Not a Suburban Christmas
Shining under an Edwardian rise and fall lamp the table is set for 15 with crystal glasses, silverware, linen napkins tied with tartan ribbon, a dozen candles in polished brass holders, newly gathered holly and ivy, placement cards - drawn by the children, and centrally, a large female winged plaster sculpture holding tinsel aloft. Champagne, smoked salmon and quails eggs in the drawing room to start. The tree, a Scots pine, difficult to find even here in Scotland, is d
