While some people look forward to the end-of-year holidays, others do not attach importance to this period or even dread it, like Alain Delon who «never really enjoyed Noël ».
Interviewed, the philosopher Vladimir Jankelevich speaks of the Christmas feast: "[Christmas] it is a Christian feast which interests therefore most of the civilized humanity of the West but I am not part of this civilized humanity, I am not Christian".
Interviewed about what he will do at Christmas, actor Alain Delon gives a laconic answer: "Nothing". He goes on to explain: "...because I never really enjoyed Christmas, because I don’t really like Christmas, because I didn’t have many and Christmas was never a great memory for me...".
What do the Vendée Globe Challenge sailors do on Christmas Eve? This is the question they were asked before they started for the big race. Each of the skippers gives his impression.