I have really enjoyed – am enjoying this Christmas. Samantha Cosgrove, the head of my local Church of England Primary School has in the past accused me of being a Christmas grump. There is some truth in that. This year has been different on all sorts of levels. Most importantly it is because I have enjoyed celebrating the birth of Jesus again, and in that I have forgotten about the tinsel, turkey and trimmings, although Christmas dinner was exceedingly good. I am after all a brilliant cook.

This Christmas time – get off the merry go round and worship the new born king, for Jesus to coin an old phrase really is the reason for the season.