The nightmare that is Christmas123RF Despite this sweet tableau, Christmas is the stuff of nightmares, says Daniella Norling. ISTOCK Norling would much rather spend Christmas by a pool, cocktail to hand, than waiting for relatives to descend. Every year I am forced to counsel desperate people right up until Christmas Eve. You have a splitting headache, there is not enough paper to wrap the last Star Wars Lego set and to top it all off, the moron you married has arrived home drunk from his office Christmas lunch and fallen into the Christmas tree. Close your eyes and imagine yourself lying by a pool in Vietnam, they don't celebrate Christmas there, it's a wonderful place.

Source: Stuff October 30, 2017 00:56 UTC