It's beginning to look a lot like .....

..... no matter how carefully you put away the Christmas lights last year, they'll still look like this .....

.... this year ....

Yesterday, RGH went out for two - yes TWO - Christmas meals. And I went out for none. He had one or four beers while he was out and I had NONE while I was in, as I was his taxi for the evening. I'm not bitter though. Even though I think it's probably against the law not to imbibe at least one glass of white on a Friday evening. But as I say, I'm not bitter. Much.

Anyhoo. While he was out, I thought it might be nice to "trim up". I asked for volunteers .....

.....ooh, ooh, pick me, pick me!

007 and 27 really got into decorating the tree .....







...... and 27 also got into the Christmas choccies ......

(I don't mind - as long as he eats all those Bountys)

While 007 wasn't too impressed when he became a decoration ......

...... oh, the indignity of it all ......

There was quite a lot of debate about what should go at the top of the tree. RBD1 was freaked out by the spooky looking Angel we have, while RBD2 didn't like the tacky star.

Luckily, I came up with a solution that everyone agreed on ......

..... it could start off a whole new trend .....

After the hard work, we all relaxed with a hard-earned drink .....

..... although I think that maybe one whole can was too much for 27 ......

...... maybe a half-pint would have been better for this half-pint!

Did I already mention that I was driving?

..... well, I guess it was a glass of white. *Sigh*

And I'm happy to report that Christmas is now officially upon us here at Chez Monkee Maker, after we finished off the evening with a viewing of this .....

..... awwww ......

By the way ..... the monkees didn't really decorate the tree ..... but these two monkeys did .....

..... and they made a brilliant job of it.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas