In an extract from her new book Christmas Days, Jeanette Winterson shares her childhood memories and favourite seasonal recipes, including Mum’s mince pies and Dad’s sherry trifle
We make our own traditions. Christmas Eve is frosty. The sky is clear. The stars are like bells. The day is short and the fire is lit. There is peace and anticipation.
In my mind that’s how it is. It doesn’t matter how it really is. Usually it’s raining, or the city is gridlocked, or nothing is ready for Christmas dinner, or the presents aren’t wrapped, and it’s bath salts again for your auntie.
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