What tree?

Heh heh!

Blithely unaware

It's quite hard to believe that t'owd man came into the room where the tree (see left) was glowing in a corner, and yet still carried on blithely as though it wasn't there, and here you see him lighting the fire, oblivious. These pics were taken about 5 seconds apart in the same room. Perhaps he was blinded by the spotlight I'd trained on him to try to capture the expression when it dawned on him that he had been disobeyed, and a tree had ensprungen without his consent. In the end it was a friend arriving and asking 'and what do you think to the tree then?' that did it, and he said 'What tree?'

There was one entry for the 'No Christmas tree, no Christmas tree' song competition, which was:  "No Christmas tree, no Christmas tree, there'll be no green flag flying here". He wins a week in turkey.

Skulking

The deed is done. The Christmas tree is skulking in a dark alleyway... Oooh, t'wd man went out, having declared there would be no Christmas tree in this house, and the plotters
swung into action. Texts were discovered from 2009 in which the Rowett brothers similarly plotted, and marvelled at the man with his Christmas-cancelling tendencies. But they won out in the end, the brothers I mean.

A prize for anyone who can complete the song 'No Christmas tree, no Christmas tree....'

The next gripping installment will be brought to you as it unfolds....

The ultimate goal of all this is to get t'owd man into his chair with a glass of beer and a book, and a smile on his face as he says 'How fascinating!' Then we will know that Christmas has come.