Role: Clinical Manager, Community

Fave Christmas song/carol? Winter Wonderland

Christmas dinner disaster? Luckily I don’t have any disaster stories but in the last couple of years my family has moved away from the traditional Christmas dinner. We all cook a different joint with the appropriate sauces and stuffings, get a good batch of large teacakes and have hot roast sandwiches, We love it and it’s very relaxed!

Best bit about Christmas? What isn’t? Love the decs and lights, love the Christmas carols and songs, love giving gifts and seeing the delight on faces when they open them. Love the Christmas markets and shopping. Love the fact that we all make the effort to catch up with family and friends both near and far. Just love the Christmas season!

Fave present ever and why? Could say my husband as we got married 2 days before Christmas day but really my choice would have to be a tub of home-made scones. These were made by my son (probably aged about 10 at the time) who had made them, put them in a tub and wrapped them up. He had made the decision that this was what he wanted to give me for Christmas and had made them (with no help from Dad) whilst I was at work on Christmas eve. I was very touched and thought it was a very original present - plus, they were delicious!

Send us a wish for Christmas: I wish that everyone; whether they be at home, at work, in hospital, in care or on the streets; receives some love, peace and happiness over the Christmas period.