This is my final post before Christmas and I would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas from all of us here at The White House.

I was unsure what to write as my subject – do I tell you about the Candlit Concert at the Cathedral last night? or the lovely Christmas wishes we have received from many of the guests we have enjoyed over the past year? Perhaps the bottles (or demijohns) of homemade Blackberry Vodka, Sloe Gin and Plum Brandy that we now have ready? Or maybe the home made Advocaat that we made this afternoon and tried for the first time (truly delicious but so thick that one third of it has made a very tipsy Eton Mess for after supper this evening).

Well my final choice was my home made hampers that have winged their way to a few friends close enough to receive them, we hope you all enjoy them