As we prepare for Christmas, and 2020 draws to a close, there is a lot to contemplate. The arrival of a third wave of Covid is weighing heavily on our minds. 
But Jonathan Healy has been looking at how this terrible year has played to our strengths, rather than our weaknesses.

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