Dad suggests a sherry 'To keep us both going', in the cosy front room with the firelight glowing ... Then out comes the Baileys. Hours of merriment and a stocking-clad tango later, they drift off to sleep - the living room in disarray, the presents unwrapped and their careful Christmas preparations in ruins.

"T'was the nightcap before Christmas That caused mischief and mayhem and Mom wearing stockings when she should have been filling them..." In this parody of the much-loved Christmas poem, things get a little anarchic when mom and dad drink a little more than one festive tipple and it is up to Santa Claus to save the day.