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So how's that "Peace on Earth and goodwill to all men" thing going then?

The "day" is over for us for another year - all that remains is the debris of wrapping paper string and the wine bottles that contain just the dregs of yesterday's joy.

You can put away your CDs of syrupy songs for another year, now and go clean up the mess.

Bigger mess in Nigeria though where celebrating Christmas by going to mass can get you blown up and killed.

BBC: Nigeria churches hit by blasts during Christmas prayers.

However this is not the biggest human rights issue in Africa, no, both Hillary Clinton and David Cameron have slammed Nigeria and threatened her with reduction in AID in recent days if they don't mend their ways.

BBC: Gay rights: Africa, the new frontier

Nigeria in particular has received a lot of focus in this because they have legislation before their parliament that would enshrine Marriage as only being between and man and a woman.

Quelle horreur!