Alison Curtis: I'm so glad my daughter brings back the magic of the holidays for me

Pic: Marc O'Sullivan

I know it is only mid-November and in every other year of my existence, I would not mention or think of the C-word until December. So much so that when I was younger I would get upset if people started talking about the festive period too early in the year.

The moment Halloween was over and all the sparkly lights, snowmen, and Santa hats popping up everywhere would drive me a bit nuts. I wasn’t alone, you could hear people up and down the country grumbling that “it's too early!” “Did you see this storefront or that TV ad, Jaysus its only November!”