Christmas is here!

So its that time of the year when:

• the Arien plays Christmas carols on the computer;


• the house is all decked up or at least preparations are on the way;


• we start on the gift-wrapping marathon session;


• last-minute purchases are made for items we will never need and no one keeps tabs;


• we play secret Santa @ work;


• someone dresses up as Santa @ work;


• the US folks are away on vacation and we have no mails from them for almost two weeks;


• sometimes we have a shutdown and sometimes we do not - depends on which you company you work for or on what is their policy that year;

Anyway, the song that the Arien is listening to lately is: Santa Baby. Did not know it was so popular. Almost every female singer has a version of this song. Jes FYI it is not a regular carol or a goody-goody song. If you have seen the movie P2, this song plays in the background. Its a gal's wish-list to Santa somewhat like Madonna's The Material Girl.