Maybe it has to do with the Christmas spirit, we follow a number of traditions, like sprucing up the home whether it is painting the house or washing it down, putting up new curtains and even buying new furniture.

All these changes add to the smell at this time of the year...

so although some of the same foods and traditions may occur away from our shores, no one celebrates Christmas like we do.

You mention the fruit but the other traditional sights around Christmas like the poinsettia and the snow on the mountain in bloom certainly make our Bajan Christmas the best.