Now I know that Christmas is nearly here .......

Because for the for first time this year, I lit the fire in my living room ........................

Pic.No.1 This is my living room with the first open fire of the year - bloody marvellous

Naughty George loves it he does. He spends half his time sweating and shaking in front of the fire, and the remainder lying prostrate and panting on the cool flagstones in the kitchen. That mutt knows nothing about moderation. He's a doggy version of Anna Nicole Smith.

Pic.No.2 Naughty George topping up his Fake Bake (and his stubby tail is sticking out of the basket at a weird angle)

On another note - after taking NG on his daily drag through the village today, I noticed that a lot of people have already got their Christmas trees and decorations up. Which is really unusual - under normal circumstances, Christmas decorations wouldn't be common-place until next weekend.

My theory is that people are sticking two fingers up at the recession by being totally festive. Marvellous!

And my contribution - "Woo hoo". That was me being festive.

So dahlink,  I have two questions for you: 1. Have you done anything festive?; and 2. Have you done it earlier than last year?