Saturday, 27 December 2014

Do you name your turkey at Christmas and if so, what?

Until I was invited to spend Christmas with my wife and her family in 2004 I have never experienced the tradition of naming the turkey. My family had never done this so it was a bit peculiar to me.

For those of you with no experience of this, it's basically a case of naming the turkey after someone who has behaved like a turkey during that year. The person chosen could be anyone such as a sports-person, a celebrity or a politician. The choice is yours but you must all agree and agree before the turkey goes in the oven.

This year (2014) we eventually decided on Andrew (or Pleb) after Andrew Mitchell and 'Plebgate' went terribly wrong for him during the legal trial.

There were some other options on the table, including:
  • Oscar, after Oscar Pistorius, who infamously shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in Febriary 2013 and was convicted of culpable homicide in 2014. We couldn't do this in the end as we decided no one would be able to find a leg (!)
  • Rolf, after Rolf Harris, who was found guilty of 12 counts of indecent assault on 4th July 2014 for historical sex abuses. However, we decided that it was impossible to have such a sicko at the Christmas table
Did you name your turkey this year? If so, who did you name it after. Let me have your comments below or Tweet me @BluesF1Brother

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