People knock Christmas songs. Personally I’m a fan. I believe they can explain every element of the festive period. So let’s do it.
Do I wish it could be Christmas every day? I enjoy this time of year. I take pleasure in choosing good gifts. I’ve been into schools and nurseries dressed as Father Christmas, and my post-retirement gut girth has given an authenticity to my performance that previous years lacked.
Despite all this, the answer for me is an unequivocal no. Picture the scene in the Marler household on Boxing Day evening. The presents have been opened. I’ve constructed the gymnastics high beam for my eldest daughter. I’ve had a go and fallen off it. I’ve built the unicorn scooter for my youngest daughter, and been clever enough to realise that if I have a go at that too there’ll be no unicorn scooter left for anyone else to fall off.
But it’s an almost silent night. The kids have come off their sugar high and…
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