Abstract
This year the Christmas decorations were in the shops before Halloween was over. It seems to get earlier every year, but I still feel a mixture of childlike anticipation in addition to the stress of getting it all done around this time of year. The‘work/life balance’ is difficult enough to manage at any time, but at Christmas the tensions get higher, there is simply too much to do. At The Royal Free we have started working on our Christmas rotas and tried to figure out how to fill stockings for the babies and decorate wards with the amount of money we have. At the same time I am thinking about life at home. As the holiday season approaches I feel I will never get it all done. Yet, when we get to Christmas Eve the enchantment takes over and there is the hope I always feel from the Christmas story. Despite all the difficulties of the world, for me, the story contains such promise and hope for the future.
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