Hallowe’en, but since mid-September I’ve had a Word doc on the go entitled ‘Christmas Prep’. I’m considering a spreadsheet, that’s how serious this is.That’s not all.
I have been booking up Christmas activities left, right and centre. I’ve already secured seats for Operation Ouch Live!, The Play That Goes Wrong and a Harry Potter-themed escape room.I email my husband saying things like, ‘Any fun ideas for Twixmas?’ even though I’m pretty sure he doesn’t know what Twixmas is (it’s that grim bit between Christmas and New Year).
He probably won’t reply and, in fact, I don’t even care if he does. Because this frantic activity is only a desperate attempt to exert some sort of control in a world that has felt totally out of control for, ooooh,.
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