Their Christmas & Ours. Over Indulgence is bad for you(if you have money enough to make the choice)
There is a cost of living crisis and the bourgeois media is full of the importance and indeed good sense of having a frugal Christmas where over indulgence is frowned upon. For many frugality is a reality not a choice but those who have enough money to choose are determined to make sure everyone joins in.
The Times (23rd December) reports that Nigella Lawson now frowns upon on having a starter at Christmas dinner. She claims that it leads to over indulgence and feeling bloated although she has previously published Christmas starter recipes
Meanwhile the right-wing Spectator magazine has a piece that argues that the over indulgence of the Roman ruling class (not their slaves obviously) led to health issues and that a balanced meal was promoted by more forward looking Romans.
Britain remains a nominally Christian country with an Established Church so it might be thought that mention would be made of the point that Christmas Day was one of feasting because it marked the end of the dietary restrictions of Advent. The rich certainly feasted on 25th December and the poor no doubt did what they could
For many this Christmas it would be nice to have enough money to make the choice between frugality and feasting
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