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Our columnist’s guide to surviving Christmas
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All across the Island on Wednesday next week, snapping relatives will be arguing over who deserves Aunt Sally’s mantelpiece clock in her will, ungrateful children will be screaming over the injustice of receiving the wrong-coloured Pokemon, greedy cats will be naughtily picking over the bones of a cold, forgotten turkey on the kitchen table and exhausted adults will be preparing for January’s credit card bill with a stiff shot of port, wondering how they once again got swept up in all the excitement of the most non-religious religious celebration of the year.
Here’s my cut-out and keep guide to surviving 25 December:
It’s not all about you.
This applies to everyone, of all ages, but mostly children. Christmas is billed as the ‘giving’ time of the year but in reality most people are obsessed with their own consumption of food and presents. Think about everyone less fortunate than you (and seeing as we live in affluent, safe, beautiful Jersey, that figure is about 90 per cent of the rest of the world) and stop obsessing about what’s under the wrapping paper or whether the turkey is bigger than last year.
Read the rest of Ramsay’s guide to surviving Christmas in Saturday’s JEP.
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