Writer Jane Moore explains why the idea of another year of festivities fills her with dread...
’Tis the season to be jolly, fa la la la la, la la la l-aaaaaaaargh.
Sorry to be a Grinch, but when it comes to Christmas cheer, I never seem to get the memo.
Why do I dread it so much? Let me begin with a little list...
The tiresome build-up that begins in August; the skin-crawlingly irritating festive ditties played on a loop in every lift, shopping mall and workplace; the never-ending round of Christmas parties with cold pastries, warm wine, and tepid conversation with the office bore whom you have steadfastly avoided for the rest of the year; and, perhaps worst of all, the unrelenting pressure to show a Zen-like, peace-to-all-mankind calm, ‘because it’s Christmas’ when, most of the time, I want to scream.
And that’s merely outside the home. Behind closed doors, it’s far, far worse.
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