Witches brew

...or more appropriately Wizards brew. 

In our house we have a method in our madness. I'm the preparation department, buyer, finance, postage and packaging, crowd control (calming down excited childers at bedtimes) and interior design manager (trying to manage tree decoration without actually doing any) and general festive co-ordinator. Mr. M is the chef - just works best that way. 

This year he decided to make Jamie Oliver's Get Ahead Gravy. The smell filling the house was absolutely delicious and the taste was divine on the big day, a real success.