Monthly Archives: December 2016

I’ve really enjoyed reading about what everyone likes for Christmas, so I thought I’d write about one of my favourite things – decorating the Christmas tree!  Now, my wife thinks our Christmas is covered in junk, ninety percent of which should be thrown away and replaced by a single highly expensive crimson velvet ribbon from John Lewis.  I, on the other hand, think it looks magnificent.  Her main complaint is that there are far too many animal decorations on the tree,  so I thought I’d count them up to check.  This year’s West Christmas tree features: two polar bears, two fish, four cats, two dogs, a rhino, an elephant, two platypuses, a wombat, a robin, a sparrow, an echidna, three reindeer, a bee, two rabbits, a squirrel, a hedgehog, a black bear, a koala, a mouse and five pandas.  Oh, and a wookie.  Looks about right to me – not sure my wife’s going to agree though…