Which royal was the ultimate Christmas host?

There is strong competition, with competitors emerging from many of the royal houses this sceptred isle has seen: the Normans, Plantagenets, Tudors, Hanovers and Windsors. As umpires in this game, we ought also not to forget that there is more than one way of celebrating Christmas. Witness Grace Dent’s recent and timely reminder in The Guardian of the value of a sober Christmas! The goalposts are definitively mobile. Do you want a Christmas revel? For some people, the dancing and the…