I apologise if it’s gone a little quiet here at BeerSweden over the last few days.

I could blame Christmas of course, or the amazing amount of snow that’s fallen up here in Umeå in the past few hours. I could even blame the new Wii Resort Sports game I’ve been ‘showing’ my children how to play (I’ll get to table tennis pro level if it kills me!!!) but the real reason is that I’ve eaten such a monstrous amount of Swedish Christmas food that I crack a rib if I take a deep breath.

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I’ve indulged in an orgy of food and drink of such scale that it would have made a Roman Emperor proud. However my liver and my trousers are telling me it’s time to slow down on the meatballs, ham (on the second joint now) and 87 different types of pickled herring.

So normal service will resume tomorrow, when I’ll be listing my New Year resolutions.

On top of the list will be to stop eating Christmas food.

The second will be to stop playing Wii Sports Resort.

The third will be to stop making promises I won’t keep………..