Christmas is a strange time. The tinsel comes out, the family WhatsApp group suddenly springs back to life like a cicada after rain, and you find yourself revisiting old emotional files you thought were safely archived.
You may be spending time with your family this Christmas. Or very deliberately not. You may be sitting at a table with people who once criticised your haircut, your career, your choice of partner, pet, or political persuasion. Or perhaps the grievance is newer and sharper, a friend who vanished when things got hard or a partner who broke the rules in a way that blew your world apart.
