Joe Marler lifts the lid on his favourite Christmas songs, traditions and memories as former England star embraces the festive spirit and takes a trip to Lapland People knock Christmas songs.
All good, except the tree was a really ropey one, and as it was defenestrated (full disclosure, I had help from Daisy with this word), it dropped every single needle in its armoury on the living room floor.
Which created a charming new Christmas tradition the next morning: the entire family on their hands and knees, picking thousands of dead pine needles out of the carpet.
I’ve built the unicorn scooter for my youngest daughter, and been clever enough to realise that if I have a go at that too there’ll be no unicorn scooter left for anyone else to fall off.
I’ve been into schools and nurseries dressed as Father Christmas, and my post-retirement gut girth has given an authenticity to my performance that previous years lacked.
