Santa's visit to the Hebden hacienda was a little late this year. I blame all those mince pies and cookies...the fact that Rudolph, at his advanced age, has to be moving a little more slowly these days...and that Christmas, this year, was coming from Holland (well, the gift portion at least). Sad to say, it had reached the stage where I was beginning to think that the Grinch had finally managed to succeed in his felonious aspirations...or that the post office (aka Santa's Not So Helpful Little Helper) had lost my package.

Then, suddenly, it arrived...a walnut iWood...whose classic form is the perfect juxtaposition to all that technological wizardry crammed inside the phone. The icing on this particular slice of Christmas cake...the buttons for sound levels...or to turn the phone off...are also carved from wood....a detail that's immensely pleasing.