JOY to the world

From faux snow to festive decorating on a huge scale, these four women reveal what it takes to make Christmas special

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'A team of 1,000 help to create a truly magical event'

Alison Battle, 59, lives in Kent with her husband, Mike, and she has four adult sons.

Since I was young, I've held a passion for Christmas. Once I became a parent, I loved creating festive magic for our boys. However, when we took them to meet Father Christmas each year, we found it overly commercialised.