Family traditions are what you make them says Yasmina Floyer, Christmas means honouring the people dearest to you
‘When I grow up, I thought, I want to have presents and a roast lunch and a tree’: Yas Floyer wrapping presents at her home in Enfield, London.‘When I grow up, I thought, I want to have presents and a roast lunch and a tree’: Yas Floyer wrapping presents at her home in Enfield, London.Family traditions are what you make them, Christmas means honouring the people dearest to youEve. The tree lights are off, pine needles dropping on to presents crammed beneath.
Now that I am an adult with a family of my own, my attitude and relationship towards faith has shifted, broadened and centres on inclusivity. I am not the only one who can see that Christmas has become more of a secular event than a religious one, with the royal family being the only people I know of to regularly attend a church service on Christmas morning.
Another positive side-effect of not growing up celebrating Christmas is that many of my children’s festive firsts are also my own. When my husband and I had our first child, he wanted us to have a real tree like the ones he grew up with. I felt conflicted. I had always longed for a real tree, but worried about the environmental aspect. Yet a real tree felt to me the boldest way of engaging with the season, even though I knew my mum would hate it.
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