A bumper Christmas present arrives out of the ether, just about midnight, in Abu Dhabi whilst waiting to board the Dreamliner home. Huge Christmas good wishes are present throughout the podcast to listeners, workers, shirkers & callerinerers.Oddly no-one expressed any real surprise that the wedding went ahead. Less surprising is the way many of the sufferings of the last year have been magically "kissed better". The Grundies are home with the turkeys all sold, Pip and Dan have pulled crackers, the happy Snell family are all home, Susan is no longer over exposed and we think Route B has been cancelled, but is Roy divorced?I agree with Roifield, many businesses have December year ends. Other businesses make decisions in December as they take 3 months to implement. So there Lucy; although we are pleased that you will emerge from behind your massive teapots. And if you thought David's decision was big wait until you hear this week's big decision!I remain unsure if Roifield ought to be called out for allegedly using a pervy voice; he does however respond very robustly to Lucy although I thought this was a family listening podcast. Particularly as Roifield left in the time nickers which probably belong to Clara Oswald.KosmoSadly returned from Thailand. Etihad business class is very comfortable though. Off to Aus and NZ soon.On this week’s episode we have calls from Harry Clarke, captain of the Dumteediddlers, Amy Gilbert, Andrew Horn, Catherine Baigent, Aunty Jean and Nosila who bring Christmas greetings!Yokelbear who says it’s the Rob showDusty Substances who doesn’t think it’s going to be a happy ChristmasMoiness who has a poemSara Browne who is waiting for Richard Locke to blow things apartAnd we get a special angle on Ian, Charlie and Adam from Becky Black Books. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.