It's funny but on one of our early Christmases, so me being desperate to make it spectacular, DOH bought a turkey from the Christmas turkey auction .... anyone who lived in the country especially Norfolk, would remember those.... It had been plucked (and I think drawn) but still with head etc. DOH hung it in the garage for about 5 days (too long ago for me to actually recall) but it was one of those mild Christmases and when he brought it in for me to prepare for the oven on Christmas Eve it stank.
I kid you not, I actually spent a sleepless night worrying about the darned thing...... said nothing to anyone else of course. Cooked it, still worrying, only for everyone to say it was without doubt the most tasty, succulent bird they had eaten for years! I confessed DOH later,and we often recalled it whenever faced with other Christmas dinner hiccups... like the time I didn't realise our new oven was to small for the flippin' thing. Had to cook it with the a chair against the oven door in an attempt to keep it closed