By Andrew Solomon First, advent calendars; then gnomes; then the tree; and then Christmas itself. Only as an adult did I discover that one element in this sequence separated us from other New York ...

For seven years now, Oxford residents Angela Maloney and Deb Hankins have placed 20 to 25 Christmas scenes, or Gnome Homes, featuring fake snow and miniature trees, buildings, furniture and gnomes ...

Since Asda released a Christmas advert starring a gang of ... On one branch of the gnome family tree, you will find the gonks, a name that is ridiculously satisfying to say, even if – or ...