Christmas for me lasts a few days.
Christmas day: This is spent with my mum, little brother, little sister, Nonna (nan in Italian) and mum's boyfriend. As my little brother and sister are very young, 7 and 9, they still believe in Santa. So when they wake up, ridiculously early, they begin to open their gifts. Once I wake up we open the gift for the family from Santa. This year we got 'Monopoly Revolution' This caused arguments later when we got around to playing it. After we opened the presents, the television went straight on. Around 3 we ate. We had lamb, Capon (A large Chicken), potatoes, carrots, peas, green beans and stuffing. May not sound a lot but we had a lot on the plate. After dinner, we watched TV. Doctor who, east enders and the usual Christmas films that come on television. Then began the fights over Monopoly.
Boxing day: This is spent with my Dad at my cousin's house, but first my Dad, his partner, my little brother and little sister came over. We did the whole gift exchange and my siblings all played with each other. After we drove to my Granddad's house to collect him then off to my cousin's. There we spent the day with my two cousin's, Bradley and Brooke, my auntie and uncle, Karen and Scott, my granddad, my dad, little brother, Jack, little sister, Jessica-Jane or Jessie, and my extended family. I call them family even though there is no blood relation. I will try and explain the connections. My uncle's cousins, Georgia and Toni, Toni's fiance, James, uncle's auntie and her husband, Kim and Tony, uncle's parents, Mary and Robbie, uncle's grandmother (I think) Mary. They have always treated me like family as my and Bradley, my cousin, are basically same age. He is only 12 days older. After dinner and the day spent watching Sky sports news and then Spurs winning, to the delight of James and disappointment to everyone else. Then we went to Barbera's house. She is the sister of Mary, who is my uncle's mum. The rest of the people at the party are 'Family' but there is no way in hell I could explain the connection. The whole night is spent with the adults drinking, the kids on the karaoke then the adults begin to get drunk and push the kids off of it. So naturally, I had a go at the karaoke a few times (for 2 hours). After my uncle dropped me off back to my mum's and I went to bed. I spent the next few hours on BBM to Catarina (as she finally got it working) and Mollie (who was still at the party with aching feet)
I am not a big Christmas person. I don't like the gifts or the excess food we have to eat but I do enjoy the family aspect. Without them, I would be nothing.
