My big fat selfish gypsy groom

We've already seen so many gypsy weddings, yet they still have the power to amaze.

The thing i found most remarkable about Lavinia's wedding in the Irish town of Rathkeale wasn't that she was only 17.

Or that she had nine bridesmaids dressed in hideous green and pink outfits.

Or that she was in constant pain wearing the hugely heavy diamond-encrusted dress, which still dug into her hips even though she was sporting nappies on her hips.

No, the thing that amazed me about My Big Fat Gypsy Christmas was that she still went ahead with the wedding after the groom kept her waiting in the freezing cold outside the church for AN HOUR....while he selfishly drank in the pub with his mates and ignored her father's pleas.

What a great start to married life, eh?

At another wedding, we had incisive fashion analysis from dressmaker extraordinaire Thelma Madine.

"It's like more blingier than what it usually is," she said of the fantastic outfits almost worn by the guests.

The sight of a toddler barely dressed in little more than a glitzy bikini was really rather disturbing.

It was great entertainment, and clever of Channel 4 to film it all last Christmas, before the series went out. Somehow I don't think they'll be letting the cameras back.