This week, with the clock ticking ever more rapidly, and that festive countdown very much on, we talk about those organised people who, having been ready for Christmas since approximately mid August, like to remind the rest of us about that by asking in faux concerned tones 'And are you all ready for Christmas?', when they know full well the answer is going to be a resounding NO!  Jo takes a rather more pragmatic to Christmas and declares one is 'ready' when one is eating cherry liqueur chocolates with your morning coffee, whereas Gill takes on a more panicked approach, not helped by developing a recent obsession with making the 'tension rod garlands' that she saw on Instagram.  It's a packed episode though, as Jo learns a lot about hostess trolleys, Gill threatens to cry in the garage with a bottle of Baileys and we discuss why 'Susan' is such an excellent name!  Merry Christmas!

This week we are talking about Christmas films, and I think it's safe to say we have some Views on these (how unlike us).  We discuss an unusual take on Love Actually, and Gill watches The Holiday for the very first time, and develops an unhealthy obsession with Jude Law's cow, while Jo points out several more practical flaws with his life than his random cow.  Jo has some issues with these films from a feminist standpoint, and Gill feebly attempts to argue that mildly objectifying Cary Elwes is also a feminist standpoint...

OK, so we started recording this episode with the very best intentions to talk charmingly about our delightful family Christmas traditions, the importance of traditions, and of creating your own new ones.  But somehow, we almost immediately went wildly off topic and starting talking about the times we really did not bring our A game as parents (or maybe we did, depending on how you're looking at it).  So if you're feeling a bit Grinchy, a bit Meh, a bit over that elf and his b*starding shelf, and feeling like everyone else is going OTT on the Christmas magic, while you just want a traditional vat of Baileys, this episode is for you!