He adds: “Plan your Christmas Day meal around the idea of filling the fridge with nice things for days to come. If your house does not contain cheese-flavoured pastry Christmas trees and Twiglets, it’s not even Christmas.”Jay Rayner: where’s my Baileys? Prof Vivian Hill, a chartered psychologist, suggests enjoying an isolated Christmas free of the myths of what Christmas “should be”. “Recognise there are other ways to celebrate.”Schedule your family falloutsFor many people, Christmas is all about eating too much with family and friends. One bonus of an isolated Christmas is all the extra time to sit around mainlining chocolate orange and watching festive films.

Source: The Guardian December 18, 2021 09:34 UTC