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i f TRINNY WOODALL and SUSANNAH CONSTANTINE Susannah: “I have a very traditional
Christmas. It’s a bit schizoplmenic because my parents-in-law are Danish, and so every other year we have a Scandinavian Christ mas where we open our presents the night before and the Lord Jesus does not even enter the house. Normally I ’m a bit more religious and I like to go to church on the day. But in both houses, everyone gets their stockings on Christmas Eve from Santa, and we open them all together the follow ing morning. Then i t ’s off to church fol lowed by a huge lunch. We then carry on eating for the next couple of weeks.” Trinny: “I have a house in the moimtains
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WILL you be crowding around a heavily-laden table with your family this Christ mas, or facing a ready-meal for one? The festive season is tradi
tionally a time for families to enjoy each other’s company, but many people face the holidays without their relatives. But whether you are recently
bereaved, estranged from your loved ones or simply living a long way away, there are ways to cope with a family-free Christmas.
■ THE HIGH-PRESSURE HOLIDAY Whatever your circum
stances, Christmas is a high- pressure holiday, says Relate counsellor Denise Knowles. “Christmas is such a poten
tial hot spot for arguments. We hang on to this lovely ideal, but we forget about what the reali ty is actually like. “The difference between the
two can be as vast as the Atlantic.” If you’re going to make a
momentous decision about where to spend Christmas which will upset the norm - such as announcing tha t you and your partner will be spend ing the holiday on a tropical beach instead of watching the Queen’s message with Auntie Shirley - Denise says it’s best to do it well in advance. “Don’t leave i t to the last
minute,” she stresses. Clinical psychologist Linda
Blair agrees that it’s not a good idea to suddenly turn up and pretend everything is rosy. “Christmas is not a good time
to pretend - we’re enclosed in small spaces, the weather is bad and we’re out of touch with each other’s behaviour. But it is a good time to reach out to peo ple you wish you were in con tact with.” Blair says a phone call or a
handwritten letter explaining your feelings will help restore communication.
■ CHRISTMAS ALONE The festive season can be par-
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