Christmas with the Mammy
If the retail industry, hammered by rates and VAT, had its way, Christmas would start much earlier. They have had signs in their windows for weeks now: “SHUR WE COULD BE DEAD BY JANUARY! POST-CHRISTMAS SALES STARTS NOV 8!” But when your mother is making airing logistics plans, then Christmas has begun.
With those plans cemented, the gathering begins. (I’m referring to ‘gathering’ with a small ‘g’, rather than The Gathering, by which the country sends its children a text saying “any idea when u’ll be home, only I need a few bob.”)
