<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=390218" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>A Family Christmas</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Sitting in front of the fire, Auntie Flo's reciting a story, <br>it's one about her first Christmas as a newly wed, <br>the same one she broadcasts every year, <br>but no one is listening.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Uncle Fred, 'out to the world' snores rhythmically<br>on the sofa.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Mother exhausted, having cooked the lunch, <br>without help, as usual, <br>stifles a yawn.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Dad, brow furrowed, is trying to piece together<br>Eddy's lego set, <br>whilst Eddy glowers, <br>after all, it was 'his' present.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Joe, playing with a set of 'disco lights'<br>is sending flashes of colour across the room, <br>straight into Grandpa's eyes, <br>making him feel even more bilious<br>after having consumed too many chocolates.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Grandma's knitting.<br>Grandma always knits on Christmas Day, <br>and every other day, come to that, <br>probably yet another scarf for what she believes is<br>still the war effort.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The cat, curled up on her lap, purrs contently, <br>oblivious of the knitting needles, waving precariously<br>in front of his sleepy eyes.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Susan is gazing at the TV screen, .<br>glued, for the umpteenth time to, 'The Sound of Music' movie, <br>singing every song, word for word, <br>at the top of her voice.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Turkey was nice', said Auntie, <br>'I was given too much', moaned Grandpa, belching loudly.<br>'Your problem is, you never can refuse a second helping', said Grandma, 'so it's your own fault'.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Mother grins and asks, <br>'Would anybody like another mince pie? '</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ernestine+Northover">Ernestine Northover</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=390218" data-title="A Family Christmas de Ernestine Northover" data-description="Sitting in front of the fire, Auntie Flo's reciting a story, it's one about her first Christmas as a newly wed, the same one she broadcasts every year, but no one is listening. Uncle Fred, 'out to the world' snores rhythmically on the sofa. M..."></div> </div> </div>

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