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I love decorating and creating little corners of festiveness. I've inherited it from my Mum and Dad and seem to be passing it on to the girls - Alice has been making little scenes on shelves which I will no doubt blip soon!

I use the same things each year, lugged down from the loft, always supplemented with a few new unmissable extras. I've got about 30 years worth of my own decs all told, plus a few inherited from my Mum and Dad along the way. I am slowing down and I've acquired less this year than ever before.

I'd love to do something more productive with this other than just adorn my own home - I even thought I could host an open festive house for charity or similar, but friends thought security would be an issue. I'll keep thinking and maybe one day something will happen...