How are you feeling? What’s you mince pie count today? In a week that has seen snow in Africa and a portion of Icelanders not knowing what their weather is like, it’s a good job we’ve had an adorable panda video to watch from Toronto Zoo. Seriously, grab yourself a mince pie (another one) and watch it.
East Icelander’s urge weather forecasters to move a bit
Spare a thought for East Icelanders, who are having a spot of bother seeing where they live on the weather forecast. They are sick of the forecasters standing in the way of East Iceland on the map and have formed a group (in jest) on Facebook urging them to move just a bit.
For more on this see: bbc.co.uk/news/blogs
Sahara Snow

Chances of a white Christmas are looking slim for us here in London this year, but who knows? It could happen. If a freak snow fall can occur in the Sahara Desert, anything is possible. Anything.
For more images see: independent.co.uk/news/world/Africa
Toronto Zoo Panda vs Snowman
Everyone take a break and watch this adorable video of a panda in Toronto Zoo trying to take down a snowman. It’s been doing the rounds on the internet and has racked up over 80,000 views (we think at least half of those are from us). It’s being described as a metaphor for mankind’s struggle against 2016. Deep.
Anyway, 2017 is a week away. Let’s look forward and start filling our calendars:

Lonely Planet Wall Calendar 2017 £9.99