I love christmas, when we have chosen our tree and unpacked the decorations. These days I don’t get to do any of the decorating, but that’s okay, because I love watching it being done as much as I enjoy doing it. Every year I try and find just one or two special new baubles to add to my collection. My worst nightmare would be buying new decorations every year. I have some, which might not have been very expensive, but that I just love seeing on my tree from year to year…….

I bought these handblown glass baubles last year, they are a plum colour with beads of gold – and lets face it, you can never have enough gold at christmas time!

A handmade red glass star. An absolute classic.

This is a glamorous fabric and bead creation, handmade by a very talented sister-in-law.

These were a dime a dozen a couple of years ago, but I still loved mine, it’s such a whimsical Santa and his shy reindeer.

A dragon – what do you mean you don’t have a dragon? It’s a must, an absolute must! Trust me – go an buy yourself a dragon now! Every tree should have one!

The most beautiful angel on my tree – a vintage, handmade lovely, bought for me, many years ago by a very dear friend.

I bought these beautiful feather birds many, many years ago at the fabulous V&A gift shop (an absolute must when in London) – they are much, much nicer than the ones you can buy now.

And lastly, a child for whom Christmas is still a magical time!

I’m not having a very good morning! What I really feel like doing is stamping my foot in frustration, however that doesn’t really work for someone over a certain (say 10!) age.

My trusty, well used, coffee pot has come out for the second time today. I LOVE coffee – but too much is bad for me, I get all trembly and that’s not a good way to work – but hey? What’s a girl to do?

And then really – a mince pie? of course! It has been a bad morning and I do need a little pick me up!

Is chocolate going too far do you think?