While Shepherds Washed My Socks

Life has ways of making the couple of weeks Harley wants to go quickest feel like a decade. A combination of unseasonable sunshine, cross country and a cross twin is more than enough to keep her from relaxing.

That’s without the near-religious charity shop crawl necessary to afford even one family Christmas present – and without the creeping feeling that one or both adults in the house have forgotten it’s even December.

At a school that’s dedicated to equal-opportunity bullying, she could do with a visit from Joyous Noel – whoever he is…