Surviving Christmas: your evidence-based guide

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  The Economist.

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  What are you most looking forward to indulging in this Christmas time?

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  We asked some colleagues here at The Economist.

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  My children are still young enough that watching them open presents is a spectacular joy.

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  So, you know, when I wake up, I'm really looking forward to that.

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  It's going to make me sound really scrooge-ish,

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  but because I prepare a lot of the food that we eat at this time of year,

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  I don't look forward to anything quite the same way.

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  I don't think I'm a very indulgent guy.

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  Most of what I'm looking forward to is being with people I love and reading things that I will enjoy and watching things that do me good.

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  And I don't think any of that's indulgent.

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  That's just what life should be like, right?

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  But really,

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  once people started relaxing into the festive spirit a bit more and took off their very serious Economisty hats,

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  some pretty obvious themes emerged.

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  I'm looking forward to duck.

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  Maybe some very good Pinot Gris to go with it.

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  At this time of the year, my favourite cocktail is a boulevardier,

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  which is a kind of winter negroni introduced to me by Jason Palmer of the Intelligence fame,

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  and I will drink one of those.

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