Looks like a great Christmas layout is in the works, Dougie! I'll look forward to seeing it come together!!!
As for me, I'm going to have to go simple this year. I'm getting a knee replacement on Nov 5th, and have too many things to get done before surgery. After surgery, well recovery will take me too far in so it may be a simple train under the tree and a Christmas train or two on the year round Scale layout I started earlier this year.