The 2014 John Lewis Christmas advert

I like visiting new cities at Christmas

I keep the first weekend of every December free

and I'll go somewhere I've never been before.

What better way to see somewhere new.

People in their knitwear and toggled up in winter coats

dislays in department store windows.

and I will always stop someone on the street.

"Excuse me. I'm new in town.

Tell me be the place I could spend my evening here"

and I'll spend the evening in the bar they recommend

hoping I'll bump into them again

that they'd say 'Hey. We should head to that bar

to see if that guy in the LED Rudolph jumper is still there

and they would find me surrounded by perfectly chosen presents

and long rolls of wrapping paper

looking like I'm posing for the 2014 John Lewis Christmas advert

as the jukebox plays Slade and Wham

the barmaid sings along to every word

her nose all bunged up. "I'm so tired,"

she says, hanging up some fairy lights

"but I just love Christmas."