Victorian shoes wash up on beach in the Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales. Probably from a shipwreck. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Caroline Aherne born on this day 1963 in Ealing, London. Raised in Wythenshawe.

Moss Side, Manchester, 1970, photo by Martin Parr. My nan lived there at the time, but thankfully not in this street.

Edinburgh at Christmas Time, painting by Stephanie Dees.