Irish Examiner View: Time to contemplate the shape of Christmases yet to come

It has been a challenging year, but a period of quiet reflection and contemplation may help us find hope for the years ahead.

A message of hope from street art on Chatham Row in Dublin. Picture: Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie

This is the time of year when leader-writers muster the editorial opinions of the newspapers in a way which is both reflective and anticipatory.

Too much dwelling on the past runs the risk of making people unhappy because, in terms of news coverage anyway, we can see that it is often the Devil who has had the best tunes. Conversely, if we make too many predictions, then we run the risk of scaring ourselves silly.