How family gatherings unlock forgotten childhood memories that help us understand who we really are
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If you’re driving home for Christmas (insert Chris Rea earworm here)—and by that I mean the old family home—you’re likely to be experiencing a familiar mix of excited anticipation and faint dread of being trapped in close quarters with relatives. There’s nothing like Christmas for mental time travel triggered by family traditions and well-worn arguments.