"No we will be having Christmas at one of their hotels... somewhere. Merlin forbid mummy and daddy had to leave work for anything," Tiggy said a bit bitterly. Her parents were never going to SLUM it at her house. Never.

Looking at Milo she sneered for a moment and then her face softened. "Is that all you do? Nap and eat?" she said in a stiff voice as she pushed past him to go in the house.