DRY January is an abomination. It’s a Puritan hangover deriving from the belief that all enjoyment should be punished. Bah! Humbug! Agromenes is firmly orthodox: great festivals should be fully celebrated and the 40 days of Christmas and 50 of Easter observed. Self denial comes earlier, in Advent and Lent—abstinence is a preparation for enjoyment and not a punishment.
Praise-God Barebone and). Yet, if the fortunate make themselves miserable, it doesn’t help the dis-possessed and the unfortunate. Open-handed generosity, yes. Self-induced misery, no.
