As was to be expected, christmas was not happy-happy-joy-joy, but rather a little surreality and a fair bit of shouting.
Thank fuck for Youtube to cheer me up. "Coupling" in particular.
So I give you the clips that allowed me to sleep:

Captain Subtext transmitting and The point of cushions:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVSDPhKdclY

Jeff and the copying machine:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMlRREZ35dY