Esther McCarthy: How to play passive aggressive Christmas bingo — the Irish version

Esther McCarthy: Have yourself a passive aggressive Christmas. Picture: Emily Quinn

Welcome to Christmas bingo, the Irish version! Want to play along? It’s pretty simple really. Create a grid with your child’s Posca markers and write some festive fun activities on there. Whenever one of these comes to bear, cross it off, and you’re one step closer to shouting full house, but having an empty one as everyone leaves in a huff.

These can be individualised according to your own family dynamics and dysfunction. Please note, the below are suggestions only, and are NOT based on the writer’s experiences. My in-laws read this so I want to be clear, this is utter fiction and I should not be excluded from any Secret Santas this year, or secret WhatsApp groups bitching about the other half of the family, nor should my offspring bear the brunt of my scribblings, and should definitely be included in any ice skating/ferris wheel/hot chocolate related outings or sleepovers.