Emma had gone with her mum to Grandma’s house for some final planning for Christmas lunch. Emma loved her grandma and grandpa and, while she loved the big family dinners, she also loved spending time with them alone, having them all to herself. Sometimes she would sit in her grandpa’s study and help him sort out his film collection while they chatted. Then they would go out to a café and have hot chocolates and grandpa would pretend he wouldn’t be able to eat a piece of cake and then eat two. Sometimes she would help her grandma sort through her earrings, or her silver, it didn’t really matter what, and they would talk. Talk about what Emma had done at school, what she had done at gym, and some of the problems she had. Her grandma was particularly good at mean-girl problems. She would tell Emma stories about girls when she was at school—it seemed there were mean girls in the olden days too! Today was nice too, just Emma, her mum and grandma, sitting at the kitchen table going through the final, final shopping list.
What do You think about Christmas Countdown (2011)?
