I was never really much of a party-person, not even as a child, but there were some things I enjoyed about family Xmas parties, mainly the food! I admit I used to love eating mince pies and Xmas cake.
I remember it was fun dressing the Xmas tree too. My family had a real one for many years. We always had fairy lights and baubles to hang on it and plenty of coloured and silver tinsel. Best of all though were the chocolate animals and Father Christmas figures wrapped in silver foil and hung on the Christmas tree branches. They were something to look forward to like Christmas gifts!
We used to have a Xmas dinner party of sorts too and would all pull Christmas crackers and put on the colourful paper Xmas party hats they contained. I remember the daft little jokes on slips of paper and the novelties and gifts such as a small fake silver elephant charm or maybe a balloon.
Pulling Xmas crackers were part of the celebrations at Christmas dinner with my family. We would do this after eating the roast turkey or chicken dinner with roast potatoes, stuffing and parsnips.
After the main course and the crackers my mother would serve the Xmas pudding with white cornflour to pour all over it and a dash of brandy. This was an especially enjoyable moment for me and I often had second helpings.
I used to go to many Xmas parties as a teenager and into my twenties but as I got older they became more an excuse for drinking too much. Of course, I always used to hope that a Christmas kiss under the mistletoe would be the beginning of a relationship but it never did.
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