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Dina's avatar

"Christmas is considered a family holiday, so a house party on Christmas Eve seems a little odd, though my younger self relished the thought. It’s even a costume party..."

One of the first things I learned after moving here to Merry Ol' England is that Christmas Eve is one of the biggest drinking nights of the year. It seemed a little sacreligious to me—despite me being a lifelong atheist, probably because Christmas Eve is seen as major "family time" in the U.S.—but in the subsequent 13 1/2 years I've come to accept the fact that a lot of people here are hung over af on Christmas Day. Jesus, being with kids playing with their new loud toys is bad enough when one DOESN'T have an alcohol-induced headache, I don't know how these people do it.

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A couple years back one of our Canadian networks did a free streaming of all the Avengers episodes so of course I binged them all... and yes, 'Too Many Christmas Trees' was memorable as one of the oddest offerings from an admittedly odd series... I loved it.

Festive Cheers, Stephen!

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