And families now, families who have been separated throughout the year, assemble once more together. Now under these conditions, my friend, you must admit that there will occur a great amount of strain. People who do not feel amiable are putting great pressure on themselves to appear amiable! There is at Christmastime a great deal of hypocrisy, honorable hypocrisy, hypocrisy undertaken pour LE on motif, c'est extend, but nevertheless hypocrisy.

Hercule Poirot's Christmas