Christmas brings out the tradition in all of us.
Whether you do everything including the plum pudding or you sit alone watching tv with a bag of crisps, you have your own likes , rhythms and routines that centre about the holiday and which is so often rooted in childhood.
The Prof enjoys one of our traditions and it is a simple one which is becoming rarer given the cost of the humble postage stamp nowadays .
Every year I loop string around the living room and one by one, Christmas cards when they arrive, are hung in a rectangle underneath the smoky coloured white painted beams .
It pleases us both when all the spaces are eventually filled .
A simple tradition.
1970s Prawn Cocktail as a Christmas lunch starter, always brings back affectionate memories of my mother's labour intensive Christmas cooking where she would leave them standing on the meticulously prepared table settings for hours and hours.
How we all didn't die of severe food poisoning bugger alone knew.
So what is your simple tradition? I'd be interested to know?
Today is my only day to prepare for the day....I am working night shift tomorrow night and on Christmas Eve....so when I am ironing the lunch napkins, I will enjoy your stories
Over to you
