The Field

Christmas cheer in a bottle

’VE spoken in these pages before about CADDAD – Christmas Affected Doom, Depression And Despondency – and my struggles with this wretched, little-understood condition. Having done some research, I conclude that at least 10% of the population is similarly afflicted and that it is hereditary. My father had it badly and, at 19 and 21, my two sons are showing the unmistakable signs of succumbing, too, the poor lambs. There should be

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