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They say that Christmas comes but once a year. Strictly speaking that's true, but the Christmas festivities last longer than a week. Everyone wants to have a good time with the family, but with the geographical distribution of the modern family these days there's no way it can be condensed into just one day. There's Christmas Day dinner in Edinburgh with the wife's family, and Boxing Day meal with the missing brothers and sisters from the previous day. Then it's on to Wales for afternoon tea and a buffet with my family. By then the head chefs are tired so it's out in to town for a three course meal. Finally there's New Year's Eve back in London with friends.
I've managed to skip a couple of breakfasts in that time and thankfully I'm still only 15st 10lb. (Most of the major weight gains in my life have happened at Christmas.) And so on New Year's Day I find the first chance for a proper fast (although to be fair I was eating and drinking until past midnight - as you do on New Year's Eve.)
Onwards and upwards.