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Christmas is a retail festival in this country. Nothing more.

I don't think it's being a scrooge. I love Christmas I just don't believe 8 weeks of build up to anything is healthy. I think I embrace the spirit of Christmas, I volunteer at a homeless shelter on Christmas Day, I spend time with friends and family and I love the atmosphere of it all, just...

Now, I like a good Christmas film. For me, my favourite time at Christmas is sitting down in the living room about 2 days before Christmas, good film on telly, bottle of red, wrapping nieces and nephews presents up. Cold outside, warm inside. Lovely. However I don't wish to do this for 7 weeks a...

I feel sorry for parents with young kids. They must get so worked up looking forward to Christmas from mid-November. How exhausting for parents.

Quite. I tried some of the curry-wurst with some trepidation. I love the way they do it in Germany but have never known anywhere in the UK to get that divine sauce right. I was right. Foul. And they don't even chop the sausage. I love watching those bratty's get fed into the chopper. No joy.

I was in London on Saturday night and wondered along the South Bank. They have a "Christmas market" there. Fine, I like Christmas markets especially Traditional ones but this was ridiculous, must have been at least 30 cabins selling wares. I would say about 10 of them you would associate with...

I like Christmas for about 3 days. That's enough time to catch up and take time with family and friends. For as long as I can remember now Christmas consumes about 8 weeks of our time. You see one advert and then before you know it every other advert is about Christmas, shops fill up with...