A Snow Garden and Other Stories

<p><b>As read on Radio 4 seven linked stories set in the Christmas holidays - all as funny joyous poignant and memorable as Christmas should be</b>:<br><br><b>A Faraway Smell of Lemon</b>: The School Term has ended. It is almost Christmas but Binny out last-minute shopping couldn't feel less like wishing glad tidings to all men. Ducking out of the rain she finds herself in the sort of shop she would never normally visit.<br><br><b>The Marriage Manual</b>: Christmas Eve. Two parents endeavour to construct their son&#146;s Christmas present from a DIY kit and in the process find themselves deconstructing their marriage.<br><br><b>Christmas at the Airport</b>: A glitch in the system travellers stranded and all sorts of lives colliding in the face of a sudden birth...<br><br><b>The Boxing Day Ball</b>: Maureen has never been out with the local girls before. Who knew that a disco in the Village Hall could be life-changing?<br><br><b>A Snow Garden</b>: Two little boys dumped with their divorced father for his share of the Christmas holidays and none of them with a clue how to enjoy it. <br><br><b>I'll Be Home for Christmas</b> The most famous boy in the world comes home hoping to escape the madness with a normal family Christmas.<br><br><b>Trees</b>: As if Christmas wasn't wearing enough now his elderly parent is asking for a hole in the ground &#133; Father and son break old habits and plant a tree to mark the start of the new year.</p>