I like having time off work (in my job I tend to take most of my holidays in the winter!), having time to go shopping for treats in markets instead of rushing round the supermarket, pretending I can cook by busying myself in the kitchen for hours, playing lots of my favourite early music, lighting the fire,listening to the radio, reading old Christmas stories, making pommanders out of oranges and generally anticipating the magic that is Christmas...

usually, however, the day itself ends up being a bit of a let down...but I never learn