It's a PoundLand Christmas, Carole

Bill writes: Thanks to Carole, the nice lady who helped us at PoundLand, we were able to buy all of our decorations for the Christmas tree and the flat for 8 quid. (I think the Scrooge in me must have been coming out during the holidays.)



And here was the resulting tree:



But all was not as it seemed, for hiding in a forgotten shadow of the tree was the Cat of Christmas Yet To Come.



Are these the shadows of the things that Will be, or are they shadows of things that May be, only?



No, Spirit! Oh no, no!