These all sound like top ideas, Dayglow.
Very often, getting re-acquainted with stuff you already have is most enjoyable and confirms why you went for it in the first place.
And don't you feel an extra-special bond with guns that you've lovingly home fettled and got just right?
I have a few which are sitting awaiting available playtime.
And what I'd like for Christmas right now is some more time off....Christmas Eve falls on my Sunday "on", so unless I hear any different (don't know our hours yet!), I'll be working then.
. Off Christmas Day and Boxing Day. And then it's Wednesday. That's my normal day off, but he usually says we can't have our normal days off between Christmas and the New Year, as he's been so kind letting us have the two big days off! Arrgghh.....you never know, he might surprise us!
Not holding my breath, mind.