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25th December 2016
11:00am GMT
“Do we have enough biscuits?”
There may be more tins of USA in the sitting room than in your local branch of Tesco but this doesn’t stop a mad panic over the fact that all the nice ones might be gone by the time the relations drop in…
“What time is dinner going to be ready?”
Getting up at the crack of dawn will leave you with quite the hunger by 1pm but like all things of greatness, that Christmas feast takes time. A half an hour later, this usually turns into an appeal of ‘Stay away from that selection box, you’ll ruin your dinner!’ from the chef.
“Will one of ye get up and make the stuffing?”
It’s practically impossible to get motivated to help when the lure of the couch and Charlie And The Chocolate Factory is so strong.
“Sure we’ll get out the Monopoly.”
Once dinner is done, the boredom starts to set in and a board game is your only man. It is also guaranteed to kick off World War III when someone starts cheating.
“Who left the wrappers back in the Roses tin?”
Unforgivable. And there’s always one!
“Would you two stop fighting?”
Something about spending Christmas at home seems to send us back to childhood and squabbling with our siblings over who owns which selection box. Even Kofi Annan couldn’t solve that one peacefully.
“Don’t forget to switch over for Eastenders!”
You may not watch an episode the rest of the year but the soap Christmas special is the cornerstone of a lazy Christmas Day.
“Who’s for a turkey sandwich?”
We predict that you’ll be hearing this one A LOT. And the only acceptable answer is ‘yes please!’Explore more on these topics: