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I know that as soon as the last present has been unwrapped and the last carol has been sung, many thoughts turn to New Year’s resolutions.
When I worked in a bookstore, back in the pre-Amazon stone age, the day after Christmas we boxed up the remaining stacks of cookbooks we had been selling as prospective gifts, replacing them with stacks of diet books. Back then, it was the Scarsdale Diet, followed by the Pritikin Diet and the South Beach Diet and the Atkins diet — all making the rounds come New Year’s.
Diabetes drugs have probably rendered this particular post-Xmas self-improvement impulse null and void, but it left a lasting impression on me. As Americans, we are like Puritans on a binge: First, celebrating with excess, then committing ourselves to an excess of self-reform.
Gyms fill up after Jan. 1. Neighborhood sidewalks suddenly see an abundance of walkers. We who had committed ourselves to a frothy orgy of spiked eggnog, now commit ourselves to a Dry January.
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When I worked in a bookstore, back in the pre-Amazon stone age, the day after Christmas we boxed up the remaining stacks of cookbooks we had been selling as prospective gifts, replacing them with stacks of diet books. Back then, it was the Scarsdale Diet, followed by the Pritikin Diet and the South Beach Diet and the Atkins diet — all making the rounds come New Year’s.
Diabetes drugs have probably rendered this particular post-Xmas self-improvement impulse null and void, but it left a lasting impression on me. As Americans, we are like Puritans on a binge: First, celebrating with excess, then committing ourselves to an excess of self-reform.
Gyms fill up after Jan. 1. Neighborhood sidewalks suddenly see an abundance of walkers. We who had committed ourselves to a frothy orgy of spiked eggnog, now commit ourselves to a Dry January.
Commit to the 12 Days of Christmas
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Twist! A Christmas resolution for this New Year's
If we have one New Year’s Resolution to make this year, let’s commit ourselves to celebrating what Christmas really means for just a bit longer.
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