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

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Like all children, our columnist worked herself into a frenzy in the run-up to Christmas day!

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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?”

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.