Dot to Dot - the daily 5min Alexa demo show

Merry Christmas everyone! On this, the Christmas Day episode, let's take a look at a great festive music trivia skill that'll keep you all amused/bemused around the dinner table. If instead you want to dose off after too much turkey then that's fine too. Hope everyone has a great Christmas full of festive cheer.

Today we look at a couple more built-in treats for the festive season. Until twelth-night (the 5th of January) you can ask the A-lady to "Read a Christmas Carol" which will play the fantastic Audible audio book by Charles Dickens that I briefly played in an earlier episode. It's one of my favourite adaptations of this real Christmas classic. We also look at (a seemingly very limited selection of) random festive facts she can serve us by asking "Alexa, give me a Christmas treat" and revisit those oh-so-corny jokes.

How old is Cameron Diaz? What about Britney Spears? For info I had to look up the spelling of both of those and I couldn't name a song that he's sung or a film that she's been in. And I'm pretty sure I've just got those the wrong way around...

Another excellent listener-contributed demo today; the brilliant Andy Brown (@AndrewBrown) brings us Mixologist. If you've ever wondered how to knock up a New York Slammer or mix a Miss Saigon Sunrise (I've no idea what I'm talking about) then this is the skill for you.

Wow! Prepare to be amazed/underwhelmed by today's awesome random bizarre question generating skill from the UK comic Richard Herring. Unfortunately, we don't hear his voice doing the asking or indeed any sound-effects - but it's a good skill nevertheless.

Today we look at the completely brilliant skill that is Christmas Kindness. Easily find out how you can help others at this special time of year (and then put it into practice all year round!)

Scott's back and he's showing us how we can now ask the A-lady to wake us up by playing the music or radio station of our choice. Excellent. You know what this means guys? We all now need to wake up to Christmas music - although heavy metal is definitley the next best choice...

Hopefully you won't ever need to use this skill but, just in case, it's good to know it's available. From choking on a Brussel sprout to help with a stomach ache after too much turkey, Virtual Nurse will come to the rescue.

Which of Captain Hook's hands did the crocodile get? How many spots are there on 101 dalmations? If you like Disney movies and you're not averse to your standard five-question, multiple-choice, quiz-type skill then today's episode could very well be for you.

Today's skill, which is all about eventually extricating yourself from three precarious predicaments, is certainly somewhat on the creepy side (especially the car one) but captivating nevertheless. Perhaps 'captivating' wasn't the best choice of word...