This year’s Christmas edition is not about tinsel or spending too much money – it’s about all the things that are most important to The Big Issue community. Vendors from around the country have written tributes to their customers, reflections on a year passed and hopes for the future. In their stories and throughout the magazine, we take a look at the things that the holiday season, and The Big Issue, are really about: celebration; community; hope; magazines. With eight extra pages of amazing content, this edition will be sure to elicit both chuckles and tears. Merry Christmas!