All about the child

Catherine MacKenzie  |  Reviews
Date posted:  1 Nov 2023
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All about the child

If you’re like me, you start planning for Christmas in July. (I’m afraid I’m not kidding. With nine nieces and nephews I like to be prepared.)

Christmas Day, it seems, was invented for children. On the day itself they tend to run amok. In a delightful mix of Dickens and disaster, the sugar-fuelled chaos can be exhausting. But there might be a moment on 25 December when we suddenly realise that this day is actually all about a child – the child in the manger.

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