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Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Hello there. I hope you all had a restorative and nourishing holiday season. I spent it tucked away by the sea in Cornwall, and was refuelled by crisp midday walks to quiet fishing villages for fresh crab soup, the quiet power of megalithic sites and, of course, the holding and soft wisdoms of the local holy well. I love the velvet dark of winter whose short, undemanding days expect nothing of us.

Every year across South Africa offices have a go at making the workplace Christmassy often with chringeworthy results. But help is at hand. Linda Trim, Director at Giant Leap, office architects who consult across Africa, said there are few simple rules to follow that will give offices a warm, Christmas atmosphere rather than make people want to reassess their lives and run screaming never to return. Do: Install an eco friendly Christmas tree with lights.