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The Retirement Newsletter: Getting ready for Christmas
Welcome
Welcome to issue -7.5 — Getting the Christmas chores done and thinking about Christmas traditions.
This is my second Christmas edition — the other two being Issue Number: -110 — Preparations for the holiday season and Issue Number: -57 — It can’t be Christmas?
In issue -110, I gave some tips that covered health (food poisoning and colds), money and travel, and I wrote about one of my Christmas traditions, queuing at the butchers for the Christmas meat order.
In issue -57, I was busy reflecting on how my Christmases will change once I retire, the dangers of hot-water bottles, and why you should check the age of your bottle. (See Issue -58: Would it be possible to turn being a couch potato into a side-hustle? for how to check your hot water bottle.)
This year, it is Christmas Past, Christmas Now, and Christmas Future.
Christmas
Christmas, like everything, changes as you age. Things change as life changes.
Christmas Past
As a kid, Christmas started in October, when I would visit one of my grandparents to help stir the Christmas…
