We hereby swing festively into the 13th year of this thing.

What is it?

Improbably, the night before Christmas, people send me photos of their domestic sleeping arrangements, which are usually highly compromised by there being Too Many People At The Inn And Not Enough Beds (etc)

These pictures range of dangerously chaotic to hilariously austere, and it has become a form of Christmas entertainment that's right up there with Morecambe & Wise or Die Hard.

Despite Elon Musk doing his utmost to make Twitter/X unusable, that's still where most of the shenanigans will take place, but if you're allergic, some delights may crop up on Threads/Bluesky too:

https://twitter.com/rhodri

threads.net/@rhodri

bsky.app/profile/rhodri.bsky.social

Of course, many people's Xmas sleeping arrangements are far, far worse. Centrepoint estimate that nearly 25,000 young people will face homelessness this winter in England alone. To that end, maybe you can spare them a donation, to help provide them with housing and support.