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December 23, 2025
My weirdest Christmas: I sat on a desk chair watching the strangest film I’ve ever seen
Away from our families, my flatmate and I hung out in his bedroom, Christmas lunch on our laps, watching a poorly written, jarringly inappropriate movie
TL;DR
- The narrator spent Christmas Day in a north London flat with one flatmate.
- Their Christmas lunch consisted of a small roast chicken, Canadian stuffing, pasta, and a poorly executed Brussels sprouts dish.
- They watched the 2003 film 'Tiptoes' using a projector in the bedroom.
- The film 'Tiptoes' stars Gary Oldman playing a character with dwarfism, which the narrator found jarringly inappropriate.
- The narrator felt guilty watching the film without their best friend, who was later furious upon hearing about it.
- The narrator reflects that a 'weird' Christmas felt appropriate given the circumstances.
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