Jamie has been very excited all day, too excited to even sit still. She is in bed now and it’s all gone quiet, so with any luck she will have gone to sleep. I can’t wait to see her face in the morn­ing. (Hope­fully not too early

Woo­hoo! It’s Christ­mas eve! All the shop­ping is done: and if not, it’s too late! All the presents are wrapped and under the tree. Jamie is very, very giddy with excite­ment. It’s dark out­side. No chance of snow, but you can’t have everything. There’s not long to go now!