Guardian Fashion • Jan. 6, 2026, 11:44 a.m.

<p>No Santas, no reindeer and zero tolerance of gingerbread men – go for a sweater that is cosy and special but not overtly Christmassy</p><p>Don’t know about you, but I find that Christmas is a bit like drinking martinis. It&nbsp;is&nbsp;really fun, and then it is a bit too much&nbsp;fun, and by the time I realise I’ve&nbsp;stepped over that line, whoops, it’s too late.

I’ve overdone it, and all I&nbsp;want to do is lie down in a dark room.</p><p>Christmas is an intense and immersive experience. It is not just&nbsp;the&nbsp;alcohol, not just the food, although there have definitely been way too much of both of those things round my way.

It is the whole sensory world. The new perfume your auntie got for Christmas going head-to-head with the cinnamon-scented tea lights.

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