Packing up

We're putting Christmas back in its box today. The tree is newly naked, ready to go to the local recycling centre, all the baubles are packed away ready to be stored until next December, and the Christmas cards have been taken down to be checked against the Christmas card list then recycled also.

I'm never sure whether I regard this process with sadness or with a certain frisson of relief that the madness is all over for another year...