Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen Home Truths - we reveal the unusual scent he finds festive

Everything! We just let our hair down, feast and have a riot, in as controlled a way as possible!

My family of course. However, unlike most families we all live in close proximity to each other so they absolutely have to stay put, they can’t go anywhere! 

We spend so much time together as a unit; my kids, their husbands and my grandchildren that we are all great friends.

I love doing the decorations! I am super big on Christmas garlands and my favourite part of the festival is decorating the fireplace with them.

I dislike the expectation that comes with feeling you have to have a good time. You can’t force that feeling, it has to happen organically!

Spring bulbs! That might sound strange but I love to put them all over the house at Christmas time, planted in containers with moss. 

I make small displays around the rooms that recreate little gardens and with the fresh air mixed in from the local countryside, it gives a wonderful smell. 

I love the fact that we can be living in the depths of winter, yet my home smells of Spring!

My wife Jackie loves doing all the decorations and it really depends each year as we have the same disagreement over the Christmas tree. 

We live in a home that has very low ceilings so I don’t find the Christmas tree fits in nicely as it can look squashed and stumped. I’d be more than happy just to stick with garlands, over a tree!

Ah, you see this is an interesting question as my new book More, More, More is all about not being a minimalistic and encouraging clutter and all your objects of desire in one room. I believe the home should be a museum of You, so the more the better!

I dislike Christmas music more than anything. I have a real problem with songs that have anything about rocking around the Christmas tree in them.

I am not sure if it is a tradition or a rule we stick by but Christmas lunch should not be had late afternoon like a lot of people serve it. It should be at 1pm, lunch time! Many people in my family have low blood pressure so the sooner they eat the better chance there is that no arguments or tired dips will occur.