1) Grandmas and grandpas come for lunch
2) Grandmas and grandpas give presents
3) Lunch
4) Aunties, uncles and cousins come and give presents
5) Cake, coffee and tea
During 1), 2), 3), 4) and 5): (mostly) grandmas gossip about people the rest of attendees never heard of (apart from grandmas' gossips from last week).
My granny got me a golden necklace. As my mother told her, I can't stand wearing things on my neck and I don't like gold. Obviously, it didn't stop her and along with the necklace, I've received a lecture about the value of gold and how I'll come to like it as I grow older. And that she likes gold. I told her that I don't give her punk records and was right about to say that she should've saved it and give to me when I turn 40, but my mother stopped me. This is a family get-together, neither constitution, nor international pacts apply: there is no such thing as freedom of speech, regardless of being assessed as adult by the law. At least I can drink.
