How to fight Christmas melancholy
King's College singers. Is it that Christmas never delivers? Christmas always has a nip of melancholy in the eggnog for me these days. It could be because my children are growing older. It could be because I myself am growing older. For many of us, an air of disillusionment envelops the mistletoe during this season. Christmas, specifically December 25, has been a day of hope for thousands of years. Celebrations on this day date back to ancient Egypt when the rebirth of the sun was acknowledged. There was hope, the sun wasn’t going to continue its journey toward the southern horizon. It was...
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