![]() ![]() ![]() Even if there’s a run on geese, what’s wrong with a nice bit of beef? Sushi on Boxing Day might be a welcome palate cleanser. The supermarkets cut their prices on the 23rd. All those dire warnings of shortages come round every year it never happens. Meanwhile, the dashers are feeling mellow. On the big day everything, but everything, will be made from scratch. The autumn quince glut has been weaponised: boiled up and poured out into a row of Kilner jars which are now sitting on the sideboard like grenades, shock troops in the artisanal gifting campaigns to come. Spreadsheets have been created the bird’s on order. And, subtly but unmistakably, the nation is starting to divide. As the peppery smell of reworks dies back into the crisp November air, it’s official: Christmas is coming. Are you a planner or a dasher? Either way, there’s no mistaking the festive bonanza barrelling down the track towards us, as of today a mere 44 sleeps away.
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