When I was very young, the excitement of Christmas started to build some five or six weeks prior to the big day. In early November the shop windows of local retailers would be transformed from the hum drum into glittering grottos. Soon after, street bunting would appear and Christmas lights would be raised along the length and breadth of Main Street. Things just didn’t look different, they sounded different too. Christmas carollers singing the likes of ‘God Rest You Weary Gentlemen’ and ‘Silent Night’, put the final perfecting touches to the transformation.
