December 10th - Advent Window Number 10

I've realised I've been doing the dates all Americanified, as in "It's December 10th, here is the news" as opposed to (adopts BBC newsreader voice) "Today is the 10th of December. In other news, BBC Breakfast grinds to halt as the email and texting services collapse." Oh well, I've started now.

There are few things I enjoy more than googling my own name. However, one other pastime is thinking up a name and then seeing how many ex-colonial countries have a town sharing that name. It's not a great game, true. However, I thought I should check out the whereabouts of Christmas, USA, and sure enough, there it was down in Florida:



Christmas, Florida is home to the worlds largest non-organic alligator. Non-organic. I'm guessing therefore, he/she has been genetically modified into some kind of super-alligator.

And I was right. The alligator, affectionally known as ALG-1689, has been on a programme of steroids, cheap Somerfield Cola and red Jolly Ranchers. This potent combination has caused an unprecendated growth spurt, as demonstrated in this picture:



Apparently ALG-1689 would have ate Chris Martin, but had just eaten an Apple.