Article as it appears on Portsmouth View, 9 December 2016. It is December and places are getting festive. A Christmas tree is up in my office, ready for us to take our decorations out of the box and put them on display. Putting up Christmas decorations, can be a lovely family occasion. It is my favourite time of the year even though I only have a very small artificial tree at home. I buy decorations from places I visit on holiday so that my tree is like a memory tree. It is a good way to remember happy times. Holiday season is also party season. I am looking forward to see friends and family over the festive period. Urbond, a Portsmouth community organisation which aims to promote togetherness is holding a Community Christmas Celebration on Saturday 10th December at the Charles Dickens Centre from 8pm. The Santa Claus show at the New Theatre Royal promises some dancing penguins, and that is enough for me to want to head there and bring the family for a festive seaso...