Christmas Special: a list of 100 great things.

1.    Kanye West on a cherry picker.
2.     Baileys before bed.
3.     The wordplay of Len Goodman.
4.     A pub with a quiz machine.
5.     Dancing under the Christmas tree.
6.     Sleeping more.
7.     Prawns.
8.     Pig-gate. (It might not be true but it gave us all a lift.)
9.     The changing face of my packed lunch.
10.  Having a banana.
11.  Wadjda riding her bike.
12.  Sepp Blatter getting Al Capone’d by the Feds.
13.  Inside out.
14.  Dev’s dad in Master of None.
15.  Viv Albertine.
16.  Maxine Peake.
17.  Corbyn's stance on Syria.
18.  How the news beat the tabloids on refugees.
19.  Leicester being top of the league.
20.  The Ighalo 'scoop.'
21.  Watford surprising everyone.
22.  The Hairy Bikers curry recipe.
23.  The Comcom pod.
24.  Kermode's savaging of 'Entourage.'
25.  The people I work with.
26.  Lance’s gold dance.
27.  Rob protecting Sharon in the cinema.
28.  Mark and Soph in the ball pool.
29.  Alpen aiding and abetting my digestive tract.
30.  Leslie Knope's winning speech.
31.  Getting an answer right on University Challenge.
32.  Getting an answer right on Only Connect.
33.  Getting a parking space near the front door.
34.  Running along the canal.
35.  My preppy cardigan.
36.  Living with The Girl.
37.  Re-watching The Office.
38.  My mates marrying good eggs.
39. Every Brilliant Thing.
40.  Vanilla Latte.
41.  The Christmas Radio Times
42.  Any issue of The Radio Times.
43.  Daniel Kitson up a tree.
44.   Serial dropping a new episode.
45.  Imelda Staunton in Gypsy.
46.  The acting in This is England.
47.  The love of a good woman.
48.  The Invisible Dot.
49.  Discussing Socialism with teenagers.
50.  Cards against Humanity.
51.  Having friends over to the flat.
52.  My brother living with someone he actually knows.
53.  June and Leon.
54.  Choosing the right tree.
55.  Realising the shop sells cream soda.
56.  Going to The Odyssey.
57.  Still loving Romeo and Juliet.
58.  Train changes timed to perfection.
59.  Seeing the Eiffel Tower at night.
60.  That caricaturist who said he was going to be kind but was anything but.
61.  Old schoolmates together for a Madrid state wedding.
62.  “Here’s, Carol with the weather.”
63.  Long drives for album listening.
64.  Dec playing the biggest gig of his life.
65.  JP being happy. 
66.  Discovering holidays abroad aren't all that bad.
67.  My car getting its annual stay of execution.
68.  A fridge that speaks of opportunity.
69.  The kettle on after work.
70.  Friday evenings where everything seems possible.
71.  The last book in the pile.
72.  Grayson Perry.
73.  Having a bit of time to read.
74.  Getting things done in the morning.
75.  Looking up at the Sistine Chapel.
76.  Visiting Bristol.
77.  Living with someone who accepts the notion of a bedside lamp.
78.  Having a bath.
79.  Watford being on Match of the Day.
80.  The Neville brothers in Spain.
81.  Teaching my class Bill Murray.
82.  Thinking a vegetarian breakfast is no bad thing.
83.  Living near water.
84.  Being in the shape of my life. (Worryingly. I'm still not in great shape.)
85.  Accepting my hair has gone and moving on.
86.  Still not learning my lessons about tequila.
87.  Richard Herring's emergency questions.
88.  The Durham girl's wit on Gogglebox.
89.  The Staff Christmas Party or ‘Contraband in The Greek.'
90.  Mulled wine.
91.  Having a partner that agrees Woody Allen quotes constitute home improvement.
92.  Getting older and growing less conservative.
93.  George Alagiah.
94.  The name George Alagiah.
95.  Beating Liverpool.
96.  The last bell on a Friday.
97.  Falafels.
98.  Pemberton and Shearsmith.
99.  My Nectar card.
100. Writing this blog.