Well, the festive season is over for another year, which means that it’s another twelve months until we all have to endure the onslaught of it’s-OK-to-be-nasty-all-year-as-long-as-you’re-nice-at-christmas craziness.

Curmudgeonly ranting aside, Chrsitmas was actually a lot of fun this year – there’s something about having lots of little kids around that makes the whole deal much more fun. And, we half-filled the lounge room of my parent’s place with presents, which was extremely cool.

The Christmas-New Year lull was excellent, filled with much beach and pool relaxation, more time spent with nieces and nephews, and relaxing.

New Year’s this year was very nice and low-key, a party at Helena’s place in Coogee. We made a bit of a dent in the duty-free alcohol purchases, and a good night was had by all. I actually took New Year’s Eve and Friday the second off work, which left me with a five day weekend, most of which was spent either at the beach or playing coop Halo.

All-in-all, an excellent holiday season.