My daughter Megan has done me the honour of writing a post for me to publish here on my blog, about what this Christmas means to her. After reading it, I'm feeling ready to rise to the challenge and help make this year the best Christmas ever!
"Christmas was always super exciting as a kid, for all of the
obvious reasons. Santa, presents, more chocolate than you could manage to stuff
into your ever- filling belly and those smoked cheeses in a log shape which for
some reason became a Christmas family tradition. But as I’ve gotten older, the
prospect of Christmas has only excited me more. I get at least a full week off
work and I get to spend it having some real quality family time. Although many
things have changed this year, including the fact that I will no longer be
welcoming smoked cheese logs or Ferrero Rocher into my festive diet due to my
new found Veganism, I already know the great feeling I’ll get waving goodbye to
rainy Manchester and razzing my little old Peugeot down the M6, singing at the
top of my voice to Mariah and WHAM!
One of the things I love most about Christmas in the
McDonald household is that every year is different and every year is somehow
just that little bit better than the last. I’ve loved going away for Christmas
and I’ve also loved being at home. This year will no doubt be the biggest and
best one yet, with four generations all under one roof in the comfort of the
McDonald home!
The biggest challenge this year will be the food. From meat
eating older brother Joe to Vegan me, it was going to make for an interesting
take on the traditional Christmas dinner. But, with mum being super supportive
with my quest to battle my health problems and ditch the dairy, she’s suggested
a Vegan Christmas all round. And I couldn’t be happier. Instead of feeling glum
because of all the things I can’t have this Christmas, I have felt really
inspired to embrace the new things that I can have. I’ve been on a food and
recipe finding mission to ensure we can indulge on the big day. Who knew how
delicious dairy free ice cream and chocolate could be?! I’m looking at you
Swedish Glace and Booja Booja!
I simply cannot wait for the big day when Santa rocks down
the chimney and I get to, once again, have the best Christmas I’ve ever had
with my hilarious family. No pressure Mum!"
This is a guest post written by Megan, part of a series of seasonal guest posts I will be featuring over the next few weeks :)