From cards to carols, celebrating the festive season when you’ve two lots of family traditions to bolt together isn’t easy…

MAUD had been looking forward to finally getting her decorations out again. And now with a whole afternoon at her disposal she was really going to savour the experience and make it something special.

Our columnist fondly recalls her childhood Christmases – apart from the time the milk ran out!

The Railway Children and Call the Midwife star, 72, on having a baby on Christmas Day, the best day of her life and how she never really wanted to be an actor

Our pick of your best letters and some wise words from our favourite stars…

As I look ahead to Christmas this year, I feel that familiar cocktail of excitement and mild dread. The children are growing up fast now – and who knows how many more years of ‘magic’ we have left? La