How to find joy in January

We get winter wrong, front-loading the festivities in December before it’s even properly cold.

The run-up to Christmas is always a frenzied whirlwind of pub drinks, carol concerts, present-buying and office parties.

A few years ago , I realised that much of the seasonal festivities cities like London put on for Christmas could be postponed a few weeks .

Take ice-skating, for example, a tradition in our household since I convinced my now-husband to put on a pair of skates for the first time at the very start of our relationship.