Christmas Is a Merry Muddle of All Things to All Men
Evening Standard - London › December 24, 2004
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CHRISTMAS is a time of heightened tension, as every family knows. All over England tomorrow, it will not just be the puddings which are bubbling over. Children will be squabbling over presents; ineradicable dismay at having to visit the in-laws will create feelings of anger in the calmest of adult breasts.
But that is no reason for abolishing Christmas. On the contrary, our ability to pass through the tests posed by the holiday is part of our annual emotional education, our learning to live with the less than total satisfaction of life.See the full content of this document
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Christmas Is a Merry Muddle of All Things to All Men
But it would seem that as a nation we are deciding to chicken out of this lesson. The movement to abolish Christmas is actually quite strong, for fear of the outbursts of hurt and bad temper which it provokes.
One of the more obvious symptoms of this is the dreary decision, now made (we are told) by a majority...See the full content of this document
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