What type of Christmas are you?

Hohohoho, the starting signal has been given! High up in the north, the reindeer are scuffling with their hooves. The elves are dropping craft, decoration and baking ideas down to earth. And we know: It's about to suck us in, the red, green and gold Christmas whirlwind!

But there are definitely different approaches ... Do you recognise yourself in our Christmas typology?

1. long-term planner

You love to-do lists, spreadsheets and schedules and scurry around like a gnome. If there was an X-mas planning app, it would be right at the front of your smartphone. You start planning on 27 December of the previous year. And you list exactly how next year will be celebrated. You buy presents throughout the year, do the handicrafts in autumn and have your cards ready by November at the latest. You will be totally confused by dawdling children, spontaneous visitors and other disasters.

The Christmas Shipster: On 24 December, celebrate a Celtic Day of Light with sushi.

2. last-minute chillaxer

You enjoy Advent to the full, so many nice occasions! You live in a blissful chocolate and mulled wine jingle bells high until 23 December. And then plop back down into reality. There was still something to do, wasn't there? Depending on your luck, you may bring back the most beautiful tree on special offer or the crookedest, needled-out model that even the dog won't pee under. Fortunately, there are gift vouchers and petrol station shops where you can buy food. You'll find it annoying when people try to push you into action at the beginning of Advent.

3rd Christmas hipster

You have soldered, square Advent wreaths, the decorations are nailed to the wall of the loft or hung in the full beard. Presents are wrapped in homemade wrapping paper and on 24 December you celebrate a Celtic Day of Light with sushi. Everything new makes us free, you think. Just don't go with the mainstream, just don't wear the mustiness of a thousand years under angel hair, brrrrr. You don't want mulled wine-drinking spitters with snowmen on their knitted jumpers in your house.

4. festive traditionalist

What was so beautiful last year is beautiful again this year, you think. Christmas recipes and decorations are passed down through the generations. If something new really has to be bought, then only lasting values in red, green or gold. For every day of Advent, for every corner of the house, there is a tried and tested and much-loved tradition, and woe betide the angel at the top of the tree this year looking to the right instead of the left. The word «Christmas trends» is impossible to find.

Can't we take it easy and be contemplative for once? «Never!» exclaims the Christmas bon vivant.

5th Christmas bon vivant

The main thing is that the place is full, the table is bent and there's glitter and sparkle in every corner, you think. Christmas is for messing about, not for messing about! You spend hours at the cooker, almost fall off the ladder to decorate the last gutter, and your house is open to everyone. You have the biggest heart in the world and a little gastritis at the end of the festive season. What upsets you is the question: «Can't we just take it easy and reflect?» Never!

6. holiday refugees

You dream of a small, lonely, snow-covered hut all year round, but especially at Christmas. White fir trees in the snow, winter peace, snowshoes, a small raclette by the fire in a small group. Just no avalanches of presents and chatter from the large family! You'll be thrown off your stride by constant background music, constant running and children constantly demanding new stuff.

And what is it like in the Légé family?

I would love to be a hipster, but I just can't get away with it with my traditionalist children. My husband is a real French chillaxer and we are happy every year when he doesn't give us anything from the petrol station. As a bon vivant, he likes to let it rip, while I look for secluded huts in the snow every year. As they are all fully booked or overpriced, I drive the family crazy with my lists.

So we've cleared the air. The best conditions for a really harmonious Christmas... Heaven help.

And how is it with you? What types of people come together in your family?