It’s a cracker

CHRISTMAS cracker jokes aren’t meant to make you laugh; they’re meant to be groan-worthy. And if they elicit an eyeroll as well, I consider it a job well done,” laughs Julian Reed who, as head joke wr

D inah was not a Christmas cook. Her ...

Laura was out to impress – but was she missing the point?

THIS year, Vanessa was going to have a different kind of festive season. She usually hosted Christmas for her family at her house, even after her husband passed away a few years ago. Every second year

JESSIE didn’t bother to knock before entering her parents’ house. “Hello, I come bearing gingerbread men! Call me the gingerbread woman.” The hallway was strung with fairy lights and colourful paper c

HELLO, little one!” Penny Dauntless greeted a robin-redbreast, who cocked his head as she pushed along her trolley of post on the daily round. “How often is there such a perfect mid-December morning?”