making merry

hristmas craziness reigns every year in our house,’ says Shaun Simons, who shares his colourful and characterful Edwardian home with wife Brooke, a make-up artist, son Jack, eight, and daughter Jess, five. He grew up in the northwest London neighbourhood and friends and family, all within a five-minute drive, turn up around 11am to kick off the festivities with drinks, followed by a traditional turkey roast at 1pm. ‘Then we