Michael Moynihan: A stroll through Cork city reveals a lot about Christmas experiences

'Remember in the middle of the lockdown when people were saying they’d appreciate the small stuff and offer people little kindnesses when we could all get out and meet each other again?'

Some people have their Christmas shopping done and dusted by November while others get a thrill doing it all at the last minute. File picture: Sam Boal/RollingNews.ie

A stroll around the city recently proved instructional.

Not so much in terms of the price of everything and the value of nothing — I keep the Oscar Wilde imitations for the Christmas party circuit — but it opened my eyes to the holiday season experience.