describing the origins of our Christmas traditions are a festive staple. Every October, bookshops begin filling up with hastily written tomes explaining why we eat turkey at Christmas, who sent the first Christmas card, and why we bring a tree into the house. Usually ghostwritten and with a photograph of a celebrity in a (Stuffing Books, £12.99) explains where and when these books started, who wrote the very first one, and why we continue to buy them. Purportedly written by and illustrated by somebody you’ve never heard of, it’s a festive stocking filler that will find its way under many trees on December 25th.
