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Seven of My Christmas Traditions 

3/12/2013

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This post is about Christmas traditions I’ve grown up with. I've noticed most people think their traditions are the norm, and it's only when you discuss them with other people you realise how peculiar your tradiions are.


  1. My family never had turkey, because Dad didn’t like it, and we normally only had the four of us for Christmas in Hampshire, so a chicken was enough. Before Christmas, we used to visit friends and family back in Essex, where Mum & Dad grew up, and then have just us for the day itself.
  2. Not playing games. Because there were only four of us, we rarely played games. What we did was sink into the sofa and watch our favourite Christmas TV, having carefully circled the TV magazine for things to watch. Most years my brother and I recieved blank video tapes to record our favourite Christmas TV moments over the holiday. Sometimes there were battles over clashing programmes! 
  3. Cold cuts with chips on Boxing Day. Left over chicken, ham, beef, cold sausages, all served with crisp, beer battered chips on Boxing Day, covered in lashings of mayonnaise and pickles. Sometimes I think this is a better meal than the main event the day before.
  4. Yorkshire puddings no matter which meat. Officially you’re only supposed to have Yorkshire puddings with beef, but with every roast dinner, and with every Christmas meal, we serve at least twelve little muffin sized Yorkshire puddings to soak up the gravy.They're also pretty delicious the next day, heated up with golden syrup drizzled on them. For those who are making a face, it's the same as pancke mixture, and don't knock it until you've tried it ;-)
  5. Brandy snaps and custard. I hate Christmas pudding, I hate Christmas cake, I also not too keen on mince pies. It’s something about raisins and currants in them all. My Christmas pudding is always a bowl of custard with brandy snaps.
  6. A seaside walk on Boxing Day. Mum lives near the south coast of England, and every year we would have a walk along the seafront at Bournemouth on Boxing Day. It was perfect to blow out the cobwebs from spending the whole of the previous day sitting and eating.
  7. The BF and I have started a rota of Christmas films we work through during December: The Family Stone; The Holiday; all Harry Potter films too. It gets me in the mood every year to revisit these films each year.

If you want to find out about Cathy, Tony, David and Christian’s Christmas traditions, you can snuggle up with a cup of tea/coffee/eggnog/whatever and enjoy this novella. I hope it’ll get you in the festive mood. Christmas Serendipity is published on Sunday 8 December by JMS books.

What Christmas traditions to you have?

What do you think of mine? Do they shock and horrify you, or would you like to adopt some for your own?

I'd love to hear from you all.


Until next time,

Liam Livings xx

4 Comments
Charlie Cochrane
11/12/2014 05:25:56 pm

1. Would love to do this but Cathy and Sally would never allow it.
2. Sacrilege! The wompers play games after the starter and before main course then we have the family quiz while the pudding cooks. Sal and I try to nobble each other.
3. Oh yes. Cold cut turkey and crisp sandwiches are the best.
4. Yorkshire puddings always had here on Christmas Eve, with ham.
5. Sacrilege again. No pud? Not even with Bailey's on it?
6. We must have passed each other at some point because that's our Boxing Day haunt.
7. Arthur Christmas and Battle of the Bulge are de rigeur for us.

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Liam Livings
19/12/2014 02:53:55 am

1) I realise many people are very attached to turkey for Christmas, me, not so much. So if Cathy and Sally insist, you gotta do what you gotta do.
2) I know this is very 'not Christmas' to many, but at home, it really is Christmas. Working out who's watching what, who's 'taping' what etc.
3) *nods*
4) non-negotiable.
5) family has Christmas pud, but me, I stick to my custard and brandy snaps.
6) a good boxing day haunt I feel. Blows the cobwebs out.
7) there's no accounting for taste (including mine) re festive films!
Liam :-)

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Elin
11/12/2015 12:41:37 am

1. We don't much like Turkey either but it goes farther than goose.
2. No games. When I was small there were only three of us and we'd all sooner do something else, like read. In other half's family games were enforced and viciously competitive with losers ruthlessly mocked. It was HORRIBLE so it's not something I've allowed.
3. Boxing Day food is so much better than Xmas Day food.

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Liam Livings
11/12/2015 03:00:47 am

Goose is nicer than turkey, but there's not much meet on a goose is there?
Another one who's not into games - yay!
Cold cuts on boxing day with chips - delish.
xx

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