I’m feeling very festive today- also a bit nostalgic.
Anyone who reads this blog will know that I am one of six siblings as I seem to mention this a lot lol (I love being part of a big family!). Our family Christmas has always been great fun. Christmas morning we all had a stocking to open and would generally open these whilst Mum & Dad had coffee by the bucketful (after they were up very late helping Santa with all his wrapping!). After this we got into position, Mum under the tree ready to pass out the gifts one by one, Dad by the door with a roll of bin bags for wrapping ( we literally all just throw wrapping in his general direction lol!) and the rest of us sat waiting patiently (hahaha!) around the room. Lots of laughter and the click and flash from the camera, with Mum’s Christmas tape in the background. Nothing like it!
Nowadays, we’ve ditched some of this for a more modern Christmas.
Work etc permitting we still all go to Mum & Dads, Mum unhooks herself from the IV Kenco coffee and takes place under the tree, Dad still gets paper thrown at him, we all sit around patiently, as do our partners/spouses and children, the Xmas music still plays in the background (only it’s a CD now!) and you don’t hear so much clicking as we all take 101 pictures on our mobile phones and digital cameras to upload and share on Facebook and the like.
Hmm not much has changed over the years has it and you know what? Not one of us would have it any other way!
What do you do for Christmas? Is it very different to your childhood memories?
