Thanks! I've got a picture of 'The Jump' going back about 20 years now. The height I can reach is getting lower and lower with each year lol
So we'd refer to "The Holidays" like this:
"What you got planned for Christmas?" or, less often, "Doing much for Chrimbo?"
If we catch anyone British calling it "the holidays," they're suitably reprimanded lol.
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Nicholas Squires
Resource Planning, Telephony Data Analyst
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Original Message:
Sent: 11-12-2025 07:35
From: Matt Lawson
Subject: November QOTM: Answer and get a badge!
That sounds lovely! I've never heard of bread sauce, but I will look it up. That picture of you is pure gold! I hope it's on the mantel every...vacation...holiday? Speaking of, what is your word for "Holidays" like Christmas, NYE, etc.? Or is it "Holidays," you just use the word two ways?
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Matt Lawson
Genesys - Employees
Online Community Manager
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Original Message:
Sent: 11-12-2025 03:57
From: Nicholas Squires
Subject: November QOTM: Answer and get a badge!
Being from England, we use the term 'holiday' in the same way you do for vacation, so I almost answered with my favorite place we go on vacation (cough-holiday-cough).
You just can't beat Christmas though. Traditional Christmas day in England looks like this:
Wake up, make a Full-English breakfast for everybody - Sausage, Eggs, Bacon, Fried Toast, Fried Tomato, Mushrooms, black pudding and some beans.
Drink some 'Buck's Fizz' (Prosecco and Orange Juice).
Kids open presents and grown ups open one or two from the real Santa's lol
Then tradition in our house is the Christmas Jump outside in our PJ's:
Then we all get round the table together for a big roast dinner, turkey, beef, gammon, all the vegetables you can think of, bread sauce (very British) and Gravy. We will pull some Christmas Crackers that have little jokes inside to tell at the table, usually have a drink or two, be merry and then regret eating so much lol
The rest of the evening is everyone finding the courage to play a board game together, even though your so tired and full, Christmas movie playing away in the background, until someone is brave enough to throw in the towel, call it a day and go to bed.
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Nicholas Squires
Resource Planning, Telephony Data Analyst