Well...

[xenith]

Not the perfectly round, neat little balls of pudding that you'd buy in the shop and in need of a bit more cooking (it's supposed to be boiled for another hour or two Christmas morning) but the ball of mixed fruit with the excessive sweetness and overbearing smell of brandy & cinnamon is definitely now Christmas pudding. Whether I'm brave enough to give them to anyone as a present remains to be seen though.

Now I have to go hang them up somewhere.