When you’re planning Christmas, the big event is the easy bit. No, hear me out. It’s obviously a production – a feast! – more of an exercise in logistics than it is complicated cooking, making sure all the many elements come together at the correct moment.
I’m not trying to underplay the amount of effort that it takes, but in terms of the constituent parts, it’s relatively straightforward.
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