Chestnuts roasting on an open fire? Dashing through the snow? All is calm? Peace on Earth, goodwill to men?

Is that how your Christmas is looking this year?

Mine, either.

I have a little piece over at On the Willows today about our expectations for Christmas, and how they’re never quite realized. A version of something I published here last year, but I like the new one better. Click here to read.