For many of us this is the first chance of a proper Christmas in years, after a pandemic which kept us apart.
The chance to take stock, relax, enjoy all the things we look forward to doing will be especially welcome this year, after months of challenges.
The year 2022 will be remembered for the cost of living crisis that put a real strain on most of us, hitting the vulnerable among us the hardest. That crisis means that some of us will not be able to enjoy the Christmas we might like to.
