Hubby tends to get scraggly during extended breaks from work. Christmas breaks are at least two weeks long - so he gets more than a 5 o'clock shadow but less than a full beard. A couple more days and this beard would have been glorious!
I heard on the radio over here that where it is so cold in parts of the USA moustaches were freezing and falling off. So if it gets that cold with you he might not need to shave at all:)