I love Christmas, everything about it just screams happy. So I'm going to make the most of it. The next few days will be Christmas-themed, so apologies in advance if you get a minor overload. Even my VLC icon is so excited, he's wearing a Christmas hat. First, a fact about fir trees. It's not a real Christmas without the tree… The genes of that lavishly decorated Douglas fir are old. Very old: . . .