Home People People The wine merchant: 'We’re all shattered by the time we close at 3pm on Christmas Eve' In the last of our series on the people who make Christmas in the country what it is, Paula Lester speaks to wine merchant Tom Ashworth. The racehorse trainer: 'Christmas Day is the only day of the year that I actually ride a horse' Kate Green meets Philip Hobbs and Johnson White, in our series on the people who make Christmas in the country the joy it is, to discover how racehorses are looked after even when everyone else is inside with turkey and mince pies. The award-winning cook who makes 5,000 Christmas puddings a year, every single one of them by hand Kate Green talks to Wizz Gambier, the woman who lives and breathes Christmas puddings, in our series on the people who make Christmas in the country the joy it is. The cathedral choirmaster: 'The thing I love about the Christmas repertoire is the mix of modern and ancient' Today's piece in our series on the people who make Christmas in the country sees Kate Green meet Tim Parsons at Wells Cathedral. The gamekeeper: ‘I’ve lost count of the school plays that I made by the skin of my teeth’ Our series on the people who make Christmas in the country what it is continues as Paula Lester meets Andrew Holloway. The Christmas wreath-maker: 'They sell quicker than we can make them' All this week we're running a series on the people who make Christmas in the country what it is. Today, Paula Lester meets wreath maker Ellie Taylor.