Decorating trees and stringing fairy lights, mulling wine and wrapping gifts, sipping scotch and warming your feet by the fire. Making Billy the Skull wear the Santa hat, and rolling your eyes when your friend refuses to wear the antlers. Sitting with a book while your maddening flatmate serenades with his violin as your "not-your-housekeeper" landlady hums out of tune while she bakes downstairs.

The intimacy of 221b is always strong, but I believe it's all the more palpable at Christmas. And maybe, just maybe, there's some hidden mistletoe and a slow dance or two for partners-in-crime (solving), friends, and soulmates...

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