When I was a kid it was always Hallowe'en, then fireworks on Guy Fawkes Night, then Christmas and New Year.
Things changed as I grew older and as those of the family who had remained in Scotland died off.
This year I will celebrate Christmas with coffee and mince pies in the church this evening followed by carol singing and the Watchnight Service.
Christmas morning I will attend the joint Christmas Day Service in the big church in town and then go to a friend's for lunch. Late afternoon I will come home and cook dinner for one and will probably spend the rest of Christmas Day on Skype to family in Canada and to Gabrielle in Germany.
The next celebrations will be an early Burns Supper on 15th January and Gabrielle arriving back in Scotland on 21st January.