I have probably proclaimed this a heck of a lot more than once on my blog but I don't care. I absolutely madly love Mariah Carey's All I Want For Christmas (Is You) (made even better in her 2004 performance at Disney World with all the great bits of Disney magic thrown in) and will never get tired of listening to it, regardless of the time of year.

So here I sit, far away from home and it's freezing cold with fog outside and the sun is due to set in less than four hours and I am wonderfully ecstatic. I think this, quite truly, could be one of the happiest festive seasons I've had in a long, long time.

Merry Christmas and have a smashing New Year, everyone!