cold, cold ,cold!

Hello,
My goodness the weather has taken a turn for the worse, it is so cold , i heard on the weather news this morning that some places in england will be down to -9 degrees today and that is seriously cold !!!
went to Sheffield yesterday to meet our youngest son and his girlfriend , they are presently living in London , so have come north for Christmas, she is from Japan, and her family roots are Bhuddist so don't really celebrate Christmas like we do here.
They both decorated the tree and there was much excitement as we took all the decorations out of the boxes to put on the real tree,we have seen them so many times ,but Yuriko had never seen them so there was great delight and much laughter as we had a glass of wine or two to help proceedings along, Christmas music in the background and at last we began to feel festive.
Our other son and his partner are coming over on Christmas morning and other family members are coming for a get together and some food and games and present giving.