Preparing for Christmas is a mammoth task when you’re taking on the role of hosting. Suddenly, those years of chaotic Christmas lunches-turned-dinners, burnt potatoes and soggy beans make more sense than ever.
To ease in the process, it requires the whole family banding together in a cramped kitchen to muck in with meal preparations – from delicately wrapping pigs in cosy blankets, to creating hordes of stuffing so that there’s enough left over for sandwiches on Boxing Day.
