Congratulations...You made it through Christmas

Congratulations. You made it through Christmas. You were a triumph of festive frivolity, a domestic goddess of all things culinary, you jingled, you jangled, regaled visitors with your sparkling wit and tinkling laughter and had Santa himself questioning his prospects for early retirement, writes Lindsay Woods.

You glided into suitably-lit rooms, the personification of tranquillity and elegance itself, as your family positioned themselves around the selected board game and you angled a conspiratory wink in the direction of your husband whilst your six-year-old daughter placed the letters in the relevant squares to spell, ‘Formaldehyde’.

A smattering of applause as you all merrily laughed at her chutzpah before settling back into the folds of the sofa to munch on some delicate nibbles taunting you from their gilded platter.