Your favourite thing about Christmas

We asked you to tweet us your favourite thing about Christmas. From food and family to baking and, er, balloons, here’s what you love best.

Friends and family

Spending time with the ones you love is your favourite part of the festive season.

Sarah Bailey loves “the chance to spend time with friends and family”, with Christmas food coming a close second.

Sonia loves “being cosy and snuggly with my family”.

Christmas magic

Christmas is a magical time of year. It’s a time when fairy lights turn every high street into a winter wonderland, when reindeer can fly and wishes come true.

For blogger Ali: “My favourite thing about Christmas is the cosy capsule you create with decorations, twinkly lights, food, family & friends.”

And Emma says: “love love love candle lit evenings of Christmas”.

Jenny’s favourite thing about Christmas is “seeing it through the eyes of my children, it’s such a magical time of year.” N’awww!

Christmas Food

Christmas just wouldn’t be Christmas without copious amounts of delicious food.

Georgina agrees. What’s her favourite thing about Christmas? “All the food :D”

Jessie’s favourite thing about Christmas is “the cheese… oh & the fizz, most definitely the fizz :D”

And Emma loves so many things that she can’t quite decide what she loves best: “My favourite thing is the food, wait no, the atmosphere, actually yes, mostly the food. Ah, I just love everything about it.”

Getting into the Christmas spirit

For some of you, getting into the festive spirit is the best bit about Christmas.

Jane loves “the build up and the planning and preparing.”

Kim loves how Christmas is “everywhere. I don’t WANT to escape the music, scents and glitter.”

Merle loves reminiscing about Christmas: “Remembering all the wonderful ones that I’ve had, and looking forward to many more!”

Christmas creativity

There are so many ways to get creative at this time of year. From Christmas cooking to Christmas crafting, you love it all.

Caroline enjoys all the festive baking and loves dotcomgiftshop’s “great cookie cutters” and gorgeous Christmas bakeware.

Emma’s favourite thing is unleashing her creativity at Christmas: “whether it’s decorating the cake or the tree, making a wreath or giftwrap.”

And finally

Amanda’s favourite thing about Christmas is “flying balloons on Christmas Day”. It’s a new one on us, but we love it!

Why not tweet us your favourite thing about Christmas? We’d love to hear more of your festive stories!