Its tradition.
Well, a whole day to finish a crimbo dinner, first tjme I have had the whole family together for a few years and it went remarkibly well.
Had a few, struggling to type but she is watching some soppy shsite on the TV so feel the need.
To those that get my odd Northern homour have a good one, to those that grate...do one 
I still feel the need to say to like minded chaps and chapesses, have a good and its been a pleasuere.
..."My son," said the Norman Baron...."The Saxon is not like us Normans. His manners are not so polite. But he never means anything serious till he talks about justice and right"...