UncleArthur

Any sort of festive food: for example, chocolate, mince pies, etc. Lindor truffles are nice and a small box is affordable, or perhaps some Guylian chocolate seashells. If you know she's into something specific (a posh marmalade or jam, for example) you could go with that instead. It demonstrates you chose something whilst thinking of them.

Such gifts are relatively affordable, easy to share and almost always appreciated.

Quite! We check the water in our tree base daily, just for the peace of mind of knowing we don't have a 7-foot firelighter in the house.

We have a video of my wife's mum and dad lighting the candles on the Christmas tree in 1962. It was apparently very common well into the '60s.

It's a niche topic but this is a genuinely well-written and weirdly exciting book considering we all know how the story ends. A thoughtful theory on how the damage to Titanic occurred when she hit the iceberg.

https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-last-log-of-the-titanic/david-brown/9780071364478

D'you know what? I think you might be right.

The books are very much all about the sexual tension between Robin and Cormoran; the plots are almost an afterthought! I struggled with The Inkblack Heart because of the text format (multiple chat room conversations happening at the same time) and I never really engaged with the plot. All the others have been enjoyable if overly long and they can take a while to get going (which is just JKR's style). As a Blue Öyster Cult fan, I really liked Career of Evil! Obvs you have to read them in order to understand the wider character and story arcs.

"Everyone" is a very, very high bar.

You can never beat socks.

America could become unrecognisable in 20 weeks or less.

I'd suggest it'll only end either when you want it to, or possibly when you move out into your own place. Whenever he stays with us at Christmas, we will still fill a stocking with small gifts for our son who's nearly 30. It's not that we don't see him as an adult; it's simply a way to remember tradition and show love.

DARK every time. Currently on my 9th re-watch and still haven't found anything better.

I've just checked. Even if you've deleted your profile on Reddit, the search still identifies your posts. I don't really care as I've left the platform but I was mildly surprised.