Emily Vernem

I don't know.

So hers is a lot about that.

Don't overindulge.

But yours could be about anything.

Here are a couple of examples of the things that were in Maggie's newsletter.

Dear Idiot, it starts, the shops are shut for two days.

It is not a siege situation.

In fact, some shops are open on Christmas Day.

You are not going to run out of milk.

So obviously the point is like, don't go crazy at the shops.

Don't do what you did last year and buy enough cheese for Buckingham Palace State Banquet.

Exercise restraint.

Don't feel guilty if you want to spend all of December the 27th in bed reading your Christmas book.

It's the weirdest day of the year and it's a matter of getting through it.

Don't forget the ingredients for the mandatory coleslaw for December 27th dinner and hopefully the ham won't be so dry this year if you're using this recipe and you put the recipe in.

So you get the picture.

She's like reminding her festive self of all the things you do at Christmas that make Christmas hard.

I thought, what a genius idea.

Because every year we all zombie walk into this time of year just like, and really stressed out.

So I was thinking about what would be on my list and then I thought we could open it out to other occasions throughout the year that it might be good to send yourself an email for.