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Hi everyone! I hope you had a nice weekend.
It is day 5 of our 12 days of Christmas celebration!
As we mentioned earlier, one random lucky participant in each of these 12 topics will receive a £15 Amazon voucher. We'll announce the winners in the Christmas Day topic so you have lots of time to take part in each of the topics until then!
Today's question is below, and you can find yesterday's one here if you haven't taken part yet.
Looking forward to your replies!
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Do you always catch the Queens speech? Or have that special Christmas jumper that has to be worn on Christmas day? What is your favourite Christmas tradition?
on 18-12-2017 16:25
It has to be a family meal with everyone talking and catching up.
on 18-12-2017 16:30
on 18-12-2017 16:30
on 18-12-2017 16:40
on 18-12-2017 16:40
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Harking back to my forces days..
fried egg sandwiches.. that’s we all used to eat on guard duty..quick and simple to make, easy to eat on the go..
and that’s all I eat these days!
on 18-12-2017 17:04
on 18-12-2017 17:04
on 18-12-2017 17:08
on 18-12-2017 17:08
Nothing wrong with fried egg sandwiches hot or cold as long as they're smothered with HP brown sauce.... could just go a couple right now 😀👍
on 18-12-2017 17:15
on 18-12-2017 17:15
When I was little my favourite part, on the 24th which is the day when presents are opened in Finland, was when I left a little plate of shrimp under the tree. I wrapped it up like I did the other presents. My cat Ninni would sniff it out immediately and start shredding the wrapping to get to the shrimp. Once she was done with it, and the resulting mess cleaned up, then the rest of the family could start with their presents.
on 18-12-2017 17:40
on 18-12-2017 17:40
Interesting @Marjo because I spent one Christmas with my son and his girlfriend's family in a little village that was once part of olé East Germany. The tradition there was to open Christmas presents on Christmas Eve which was very alien to me and that was preceded by everyone in the village attending the small church. The service was quite long and it was freezing as there was no heating.
Christmas Day consisted of a massive family meal in the morning with no traditional turkey and then the rest of the day was spent relaxing. Nothing was open and no beer allowed. God that was a long afternoon spent touring the village. It was honestly a total of 9 homes, a church, a shop and a large village green which the houses and church sorrounded.
In the evening everyone in the village gathered at the house at various times and played games with unwanted and useless gifts as prizes.
I remember it well. It was my first Christmas alone and my son bought me airtickets to his home in Berlin to make sure I wasn't on my own. So both my best Christmas gifts involved my youngest son.
on 18-12-2017 17:43
on 18-12-2017 17:43
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