WITH EVERY GOOD WISH FOR A REALLY GOOD CHRISTMAS AND A GREAT NEW YEAR.

D and I felt greatly humbled by your kind gifts and generous words: we love looking after your Little Men and it's great to know that they enjoy their Newton days as much as we do. We'll be writing 'proper' thank you letters, of course.

Thank you, everyone, for following the Newton blog each day - and I'll be back in January. (Unless I'm inspired to write something during the festive season itself. Mother-in-law might feature if I do ...... )