Christmas day dawned bright and clear - and there was evidence that the jolly man in the red suit had completed his rounds. Inevitably - there were a few problems.
In many households there were wailing kids whose parents had wrapped - but not read the small print that said " batteries not included ". On Christmas morning the world is a commercial desert. On this one day of the year finding a shop open that sells batteries is worse than finding a needle in a haystack.
Then there were the people of mature years presented with a laptop, perhaps an I-Pod - or even a nice, shiny new mobile phone - with furrowed brow and anguished expression as they tried to figure out the operating instructions - which seem to be written in Swahili !
From today there will be a steady stream of people returning to retailers with a great assortment of clothing. Too big ! Too small ! The wrong colour !
But these are small problems compared to the joy of Christmas day. In most households Christmas dinner is a feast to remember - and the excuse to have perhaps a drink too many - or a puff of something denied by the law.
And what is even better is the absolute certainty that it will return in twelve months time - once again on December twenty-five - 2008.
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