Christmas in my family always
starts with buying a great fir tree and miserably failing at decorating it in
any shape or form that might approach a coordinated theme. It’s a free-for-all
with all our favourite baubles finding their way on the branches. On Christmas
Eve my family huddles together in our kitchen to cook steak and fries - my
sister and mother doing most of the cooking while the rest of us are
occasionally commissioned to hold a plate. During dinner we somehow always
manage to listen to a list of solemn Christmas songs which inevitably makes us
change the CD about halfway through. This year we actually lasted until the
end! Next stage at our family extravaganza is lighting the candles and
sparklers on the tree, talking about the year and wishing each other Merry
Christmas.
Basking in the atmosphere of
Christmas usually triggers a silly debate in my family. This year: Which animal
would be most suited to delivering the presents from under the tree to us?
Prominent nominees were a parrot, a donkey and a turtle. Don’t ask me how that
last one turned up…I have no clue and in the end, my sisters and I once again
got the glamorous job! In short succession, the presents were opened and my
family staged a Christmas Wii dance-a-thon…one of the presents which had
innocently bated its time under the tree. The day ended with our traditional
after Christmas movie night. This year "The Holiday" beat out "Love…Actually".
Nancy Meyer’s dialogues as well as the characters and score are just a perfect
combination for sophisticated hilarity.
I love the holidays and I hope
you have a great time.
Merry Christmas, everyone!
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