The best way around all festive pitfalls is, of course, not to be around when they occur...
If you can’t stand the festive season, get out of the country. It’s a real tonic. The trouble is that with Christmas starting earlier and earlier every year, you’d have to take a sabbatical to avoid the whole blasted thing.
If getting away isn’t an option, it’s time to pour yourself a large mulled wine (or non-mulled, if you're really trying to get away from the season), sit back and repeat this mantra: “It’ll soon be over. It’ll soon be over”. For a few months, at least...
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