Merry Christmas, my foolish friends! Pull up a chair, grab a mince pie and take a seat! Did you try the mulled wine? You really should – go on, pour yourself a glass, it’s Christmas! Yes, I know – I go on every year about how Christmas isn’t really my thing, I think I may even have uttered the word “humbug!” on more than one occasion, but you know what? However over-commercialised and hypocritical this festival has become – however far removed from the religious festival it once was*, Christmas is still special.