The St Stephen’s Day survival guide: How to get through any family tensions

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, right? RIGHT?

Deep breaths. You will soon be back on the couch with cheese watching all three Pitch Perfect movies back to back.

What goes up must come down, and when it comes to holiday hype, St Stephen’s Day can often be the catalyst for some interesting family dynamics. Neighbours for eggnog? Cousins up from Kerry? Or maybe it’s just your turn to host the day often considered the Christmas Day after-party. After the excitement of gifts, Santa and the big Turkey dinner, St Stephen’s Day can sometimes be a mixed bag of visitors and get-togethers.

For some, this is a day that may mean wearing matching jammies with your husband and parents-in-law for a couple of days (though you must swear a pact it never reaches social media). For others, it means having to brave other people’s food (Shoutout to neighbour’s homemade sherry that they announced “tasted better than it looked.” It absolutely didn’t.)