Bray People

Christmas is not for everyone

- WITH CLAIR WHITTY

CHRISTMAS is not for everyone. I say this every year. My sister puts her tree up in November because she loves Christmas so much. She gets so much joy from this time of the year. I think she would leave it up all year round if she could. But not everyone feels this way.

The reasons why people don’t like Christmas vary. Some of you simply don’t know what all the fuss is about. All you see is chaos, people rushing around as if the shops were never going to open again, and you just don’t get it. It’s just one day.

But for some of you it’s more complicate­d. It could be that you cannot provide the presents for your children because you simply don’t have the money. That is extremely difficult to explain to young children when all around them there are children getting multiple presents. I think the people around you need to be sensitive to your situation.

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