When I was a child, I was fascinated by Charles Dickens’ A Christmas carol. At first, still very young, I was terrified of Scrooge and the ghosts, then I was interested and later, much later, in my turn reading it to my children, it made me ponder on the reasons why Christmas stirs such strong emotions in most of us; I cannot think of one person who is indifferent to Christmas – they either love this season, or hate it. …
