Christmas

Presents are nice, but Christmas Day is all about the dinner for me.

My aunt and uncle hosted 16 adults and four children for Christmas Day dinner and produced a veritable feast.

My plate is mounded with turkey, ham, the all-important traditional Cork spiced beef, broccoli, cauliflower in white sauce, stuffed mushrooms, red cabbage, peas, roast potatoes in gravy and, of course, the essential breadcrumb stuffing and potato stuffing, both of which my cousin prepared according to my Granny's recipe.

I could barely move once I'd cleaned my plate (though I did take second helpings of both stuffings).

My mouth is watering just looking at the photograph!