The Australian Women's Weekly

Open mic Geraldine Doogue

Have you noticed the month of December has become social central for millions of us, far beyond Christmas-time itself? It’s not my imagination, surely. The pace of engagement and human interaction in the communities I know seems to pick up exponentially throughout the month more than in previous times. So let us rejoice and be glad, I say!

Wherever I go, the venues are heaving. Laughter proliferates. Exuberance is more palpable, more reliably expressed, than at other times of the year.

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