Learner Dad: I do this advance holiday planning every year as part of my annual campaign against seasonal affective disorder

I CAN’T wait for our summer holidays next year.

I know parents are supposed to look forward to Christmas, but let’s face it, the most wonderful time of the year is that fortnight in the sun when you can have a bottle of wine with lunch because your offspring are in the Kids Club. (AKA, supervised colouring-in.)