Miss my youngest son at Christmas as we always did the veg together on Christmas Eve but they're in NZ now so it's all topsy turvy when they have Christmas day 12 hours before us. The tradition was that my husband took our sons into town for the shopping and I'd put the sweets and nuts out while they were gone. Also miss my dad carving the turkey and mum fussing round in the kitchen - they always came to us for Christmas dinner and 'helped'. Boxing day was always a party at either my house or sister in laws with the whole family. Sadly all gone now so it's a much quieter affair but I still love the build up to it and getting the house decorated - the more lights the better . This year we're having a new kitchen fitted at the beginning of Dec so I feel sure we'll be in a mess up to the last minute. My eldest son and family are travelling up with their dog for Christmas day so that will be fun though I'm not sure my cats will agree! I'm from up north originally and New Year's Eve was always a huge event for my mum and dad with first footing, the cake cutting, Jimmy Shand or Andy Stewart on the tv and lots of visitors when I was a child. I've always hated it since I grew up though and find it the most depressing night of the year - it all seems so false and I hate all the kissing and forced hilarity so we're usually in bed before midnight!
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