Christmas is important to me for multiple reasons, not just as a Christian, but because of my late father, who I'm convinced was a reincarnation of Charles Dickens in his passion for Christmas. For years, whilst I grew up in that infernal cult, my father defied the leader by being a rebel and letting us have a Christmas tree (despite the myraid of other prohibitions). I haven't time to get into my other complicated reasons, but yes, I'm unashamedly pro-Christmas (despite the obscene commercialism that goes along with it, not to mention the musical waterboarding of those poor souls who work in retail, being subjected to Slade and Mariah Carey ad nauseum).