I miss the family get togethers. My mum is from a large family. Between her & her siblings they have over 30 "grandkids" (me & all my cousins) all born within 14 years of each other. There were 5 of us born in the year I was born! We used to have a big christmas party a few weeks before christmas were we would all go to someone's house or they'd hire a hall and we all had a blast. One of the uncles would dress up as santa and give out a small present to each child. I really miss that. A couple of times, someone's tried to organise a reunion but with everyone scattered all over the world now, with work & families of their own, it's hard to get many together. And besides it's not the same now we're all grown up.