Mark Twain & The British Christmas

 Mark Twain had something to say about his observations of the British and Christmas when he undertook a tour of the British Empire in 1895.

Mark Twain Onboard

Mark Twain Onboard

Now does this resonate or not?

The approach of Christmas brings harassment and dread to many excellent people. They have to buy a cart-load of presents, and they never know what to buy to hit the various tastes; they put in three weeks of hard and anxious work, and when Christmas morning comes they are so dissatisfied with the result, and so disappointed that they want to sit down and cry. Then they give thanks that Christmas comes but once a year.
 More Tramps Abroad

Over one hundred years on and nothing much changes

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