Tufnell Park took to the Alps with this year’s Christmas theme. There were dirndls in evidence, sledges, glüwein, pretzels and snow, snow, snow… The little cable cars strung all across the hall, dangling the children’s good wishes for the world, were given an additional dimension by dramatic projections of pine forests and icy peaks. Nothing says, “I’m in the mood for dancing” like a view of the Matterhorn, and the children partied like mad.

More people came and more people helped than ever before – and if that’s becoming a theme, long may it continue.

Thanks at thousand times to Caroline Colijn and Fiona Cushley for almost all the pictures.