I was so pleased when Mum and Dad made it easier for me to get round the house this week, but now there are new hazards on the horizon. Mum went out and bought an artificial Christmas tree at the weekend cos she says a ‘real’ one is messy and not very green. Dad has experimented with different trees over the years. First there was his cutting edge cardboard tree (yes, really), then he thought that Persimmon trees were the right thing to use. But this year he is getting a nice synthetic one – no debate!