For me Christmas is about sharing and I've been lucky enough to have had some wonderful Christmases with family and friends over the years. I enjoy cooking Christmas dinner and sitting down with dear ones to eat it. I now have two grandchildren and join in the fun of their present opening.

I hate the commercialism as well, the anticipatory pre-Christmas period now seems to start in September and, by the time the day has arrived, it has become rather 'tattered' for the long stay in the shops. I'd like to see no commercial allusion to Christmas until at the earliest December 1st, but can't see that as ever happening now.