It's been an awkward year, moving from last year where COVID-19 hit the nation and then suddenly we were in the Christmas period. Some of us travel overseas during the Christmas period, but, alas, this did not happen on this occasion and those of us who are Ministers of a Government—or privileged to be Ministers of a Government—found ourselves not quite sure whether to fully embrace the spirit of Christmas and the parties that go with it, mindful that we were still in the middle of a global pandemic. 