Indulging in the post-season calm with the kids

After all the rushing about before Christmas, I love this post-season calm. Sitting around doing nothing and believing I’ve been very productive if I venture for the shortest of walks, writes Tric Kearney.

I can’t deny that this is also a time of blissful overindulgence on my part. Something my local shopkeeper is well aware of, as only yesterday I went to pay for milk and bread only to litter the counter with an embarrassing number of empty sweet wrappers as I searched for change.

Christmas in my house is one of the increasingly rare occasions my four children are home together, and when I say, ‘together’ I mean it.