WARNING: A lot of clichés may be present in the following article.

1) Binging on chocolate selection boxes/ Ferrero Rocher/ Terry’s Chocolate Orange [delete as appropriate] until you’ve eaten your weight in chocolate.

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2) After pigging out on the above, feeling disappointed when only the Bounty and Snickers are left in the box of Celebrations.

3) At some point during the afternoon/evening of Christmas Day, someone suggesting a game of Charades, Monopoly or similar board game. The only day of the year you actually play one of these games.

4) Enduring endless repeats on television. 

5) Hearing the same Christmas songs over and over again. Cue Peter Kay’s song by Geraldine McQueen.

6) Christmas Eve shopping panic. This phenomenon tends to appear in two forms: 1) The ‘man dash’ of last-minute male shoppers frantically buying gifts for their loved ones 2) Mums dashing out to the supermarket before they shut on Christmas Eve because they forgot to buy the Brussels sprouts.
There were huge queues going in and out of the Asda at St. Paul’s in Bournemouth last Christmas Eve. Will this year be the same?

7) Expecting snow on Christmas Day. Even though you know, in your heart, it won’t. On average, it snows every six years on Christmas Day in the UK. The last time there was actually snowfall on Christmas Day in Bournemouth was 2004, in King's Park. 

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8) Putting on an ‘er, thanks, I love it...’ face when you receive a distinctly average present like a pair of novelty socks.

9) Eating turkey in different variations for the next two days after Christmas. Turkey curry, turkey sandwiches, etc.

10) Hearing the phrase 'It's behind you!' as the Christmas panto season begins. 

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11) Going for a Christmas Day dip in the sea, all in the name of charity. Or, watching others bravely take the plunge and promising yourself you will do it next year...

12) Nursing a ‘food baby’ after gorging on a feast for Christmas lunch, but still finding room for leftovers later in the evening. Did we mention turkey sandwiches yet?

13) Placing bets on who will be the first to nod off. Napping usually occurs after the above.

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14) The obligatory Christmas Day walk. No matter what the weather. It’s tradition, after all! Maybe this year you can take yours in advance, as Brownsea Island are organising special Christmas guided walks around the island when it is normally closed. 

15) The person who gets a little too merry on Christmas Day...
We’ve all been there. Usually it’s someone in the family who rarely gets drunk at any other time of the year and after they have had a couple of sherries.

16) Realising, perhaps with some comfort, that every Christmas is the same.