The beginning of December means different things to us all. For many of us it is the start of the list making, the house cleaning, the ‘oops can’t buy that I got her that last year’ and for parents the ‘no, Santa isn’t on his way yet’. It can be a pretty stressful time. Me? I love the first of December, it is one of my favourite dates in the year.  It means I get to gut out my untidy room, haul out the decorations box and pray that the tree lights will last for one more year.