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Much like every other suburban household, Christmas at the Harrisons is often a time of tears, celebration, drunken antics, and the occasional brawl.
If it’s not grandad chatting everyone’s ear off about the latest advancements in anti-ageing, it’s dad getting too drunk of his bottle of Glen Fiddick and telling off coloured jokes nobody finds funny. Or mum grumbling because just like every other day of the year, it’s up to her to cook, clean and wash the dishes too.
However, the trophy for biggest asshole has now been officially taken over with the arrival of uncle Darren – the hotshot lawyer who drives a Porsche and lives in the CBD.
As the token black sheep of the family, Darren has managed to avoid the last couple of Christmases, but has made an uncharacteristic decision to make the drive from the big smoke. Along with his much younger wife Leona, and two children Alex and Mark.
It’s alleged his surprise was largely welcomed by the family, who eagerly needed a break from grandad’s ramblings to hear about Darren’s high profile court cases and trips around the world pre corona. Though this comradery was quickly squashed when it was time to hand out presents.
As the rest of the family’s children accepted video games, skateboards, books, and the odd Spiderman related gift, the joy was to be completely ruined by Darren’s over the top gifts – not one, but two Playstation 5’s. Plus a 20 game bundle pack, which included CyberPunk 20, Call of Duty, and a much superior Spider-Man game.
It’s reported that Darren’s lavish gifts were quickly met with glares of hatred from the rest of the family members, who all had to give their children a crash course in economics after he left.
More to come.
