Family codes and ritualsFreddy Woo writes, "as a child we used to have a 'whoever cuts doesn't choose the slice' rule with cake. It worked brilliantly, but it's left me completely anal about dividing up food - my wife just takes the piss as I ritually compare all the slice sizes."
What codes and rituals does your family have?
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chthonic, Thu 20 Nov 2008, 18:05)
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'I said some words to the close and holy darkness, and then I slept.'Every Christmas Eve since I can remember, my mother and I have listened to Dylan Thomas reading A Child's Christmas in Wales. We get a nice fire going in the fireplace, plug in the lights on the Christmas tree, turn off all the other lights in the house, sit down with a cup of something warm to drink and then I press 'play' and we listen.
I'm 31 now and can recite the piece from memory. The spouse and I carry on the tradition at our house as well (I insisted) and on those Christmas Eves when my mother and I aren't together, we always call each other before listening so we can share the moment in a way. It isn't Christmas without it to me.
(, Thu 20 Nov 2008, 21:36, 2 replies)
That's proper christmas eve....very appropriate poem and a heartwarming tale .. Kinda makes me wish I don't just fuck off down the pub on xmas eve and meet old school mates who I don't have anything in common with anymore.
(, Thu 20 Nov 2008, 21:42, closed)
Aww.I think that's really very sweet, a lil bit o' Xmas tradition with mum.
(, Thu 20 Nov 2008, 23:39, closed)
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