Did you know there’s actual research into what your Christmas tree says about you?

Whether it’s real, whether it’s fake, whether you go for tinsel, or whether you don’t, whether you have coloured flashing lights or whether you go for warm white ones instead.

It occurred to me, as we dug out our decorations and put our tree up for another year (real, with white lights and no tinsel in case you were wondering) that a Christmas tree really does say a lot about a person – and a family.

What does your Christmas tree say about you?

It tells a story – about a past, about a future, about new arrivals, about people who have gone before and about people who are yet to come.

Like a couple who got engaged at a fairytale castle and hoped they would live happily ever after.