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And so it begins. Christmas is upon us. The kids have broken up from school and day by day their excitement levels will increase, until they reach fever pitch. The Christmas season is without doubt a fantastic time of year and one of those rare moments in the year when people are enthusiastic, polite and decent towards each other, without exception. We have the rare chance to spend valuable quality time with our families, as life slows down for a few days and the focus revolves around eating plenty of good food, drinking copious amounts of alcohol and visiting friends and family. It is a proper good time to catch up and put the year that is about to end into perspective, talking through experiences and sharing anecdotes from the past twelve months. Various foods will make an appearance that we only see at this time of year. Pates and cheeses will take centre stage, not to mention the obvious turkey and brussel sprouts. Chocolate (that isn’t a generic Cadbury’s bar,) and nuts will be in plentiful supply. Matchmakers are essential, as are Noisette Whirls and of course, without a Terry’s Chocolate Orange, it just wouldn’t be the same. Then there is the drink. We will drink a whole lot more over the next two weeks – because we can. Of course some peoples work commitments will mean they won’t have the same opportunity but for those of us who can go straight through the festive period, we will go to town, with the ability to lie in in the mornings being key. Sleep it off and go again. Football dominates throughout Christmas and for my boys, and me, we will be off to Villa Park a week today to watch Villa take on Swansea. My hopes for a Villa win are slim to say the least but I won’t bore you with the details. Another vital element to Christmas is the Radio Times and it makes good reading this year. There are some excellent films on terrestrial television and the freeview box, which started today with The Great Escape. Music is also a key ingredient of Christmas and our two Christmas essential albums will be getting an airing. They are A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector (check out Head Space daily Tune,) which is from 1963, with an up-tempo, soulful, Motownesque feel and is fantastic, whilst our other default Christmas album is A Charlie Brown Christmas, from 1965, which is the soundtrack to the animation of the same name and is wonderfully, beautiful music. So, with a combination of great food, family, football, T.V and music, whatever you’re up to this Christmas, have a good one…