DR MAX PEMBERTON: Now, more than ever, we must keep our Christmas rituals By Dr Max Pemberton For The Daily Mail 22:07 20 Dec 2020, updated 02:13 21 Dec 2020
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Dr Max Pemberton says traditions root us historically and give us meaning
Explains festive rituals are important for cheering us up and avoiding depression
A few days before Christmas when I was 16, I had some earth-shattering news. I was studying A-level RE and it was the last lesson of Biblical Scripture before school broke up for the holidays.
The teacher, Sister Mary Stephen, had decided it would be apposite to reflect on the Christmas story in the Bible the so-called ‘birth narratives’.