Food Prep for Santa & Rudolph

Grandchildren in Ireland optimistically preparing mince pies to put out for a fat, red-cheeked visitor & his team in a few days.

On 22nd November I sent a parcel to them so as to make sure it got there by the 1st December punctually for the opening of the advent calendars. The parcel arrived on 13th December :-((

One of the private parcel service companies - cheap but as one can see unreliable. This one is used frequently by Amazon & the last few remaining "mail catalogue" type businesses here in Germany and of late has been fantastic at getting parcels to me. And a parcel from me to the UK on Fr 13.12 was delivered on 18th.