Authors Anne Sebba on the Royal abdication, Sathnam Sanghera on a dismal Christmas restaurant, Lisa Jewell singing Boney M in Barbados, adventurer Jamie Douglas-Hamilton rowing to the Antarctic, satirist Matt Forde in an NYC  football bar, podcaster Olly Mann’s disappointing Santa in LA, artist Firouz FarmanFarmaian hybrid Muslim Catholic Christmas in Marrakesh, Yellowood Adventures’ Sam McManus’s ancient fiesta tradition in Northern Spain, Festival promoter Huw Win’s Italian restaurant in Thai paradise and Nobel Peace Prize winter Rebecca Johnson on a magical protesting Christmas with the women of Greenham Common.