Introduction

A Christmas message from how to fail. If you happen to be happy right now, I'm thrilled for you and hope you rejoice in the feeling. But if you don't feel happy, that's absolutely fine. Every feeling teaches us something about what it is to be human. As for the Christmas part of Happy Christmas, well, I've long believed it's a bit overrated. It's exhausting living up to the myth of other people's projected perfection of what Christmas should be at the best of times. This year, it's impossible.