What does a “normal family Christmas” look like to you? Digital writer hollierichtweet explains why it’s so important to remember that, actually, there’s no such thing.
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Don’t get me wrong, I’ve always enjoyed a wonderful Christmas, thanks to a great mum who still insists that Santa is real . But there were things I thought I missed about those first few festivities – even if my only memories of them were taken from an old showreel., books, music videos and TV specials.
And that’s how I used to feel, especially as a teenager. We couldn’t have been a normal family because we were a dad down. The fact that we replaced family get-togethers with barricading ourselves in with Quality Street, Baileys and Harry Potter marathons must have meant we were a bit weird and reclusive.
“I’d be lying if I said I don’t still often feel a pang of jealousy when friends talk about their big family traditions that are straight out of a Hallmark film or Charles Dickens novel.”I sit back and watch all the soaps, still wearing my Christmas cracker hat and annoying everyone with questions like: “Has Max Branning always been strangely hot?”.
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