He might wonder whether it has been wise to rush to introduce or talk about policies which some have interpreted as callous, silly, petty, anti-Māori, or all four, much of it to appease his coalition partners.
It is the season in which three wise men are traditionally revered but the regard for the wisdom of the threesome leading this government may be patchy at best.
Instead of ending the year on a high with the feel-good factor from a visit to Australia, Mr Luxon has spent some of the week attempting to untie knots of his own making — inconsistencies in his public statements.
The most easily avoidable of these involved the issue of te reo Māori education.
His finance minister Nicola Willis made a big deal about some public servants being paid bonuses for fluency in te reo, even though she realised there would be nothing she could do about existing employment contracts.
It is not clear how much money stopping any future bonuses, unless te reo was essential for the job, might save the taxpayer.
Rushing to join the fray, rather than treading water angelically from the sideline, Mr Luxon naively weighed in with "in the real world outside of Wellington and outside the bubble of MPs, people who want to learn te reo or want to learn any other education actually pay for it themselves".
We applaud him trying to increase his knowledge of the language, but he is dreaming if he thinks taxpayers will grasp his nuanced line that payment for this is much different from unelected public servants getting a te reo bonus.
The silliness of the protocol decreed in the New Zealand First coalition agreement putting English names of government agencies first was highlighted this week. Both the Prime Minister and Housing Minister Chris Bishop had not got the memo, only referring to Kainga Ora.
How many people knew that Kainga Ora stood for Homes and Communities? Mr Bishop showed reluctance to use the English name when reporters questioned him about it.
It is hard to see what these sideshows have to do with the cost-of-living crisis which National assured us it was charging in to sort out.
Add these events to the much-criticised planned rollback of the bold anti-smoking legislation, the scrapping of the fledgling Te Aka Whai Ora / Māori Health Authority, the announcement of a review into the longstanding schemes to increase Māori and Pacific medical students at both of our medical schools (programmes which Act New Zealand leader David Seymour regards as racial discrimination) and the proposed Treaty Principles Bill, and it is understandable many Māori are alarmed and disheartened.
Mr Luxon needs to explain how these things align with his vow to deliver better outcomes for everybody, Māori and non-Māori.
He may yet be surprised at the depth of feeling against moves seen as dog-whistling and Māori bashing, particularly among young people.
Is he going to be a unifying or a divisive force? The choice is his.
And another thing ...
Move over, Hugh Grant. You have some competition from an unlikely place, the Gore District Council.
Mayor Ben Bell and some twinkle-toed councillors joined Santa Claus for their own video version of the dance performed by Hugh Grant to Jump (For My Love) by the Pointer Sisters in the 2003 Christmas classic film Love, Actually.
In this case, viewers were asked "Don’t you just love Gore, actually?" It was a fun note to end a tumultuous year for the council which will be hoping for a lower profile in 2024.
