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N A SUPPORTED-LIVING home for people with learning disabilities in Luton, there is no lack of Christmas cheer. One recent evening, staff helped the six women who live there decorate a gingerbread house; another day, they fashioned a collage of hand prints to resemble the outline of a Christmas tree. “We’re trying to make it as fun as we can,” says Carly Somers, one of the workers. Still, it is an uphill battle. Normally, all but one of the women would go to relatives at least for the day itself; this year, they might well all have to stay put. “That’s going to be a big change for them.”