Dear Dad. Last time I checked, we did not have house elves and the self untangling strings of Christmas lights hadn't been invented yet. If you put them in the box in something resembling the Gordian knot after Christmas, they will come out of that box in something resembling the Gordian knot when you need them for next Christmas. Also, I don't think using a sword would be a good way to deal with the problem either ... although I'm very tempted right now. I've been trying to untangle the lights since breakfast with not much success :-/

PS: No problems with travelling at all. And I was picked up by my dad, which was a nice surprise. This Christmas is strange indeed.


*I managed to almost avoid this song this Christmas season. I heard it for the first time yesterday in a shop.