I was honestly surprised to see my second daughter grumbling,

'I don't have a boyfriend to spend Christmas with.'

I had selfishly assumed that such a paradigm had long since "ended."

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About 20 years ago, I released several columns about Christmas.

The following column discusses the significance of spending time with the opposite sex at Christmas.

The following column is a review comment from a firm's senior member regarding the above column.

In addition, two years after this, I also released a diary criticizing the "instrumentalization of Christmas."

In any case, it was undeniable that I was highly interested in Christmas.

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Now, 30 years later, I cannot hide my amazement that the paradigm has not changed.

I am deeply aware that the lament (or curse) that "there is no one of the boyfriends or girlfriends to spend Christmas with" will probably be passed on for the next 100 years or more.