We\u2019ve started building up our own yearly rituals, and asking what we really want to get out of the festive period<\/p>\n
When people ask what I\u2019m doing for Christmas this year, I\u2019ve been replying, with not a little bit of glee, that we are \u201cgoing nowhere and entertaining nobody\u201d. The almost universal reaction is one of wistfulness, if not envy.<\/p>\n
Taking the pressure off the festive season and choosing to please only yourselves is something many people fantasise about. Some people feel so hamstrung by responsibility to others (and dare I say it, perhaps are so used to that well-established feeling of Christmas martyrdom) that they never get the Christmas they secretly want.<\/p>\n
Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett is a Guardian columnist<\/p>\n
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