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Word to the wise
With the ‘ jolly-timbered’ Santa on his way, our columnist unwraps a little Christmas spirit with a few of her favourite festive words and phrases
by SUSIE DENT
As
the countdown to Christmas begins, my guess is you will be experiencing one of two things: a sense of happy betwitterment (pleasing, if nervous, excitement) or apanthropy: the desire to be left alone. It’s perfectly possible that you will feel both emotions in the coming weeks, as festive jubilation approaches at the same time as carloads of friends and family. And so, in that spirit, I thought I’d offer a few of my favourite words for this complicated season, in an attempt to cover all bases.