I hope you are sitting in a pub, café, at the dinner table, on a beach or in a forest. You are enjoying someone’s company because for me Christmas is about taking time to be with family, friends, and hearing everyone’s stories: good or bad because people need someone to listen to their tales. We all have them.

Toys get broken or lost, food gets eaten, but memories of our time together are stored deep inside and they keep us warm on dark days.

A final wish: I hope you are safe, happy and healthy with a good book to read.