Merry Christmas?

After the horror of the next few weeks, life will attempt to return to normal in Weatherfield. Will this include a spot of festive cheer for the regulars? Probably not, according to the Christmas edition of "Radio Times". Although we are promised the Rovers being transformed into a winter wonderland, it would appear that the special 'gifts' Santa Phil will be delivering include a fight, a failing marriage and one resident discovered in a pool of blood. Still, at least nothing will ever be as bleak as the never to be forgotten episode of that other soap where Pauline Fowler died under a Christmas tree on Christmas Day!