"Santa and friends in space"

computer drawing, 2004

"... And as if I didn't already have enough to do on Christmas Eve, now they've got all these space stations and shuttles full of astronauts up there in orbit. We can't forget them, can we? Never hear the end of it.

But it's quite a detour, I can tell you, and takes a bit of navigating to find them. Not only that but we have to dodge and weave constantly to avoid crashing into satellites and other bits of cosmic junk.

Lord knows what I'll do if they start opening colonies on Mars and suchlike. Ah, by then I daresay they'll have replaced me with a robot.

They do a decent cup of tea up there once you get used it all floating around. Makes me feel quite queazy. But it's all in a day's work. Now where did that mince pie fly off to?"