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Dai:

So Christmas iscoming around thecorner. How do you feelabout that?

Sharron:

I loveChristmas. I love the timewith the family, the timeoff work to relax andenjoy each other'scompany and just time athome with everyone.

Dai:

So, what do you ....what's like a traditionalChristmas for you then?

Sharron:

Well, the buildup is a bit of a nuisancereally. It's a lot of money,but it's good fun and it'sgreat. The end result,Christmas morning,watching everybodyopening the presents thatI've bought and things,but, yeah, a traditionalChristmas would berushing around ChristmasEve getting all the lastminute things. Probablyup till very late, wrappingpresents, and then upearly Christmas morning,opening presents, afamily visit to see our daughter opening her presents as well, andthen it's normally sharedaround some of thefamily. We do a differentChristmas dinner everyyear. Either we ...

Dai:

Christmas dinner?What kind of ... ?

Sharron:

Right!Christmas dinner backhome is a big roast turkeyand all the trimmings:stuffing, vegetables ...

Dai:

Stuffing?

Sharron:

Stuffing. It's likeherbs and breadcrumbsand onions and things. Allmade up and you stuff itunder the skin of theturkey and when theturkey roasts it cooks inthere as well. It's really,really tasty. So we havesort of a family meal andone year we'll go to oneof the parent's houses or they'll come to us. We justchange it round everyyear. And then normally,it's sort of a lazyafternoon after we'veeaten far too much, andwatching some of thetraditional Britishtelevision: The Queen'sspeech at 3 o'clock everyChristmas Day.

Dai:

So the Queen givesa speech?

Sharron:

Yeah. Tellseverybody how her year has been and what shethinks Britain hasachieved in the lasttwelve months and howshe thinks things aregoing to go for the nexttwelve months and it's onfor about twenty minutes Isuppose. Not everybodywatches it. Sometimespeople, after their largelunch, have fallen asleepin the chair by the time it'son the TV, so ...

Dai:

Right.

Sharron:

But Christmasnight then, it's normallycold turkey sandwiches,pickled onions, crisps.

Dai:

Crisps? Like ...

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Sharron:

Like ...

Dai:

Potato chips?

Sharron:

Potatochips,...yeah, sorry, potatochips, yeah. We callthem crisps back homeso ...

Dai:

OK.

Sharron:

Sit in front of the TV again. It's just a generally family time.

Dai:

Sounds pretty lazy.

Sharron:

It is. Very lazy. Boxing Daythen is ...

Dai:

Boxing Day?

Sharron:

Yeah, now Boxing Day is theday after Christmas Day.

Dai:

So the 26th?

Sharron:

The 26th of December. SaintSteven's Day, but we have another day'sholiday then so ...

Dai:

Why is it called Boxing Day?

Sharron:

I haven’t got a clue. Not a clue.

Dai:

Think it's cause everyone gets ridsof their boxes?

Sharron:

Could be. After all theChristmas gifts, yeah. But we generallyhave a busier day the next day. There's alot of sport activities going on where welive. In Temby, which is a local seasidetown, they have a big Boxing Day swim,which is unheard of in the winter. Nobodygoes in the sea much in the summer,where we live.

Dai:

Right, it must be really cold.

Sharron:

Very cold.

Dai:

Like, what would that be in degrees?

Sharron:

Oh, I don't know, but peopledress up and run in the sea for charity.People give donations for money and it’sall in a good cause and it's a bit of fun.But there's also football matches andrugby matches and things.

Dai:

So you generally have a good time.

Sharron:

Yeah, most people go out onBoxing Day. It's a more active day thanChristmas Day. Christmas Day is the daywhere most people tend to stay in and bewith the family and Boxing Day we will goout and meet up with friends generally.

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Part 1:love it, time with family, no worktraditional, lot of money, good funpresents, last minute, familySharron loves Christmas because she canspend time with family and she doesn

t have towork. It costs a lot of money but it

s good fun torush around to buy presents at the last minuteand then get together on Christmas morningwith the family to open them.Part 2:different dinner every yearroast turkey with stufﬁngherbs, bread crumbs, onion,under skin____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Part 3:____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Part 4:____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Part 5:____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________