The Laboratory

Here's a cracker joke that Adam made up: Anyway, here we are on the last day of the Advent Calendar. Thanks to all 30 of our faithful visitors who checked in every day, and everyone else who we'd encourage to find out what you missed! It's been a busy December, Adam had 4 carol services to play at, while Sarah had 4 staff parties to attend. But we have enjoyed seeing so many people, and getting lovely cards and letters. Wishing you all a very happy and peaceful Christmas and New Year! Final pun of the year:                        

All over the country, teachers' car boots have been filled with piles of books and paperwork that will stay there until January 4th! At last we have had a proper sleep, a decent breakfast, and finished writing our Christmas cards. So here's our Creeno Christmas card for 2015, riffing on the theme of how colouring in for adults has created a new wave of mindfulness and Zen amongst gullible book and magazine purchasers. Do send us a photo of your completed card!

Welcome to this year's Advent Calendar! We hope you have had a good year and are ready to celebrate with us, as we look at Christmas traditions and some of the more oddball ideas that people have had for the festive season. We'd love to know what Advent Calendar you and your family have at home this year. Sarah got Adam a Thorntons calendar, because it's all about the chocolate! Adam got Sarah a reindeer calendar from Tiger (a Danish store) and as a memento of our Finnish holiday, we have a Helsinki Museum street scene to open every day and find out about how the Finns have done Christmas through the ages. Tomorrow we'll feature some of the Advent Calendars our friends have bought. Why not tell us about yours in the comments?