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Christmas is our oldest version of forced fun – so, rather than beating yourself up for not being perfect at the game, lower your standards and accept that happiness is not necessarily guaranteed during the holiday season

Macaulay Culkin ponders yet another Christmas with the family

There’s a Twitter hashtag doing the rounds. It’s called #TweetYourUnpopularOpinion, and people on the social media platform have been using the hashtag as an opportunity to express feelings that they are already aware very few people share.

“I don’t think Ryan Gosling is attractive,” opined one user. “I hate La La Land,” chimed in another, of the Oscar-winning musical. Suggestions large and small poured in from tweeters. The targets were largely obvious: Mrs ...