10 important pre-Christmas tasks
• untangle the fairy lights
• stock up on batteries
• buy paracetemol
• check your smoke alarm
• renew Netflix subscription
• unblock chimney
• confirm width of oven
• hide the Monopoly set
• clear fridge space for cheesecake
• check your bin days
Railway stations with a festive flavour
Christchurch, Dunrobin Castle, Ivybridge, Maryhill, Maryland, Marylebone, Maryport, St Mary Cray, Merryton, Oxenholme, Shepherds Bush, Shepherd's Well, Sleights, Snow Hill, Snowdown, Starbeck, Starcross, Turkey Street, Ulleskelf
Ridiculously confident weather forecasts for Christmas Day in London
» 7°C: cloudy with rain and snow at times becoming all rain (Accuweather)
» 7°C: rain (OneWeather)
» 9°C: cloudy and wet (Weather Outlook)
» 9°C: bright and sunny (Weather 25)
» 10°C: bright and sunny (World-Weather)
Words that contain XMAS
exams, axioms, maxims, saxmen, Marxism, climaxes, examines, fauxgasm, maximise, Mexicans, mixtapes, paroxysm, smallpox, metataxis, omnisexual
Days until Christmas
🎄 25
🎄 390
🎄 755
🎄 1121
🎄 9887
🎄 50064
Poor sods whose birthday is Christmas Day
Louis Tomlinson (34), Alastair Cook (41), Armin van Buuren (49), Marcus Trescothick (50), Justin Trudeau (54), Ed Davey (60), Alannah Myles (67), Annie Lennox (71), Sissy Spacek (76), Eve Pollard (82), Princess Alexandra (89)
Boxing Day football fixtures in London
Millwall v Ipswich Town, AFC Wimbledon v Stevenage, Sutton United v Aldershot Town, Wealdstone v Boreham Wood, Dagenham & Redbridge v Hornchurch, Enfield Town v Chelmsford City
How Twixtmas works this year Thu 25: Christmas Day, get stuffed. Fri 26: Boxing Day, recover, relax. Sat 27: Yay it's a Saturday, remain on the sofa. Sun 28: Yay it's a Sunday, vegetate some more. Mon 29: Not worth going to work, remain in pyjamas. Tue 30: Time has lost all meaning, slob on. Wed 31: No exertion whatsoever in readiness for tonight. Thu 1: Official hangover bank holiday. Fri 2: Nobody's going back in today are they? Sat 3: Yay it's Saturday again, remain on the sofa. Sun 4: Yay it's Sunday again, vegetate some more. Mon 5: Bugger... but that was a great 11 days off.
Your Christmas puzzle
This Advent calendar starts tomorrow and is made from 24 squares.
Can you divide it into 2 identical shapes?
Can you divide it into 4 identical shapes?
Can you divide it into 6 identical shapes?
Can you divide it into 6 identical shapes that aren't rectangles?
X-25
