Fretting about festive family fall-outs already? Whether it’s bickering over the correct gravy consistency, squabbling over board games, or having full-on meltdowns that you fear, there’s one sure-fire way to make yourself feel better about it all â sticking on the EastEnders Christmas special.
Is there any other fictional place out there, after all, that has weathered more festive misfortune than Albert Square? Remember when Pat Butcher went out on the razz, mowed some poor woman down while drunk-driving, and served a couple of months in prison for manslaughter? Or when Pauline Fowler slowly sank to the floor and expired underneath the square’s communal Christmas tree after an especially ferocious row with Sonia?
