The Laboratory

What a year it's been! Welcome to our #LockdownAdventCalendar with some of the best things we have done and seen along the way, and lots of seasonal fun to get you in the #FiveDaysOfFreedom Christmas mood. As usual, we want your ideas and suggestions - send them to our email  and we will do our best! We start this year with our favourite thing from our favourite Christmas advert ... yes, it's John Lewis! We love all the different animation styles, and how even the live action things look like they were drawn by children. Here the wide eyed-moppet jumps off the 222 to Tooting (even though everyone knows it's actually the 333). Notice the pretend bus-stop? Lovely! We also love all the supermarket adverts, even though it's a bit cheeky how the Lidl one has the Aldi carrot getting roasted and eaten. Poor Kevin! What's your favourite advert this year, Christmas of otherwise? We still love Mrs "BUM! HIPS!! HEART!!!" with her fridge full of peppers and her astoni...

Here's a round-up of all the stuff we didn't manage to fit in on any other days. Thanks for all your contributions, including Karen who sent this photo of a watermelon decoration. Next up, a Christmas Reith. And some other stuff:

Well that's it for another year. We've had some laughs, done a little bit of learning, but most of all we hope it got you in the Christmas spirit. We're off to Sarah's parents now, where you can follow our adventures using the hashtag  https://twitter.com/hashtag/xmasattheinlaws?src=hash&f=live  and don't forget to check out  https://twitter.com/search?q=%23DuvetKnowItsChristmas&src=typeahead_click&f=live  from 9pm on Christmas Eve. Wishing you a very happy time. Adam & Sarah xx

Fans of Seinfeld will remember the J Peterman catalogue, full of clothes and accessories, each with a written description in flowery language that the owner dreamt up and none of his underlings were brave enough to tell him they were nonsense. Well, our friend Gillian has discovered a real-life equivalent: the Hammacher Schlemmer catalogue . Every item is a delight, with its sheer unnecessariliness, the ornate description, and the eye-watering prices.

Our favourite royal family is still the Swedish Crown Princess Victoria, husband Daniel, and their adorable children Princess Estelle (7) and Prince Oscar (3) Every year they appear in a Christmas video, and for 2019 they visited the Royal Church and were told the Christmas story. We hope you enjoy watching it too! Here's a flashback to 2014, when Estelle was only 2!

Our Friday video was sent to us by Sammy and Shaun - thanks for a new funny take on the Nativity story, as told by a football commentator!