'Tis the Season 2005 - outside of London

Forget the suit and tie for the holidays in England. Nico, the youngest, busts out the balloon - soon to turn into weapons of mass destruction... or at least a few bruises to remember the evening by.









A few days later, the boys climb up the chimney (post-puberty Santa withdrawal symptoms) and build a contraption for an evening fireworks extravaganza. The fifteen minutes of explosions included one rocket streaming along a string tied from the top of the chimney down into a Catherine's Wheel... A+ idea / D follow-through... however the D was quickly upped to a B when years of un-lit fireworks exploded in the bonfire after the show was over. A night in Bangkok with strangers almost sounds safe now, doesn't it?