An Introvert’s Complete Guide to Surviving Christmas Day
10 tips to help introverts balance time being festive, friendly and visible on a day you’d prefer to enjoy reading the book Santa gave you
If there is one year that Santa failed me, it was 1977. Between Christmas and Boxing Day, I received no less than THREE identical gifts, namely a copy of the book adapted from the then-newly released blockbuster film: “Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope”.
Mum and Dad gave me the first copy on Christmas morning, and yes — at age 9, I was very happy to receive it — having loved the recent film by George Lucas.
By the time someone gave me a SECOND copy the same day, it was clear Santa had made a mistake in the ordering department.
When I began unwrapping, however, the THIRD copy of “Star Wars, From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker” — in the searing heat (*) of my Grandpa’s front lawn on Boxing Day — Santa had clearly stuffed up!
“Oh how lovely,” my mother jumped in to say as the image of a lightsaber emerged beneath gift paper. “Paul LOVES the film!”
Rather than blaming Santa for stereotyping me so unidirectionally that year, it is fair to make one clear conclusion: I was already by that age— and…
