Mari: How are you, how was your Christmas?
Suzi: Great! Relaxing! We just stayed at home, just the 4 of us and ate and drunk ourselves silly! Typical Christmas in the Brown house!
Mari: Do you ever do religious stuff?
Suzi: Sometimes. Adam's parents are Jewish, mind, so it's not so much his thing, but when my parents stay we all go to Midnight Mass to sing carols.
Mari: That sounds lovely, I must try it, I do love carols!
Suzi: What about you? What did you do?
Mari: Oh yes! We went up to Hull to Dave's family. I really think they must be related to Ebenezer Scrooge!
Suzi: Why, what happened?
Mari: Well, we got there quite late on the 23rd, about 9.30ish. They were ready for bed! They said they'd put a supper up for us in the kitchen and off they went! We had 2 crackers each, half a packet of crisps and a sliver of cheese. We did go to bed pretty hungry, but we're so tired, it wasn't too bad!
Suzi: Let me guess, it didn't get any better!?
Mari: Dead right! Breakfast was a slice of toast with a scraping of marge! I was starving by mid morning but nothing was offered. Dave was very reluctant to help himself, so we waited for lunch, 1 bloody Cup-a-soup each! Dave and I went for a walk and found a Burger King open, went and gorged on Whoppers! Dinner was a salad with a chicken breast between 4! I was dreading Christmas lunch! And, yes, it was as meagre as I'd thought! Well, this went on for another 3 days and then we went home, still very hungry.
Suzi: Right! New Year's Eve, you're coming to us for a slap-up roast beef dinner! No excuses!
Suzi spent Christmas at home having good time with her family. Mari went to Dave's family that wasn’t too generous and hospitable.