So I've received another squirrelly Christmas gift (finally) from reader Will H. to complement my acorn... "a handsome young squirrel detailed in cast aluminum. Happily he will crack any nut you put in his mouth... pecans, almonds, and walnuts are only a few! A delightful character eager to please and a squirrel who prefers to share his nuts rather than bury them in the yard." That description from the box really says it all, but predictably I've also been moved to compose a song about him (or to be more accurate, change a couple of words that Rob Halford had already written):

We’d taken too much for granted
And all the time it had grown
From techno acorns first planted
Evolved a mind of it’s own

Marching in the streets
Dragging iron feet
Laser beaming heart
Ripping men apart

Metal squirrel
Metal squirrel