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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Nell Frizzell

A Christmas that changed me: the spliff was as big as a parsnip – and Granny got stoned

Nell Frizzell with her mother and grandmother by a Christmas tree
Granny, Nell and her mum at Christmas. Photograph: Courtesy of Nell Frizzell

The best family Christmas I ever had was with another family. I mean, my family were there too – some of them. But they weren’t the highlight.

The highlight was watching my 93-year-old, home counties, tweed skirt, dry-sherry-and-the-Daily-Express grandmother get passively stoned while talking to a semi-professional gambler by the name of Lamb Chop.

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