Christmas isn't always shit because turkey is a great building tool

WAHEY! Christmas was actually good this year. Arguably the best one yet.
I think this year was a testament to how much I've grown up (or had to grow up, depending on your outlook) in the past year. Responsibility and bad surprises are a great tool for making someone act their age, in my opinion.
Obviously, it was nice getting presents, everyone likes that, but for the first time in my life, I actually enjoyed giving gifts far more than recieving them.Yeah, I really loved the new speakers, Costa syrup kit, new Converse, bath kit and band shirts, but giving my brother his Sonic poster and crayons or giving my Mum her Frankie Boyle book was much nicer. It's the very first year I've actually bought things for everyone, but I really liked it, so I'll probably be doing it again.
Oddly, I actually got less presents than last year, but it felt more meaningful as a lot of the presents were more personalised and thought about, like, the syrup kit is much more personal and has more of an "aww thanks" factor than an Xbox or something like that.
Other than the gifts, it's been really good, as my sister and her boyfriend came to our house for Christmas Eve, which is always fun. It was especially nice this year as they didn't have to rush off like they do most years. They live in Kent, so it's a good 2 and a half hour drive to ours, which then ties in with other visits to other parents and friends. They usually come to us first, and then have to rush to the other side of the city and then to the coast to visit some other people, but we were second to last this year, which meant they could have a really nice chat over some ham and ginger sandwiches (our Xmas Eve tradition) without having to worry about the time.
We also had some other family over for Christmas dinner which made a change as it is usually just the 5 of us. It gave a really nice atmosphere as we didn't have to descend to bickering amongst each other as we usually do. The Christmas dinner itself was really good too, as it was the first time we made it all ourself, as my grandparents would usually do the turkey and the gravy as we never had a big enough oven, but we did this year and we all helped AS ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY HERPDERP.
We had no major blow ups either, last year it was my brother calling us all cunts for not letting him do something, and the years before it was probably Dad being a prick because of alcohol. Anyway, it's been nice.
And of course, we now have sevel billion tonnes of turkey left. Let the turkey curry commence. I'm actually really looking forward to it. I may make a house out of it, I mean, they've made a country out of it.
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I'm so sorry you had to read that.
Anyway, I'd love to know how you people's Christmases were, hopefully peaceful and not too crazy.
Right, time to plan out Bank Holiday Monday's Sale Attack.