What is your favourite thing about the lead up to Christmas?
Putting up the Christmas tree obviously. We are putting it up this weekend, I blew off plans of a post exam piss up to put it up with my family and now I have someone special to do it with. I am also making cookies so we can eat them afterwards and then we will probably watch Elf or something to get us in the chrissy mood.
The day before Christmas Eve, I see my Dad and his girlfriend for a seafood platter and he has some great houses around his area with all the lights. And then we watch some old English Christmas TV specials.
Also on Christmas eve, we have turkey loaf, not real turkey, turkey loaf because it's soooo much better IMO. After dinner we always watch National Lampoons Christmas Vacation, my fave Christmas movie ever.
Once in a blue moon we go to midnight mass.
What does your family do?
In the morning, I wake up, open presents. We have a big ass full English breakfast. I play with the little kiddies next door who are using their new toys... they are getting a new trampoline this year and guess who is using it?
For lunch, I go to see my Dad's family, go for a swim in the pool, get more presents (see my dad's family doesn't believe in love all that much but they give great presents), eat chicken and turkey (no matter how hot it is, my step nan will make an English roast) and I play with my little cousins (the only people in my Dad's family I like because they are young and innocent and immune to their synicism).
For dinner, we go to one of my Italian relatives house, this year we are at my uncle's place in Forestville, we open presents after our seafood feast, go for a swim, I play with my cousins, we play Scopa or Briscola and drink my uncle's wine.
Do you celebrate it at all?
Christmas is the best time of the year, I wish it snowed here though. My friends going to London for Chrissy and I am sooooooo jealous.