It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, or it will once the tree is up. The first of December means it’s officially acceptable to drag the box of decs from the loft, dust off the fairy and reacquaint yourself with the finer points of how to decorate a Christmas tree.
In your head, the occasion will be Bing Crosby-grade magical, with the kids accepting your gentle directions with grace and a glass of mulled wine in hand. In reality, you’ll be a hot mess after 10 minutes doing battle with the fairy lights and the kids will slope off to play Minecraft the moment they realise you haven’t bought any chocolate baubles, again.
