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Christmas presence: Mark Elder
Favourite Christmas tradition: Each year I attach all the cards to the wall in the shape of something that is synonomous wth Christmas. Past card shapes have included angels, bells and stars. Of course, the rest of the family have to wait whilst this is taking shape, and due to my lack of artistic skill, guessing can take until Christmas Day. Why do we do it? I wish I could offer a deeply spiritual answer, but the real reason is that it's a bit of fun.
Favourite carol: Ding Dong Merrily On High, because it's fun to sing. But the best 'proper' carol is Hark the Herald, because the lines 'born that man no more may die', and, 'born to give them second birth', written by the king of all hymn writers Charles Wesley, puts the whole Christmas deal into its right perspective.