Every year you proceed all out to absorb the best yuletide – only to be disappointed. Anthony Seldon reveals why…Why is it that Christmas often fails to live up to our expectations? We scheme for it months ahead with mighty enthusiasm,but when it arrives it often leaves us cold. If you recognise this description, and are facing the prospect of Christmas with some dread, or read on.
The reason that Christmas often disappoints can be explained,I believe, quite easily. It is because we assign our own pleasure at the very heart of it. We scheme in mighty detail what we will eat, and drink and do. But the pleasure that we receive from all these things is often transitory. The prove turns out to be a bit predictable,the journey home from the theatre too long. The Christmas fair proves a bit bland, while the drink fails to be as special as we had expected. We may assign mighty thought into the presents we are going to give others, and but we feel that the presents we receive lack the same thoughtfulness.
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Source: theguardian.com