A very good afternoon to one and all. We got up this morning to a temperature of minus 4 F or minus 20 C.This was accompanied by a wind giving a chill factor of minus 22 F&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; Horrible just horrible&#33; Put our Xmas tree up over the weekend-actually Donna did most of it. It looks very pretty. Sadly we won&#39;t have our pet cat to sit under it warming himself  as he did for the last 6 years or so. This may be our last Xmas in Quebec if our dreams of a Nova Scotia home come through in 2009. I won&#39;t be sorry to leave here.<br />Regards,<br />James.