‘A lot of my friends will be home so we’ll catch up’
Sarah Travers (43) is a TV presenter, director of Bespoke Communications and ambassador for the Alzheimer’s Society. She lives in Portstewart with husband Stephen Price and they have two children, Jack (20) and Evie (14). She says:
The dynamic of our Christmas Day changes every year — as the family grows, people can come and go at any time. My sister lives in Glasgow and she’s just had a baby so my mum will go over to her this year. We’ll be having my in-laws over for Christmas lunch instead.
My other half is a fabulous cook so he’ll look after all the food. I will be his sous chef and chief prosecco pourer — as long as I don’t to do too much of the pouring then all the other parts will fall into place.
We might go to church the night before so we can have a lazy morning — the children don’t jump out of bed any more. It’s a very chilled day so we’ll have a lazy lunch and then probably some board games, with neighbours and friends popping in to say hello. Maybe the box set of Father Ted might appear later on but that’s as exciting as we get.
Jack will be back home from university and I think we’re all just looking forward to a rest.
There will be a bit of a hibernation and a beach walk at some point, probably Boxing Day.
I don’t think we’re very exciting but I hope it stays that way.
Christmas is all about family and connecting for me. I’ve stayed in Portstewart, where I’m from, so a lot of my friends will come back at this time of the year and I get to catch up with them.
I love getting together for a few pints. We’ll also head over to Glasgow in the New Year to see the new arrival — we didn’t want to inundate my sister over Christmas!