I love Christmas. Here's a few bits from Why Be Happy that might explain why.
In Accrington there was always a huge tree outside the Market Hall, and the Salvation Army played carols there for most of December.
At Christmas time the bartering system was in full swing. We could offer Brussels Spouts on stalks from our allotment, apples wrapped in newspaper to make sauce, and best of all the once a year Cherry Brandy made from the morello cherry tree in the yard, and steeped half a year in the back of a cupboard on the way to Narnia.