The Countryfile team are out and about at Christmas. Ellie is on a farm gathering holly and ivy and meeting the artist who designed 2014's Christmas stamps. Adam is in the fields with foreign seasonal workers, before sitting down to a traditional eastern European Christmas feast. John gets his hands on the first ever Christmas cards and discovers that it was the Victorians who introduced another staple of Christmas - the cracker. Weatherman John Hammond talks about how snow is formed. Matt Baker is at the Christmas market in Bath, learning about its history and trying his hand on a few stalls. Once the rest of the team arrives with their gifts, Matt leads them and the crowd in a rendition of a famous Christmas tune. While most people are relaxing, for some Christmas is the busiest time of year. Tom Heap meets a rural rector who looks after ten different parishes to find out how he copes
