Buon Natale and Buone Feste! Happy Christmas to you all!

   I love the fact that Christmas celebrations in Rome are so understated right up until the end of December. It makes coming home to Santa lights, Christmas songs EVERYWHERE and crazy shopping so much more festive when I return to Bradford. Here are some of my favourite Christmas moments from my home towns beginning in Rome …

Rollerblading Santas, Via Del Corso

Christmas Goat out shopping

Swedish Carols for Santa Lucia

Cosy Christmas cocktails at Locarno

   

   And in Bradford,

Winter sun and Yorkshire hills at Bolton Abbey

Jamie’s Ice Sculptures at Centenary Square

Christmas Eve drinks by the roaring fire at Shibden Mill Inn

   
   As a final Christmas treat, my brother took me to the cinema to watch It’s a Wonderful Life. So to end this Christmas broadcast,