Sleepwalking into a Winter Wonderland

A lack of vision could see Britain end up a lacklustre attraction

At this point every year a familiar story pops up in the news: the underwhelming Christmas wonderland. At the edge of some provincial town, families are outraged to part with their hard-earned cash for a third-rate experience. Instead of a feast of wintry delights, they encounter gravel painted white, antlers on a donkey, an un-CRB-checked Father Christ…