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Hypothesis: Bill Gates was visited by three spirits.

The Beeb's required Xmas ghost story came from Henry James rather than M.R. James. Pretty low-key, relying a lot on people standing in the distance out of focus. Nice cast, well shot, etc., s'alright but very much a 'quiet night in' story, not a 'break the internet in two' one.

Of course, next year they can just let Steven Moffat do it as the Doctor Who Christmas special.

From Mark and Jill: U900, Jingle Bell(s)

From Varyar: Halleluja with a vow of silence

Okay, I just saw BBC1's Christmas ident on TV for the first time.

That's...

I shudder to think how they're going to manage to push Matt Smith.

I'd show you the TWH figure backing cards that I just emailed out as Christmas cards, but they contain MASSIVE SPOILERS. Sorry all.

Gods willing, new episode online by New Year.

(And wasn't the swordfight in Doctor Who rubbish? ;) )

Round at The Gamer Flat (and I'd just like to point out that there was a perfect opportunity to play Apples To Apples and Fluxx there) for mulled wine, mince pies and the unwrapping of gifts. Of course, I actually handed over Jake and Andy the night before chez Jamie.

Milli with jacket and sword

Milli with bare arms and crossbows

Jake with sword and stake

Jake with guitar

Andy, with nothin'. Werewolf Andy to follow.

Due to the vagaries of time and work, and my own general vagaries, I haven't gotten a shot of Milli and Jake together yet either, or Milli and Escher for that matter. Something to do in the second round of pics, once William is completed, Natalie and Matthew are stuck together, and I have access to more megapixels of camera-fu. By which time I'll hopefully have found a suitable figure to make Victoria as well, since the series needs some bad guys...

I also didn't get a shot of the a|State miniature, as presented to Malcolm, or Kat with her copy of Fluxx. And hereby note my Winter Solstice resolution - finally going to take my CD of Australian photos and get them all printed, so I can take 120 shots off my memory card and stop having to mess around with about a dozen free shots when I go to things, if I remember to upload the shots from the last thing I went to... (And yes, I did ask at the photography gallery and studio where I work, oddly enough. If I want bigass frameable prints they're worth it... maybe for a few shots...)

So what did I get? Oh-oh-oh, what did I get? The Serenity soundtrack and a book called My Computer Hates Me prove that Cat has been listening to both my subtle hints and my rants about the computer, The Warriors on DVD from Derek, which is great and deeply strange (and involves a small group of guys walking through the deserted back alleys of a city and fighting various groups of strange-looking villians... hmm...) And, lest we forget, Malcolm gave me a lump of coal. And not even a real one.

And as a gift to those of you who read all of that, Uncle Joss explains what 'closure' means, despite what Entertainment Weekly seems to think.