The kids are losing their minds

It's Friday, it's about 5 o'clock. Which is a bit late, yes, I realise. But it's Christmas Eve, everything works a bit differently and I hereby declare: It's time to go underneath the covers (with the lights out).

I always recommend listening to a cover version without knowing what or who it is, so click on the link before reading ahead...

Today's cover version [link to mp3 download expired]

( What was that? )

It feels like Christmas came early this year

Gosh. It's snowy up here in Darlington. Apparently it wasn't particularly snowy up until we were about twenty minutes away last night, whereupon the sky threw snow around madly for around twenty five minutes. We arrived in appalling driving conditions, then the weather promptly settled down into a smug, festive, picturesque backdrop.

( Popping to the shops... )

( ... and putting up the tree )