Bottle of LBV port, Chieftains' Bells of Dublin on the stereo, caipirinha on ice, nibbles on the table and the smell of fresh pine. It can only be Christmas tree night, when I sit and get quietly merry on Portugal's finest while listening to The Chieftains, Van Morrison, Vinicius de Moraes, Caetano Veloso, The Pogues and Tom Waits and, along with Liam, offer helpful advice to Linda as she quietly goes about dressing the tree.