Family codes and ritualsFreddy Woo writes, "as a child we used to have a 'whoever cuts doesn't choose the slice' rule with cake. It worked brilliantly, but it's left me completely anal about dividing up food - my wife just takes the piss as I ritually compare all the slice sizes."
What codes and rituals does your family have?
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chthonic, Thu 20 Nov 2008, 18:05)
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A Christmas oneAs kids, my sister and I used to love looking at the presents under the tree to try and guess what they were. It was mystifying enough when we were little, but as we got older it became silly. CDs, Roses boxes and clothes were the easiest ones to tell. Our Mum started moaning that we were taking all the fun out of it.
One year she had a brainwave. As Christmas presents started to accumulate under the tree we did our usual ritual of guessing what everything was. However when the family presents appeared on Christmas morning we were stumped. All of them were lumpy and odd shaped and strangely squashy.
It turned out she had padded everything up with newspaper - and not only that, she had added extra rolled up balls of newspaper to confuse us.
The stakes were then up to disguise the presents for the following year, and it escalated to include little capsules filled with rice to make something rattle, toilet rolls and plastic bags to make something crinkly.
I'm 20 now but I can't tell what any of my family presents are before I open them and it brings back some of the childish excitement of Christmas for me.
(, Thu 27 Nov 2008, 18:07, Reply)
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