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Here's one from 1984, the year my son was born, and my eldest was 3.

I was living in Burghfield Common just outside of Reading, my hubby who was a MOD policeman was stationed in Portsmouth dockyard at the time, so we were separated over Xmas due to his work and the bad weather.

I was only 24 and money was very tight indeed, and I was isolated from shops etc - it was a very small village with just a post office. Anyway, that Christmas day consisted of me and the kids sat indoors with just Weetabix for our Xmas dinner as I was saving some sausages for Boxing Day, as my hubby was home that day. Even though that sounds dismal and very sad, we actually had a lovely Christmas and Boxing Day - my baby boys first Xmas, and it was even snowing.

Caroline
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