No matter how hard we all try, this year’s Christmas won’t be the same. And maybe that’s a good thing. If we can’t rush out to the shops, maybe parents won’t spend as much and feel as stressed.
Now big parties are cancelled, none of us will feel pressured to squeeze in to new outfits and go out when we’d really rather stay cosy at home.
If Christmas expectations are lower, hopefully workloads will be easier and we can have time to enjoy life’s simpler pleasures.
Because when I was a child, Christmases were far less extravagant - and far more enjoyable. My cousins Geoff and John came to stay, and we woke at 2am to open the sacks Father Christmas left.
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