Yesterday was the first day of the school holidays and the children were all up at 6.15am. By mid-morning I was running out of ways to entertain them and so did what millions of parents will be doing this Christmas and put them in front of the TV. But as I have sworn they won’t spend hours watching rubbish I chose a film for them; Zeffirelli’s Romeo & Juliet. The children are three, six and seven so you might think this was a bit advanced for them. Not a bit of it. Leonardo (aged three) loved the sword fights, Bea (six) loved the “kissing on the lips” and Olivia (seven) loved it all. The only thing they couldn’t understand was why the star-crossed lovers were unable to tell anyone they were in love and getting married. The whole concept of war and feuds was incomprehensible to them. At the risk of sounding like a candidate for CND (not my usual image) I thought it was rather a seasonal discovery and perhaps a message to us all. So – Happy Christmas and may your feuds be few and far between.