Gracie and Susan just dragged it in from the porch giggling and yelling Merry Christmas, which is my cue to close my lap top and join the low stress festivities.
Christie is set to join former Olympic javelin silver-medallist Steve Backley, two-time Olympic decathlon champion Daley Thompson and Katharine Merry, the Games 400m bronze medallist in 2000, as mentors for the British team leading up to London 2012.