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Some of my happiest childhood memories are of Christmases in the Front Room.<\/p>\n

Three things made those Front Room evenings special. First, we got to request of my dad whatever music we wanted to hear from his record collection – classical stuff, or film themes, or Neil Diamond.<\/p>\n

Second, we were allowed a small liqueur \u00a0– Tia Maria with a thick layer of cream for my mum and sister, Apricot Brandy for dad, and\u00a0Grand Marnier or Cointreau for me.<\/p>\n

And last, but not least, we did mum’s Christmas jigsaw.<\/p>\n

$\"modflowers:$ <\/a>It was always a landscape. With 1000 pieces. We would pore happily over it, eating Black Magic chocolates<\/a>.<\/p>\n

My sister and I reminisced about it before Christmas.<\/p>\n

So I bought her a charity shop jigsaw, of the correct design and era, so that we could share our own happy Front Room evenings over the festive season.<\/p>\n

But I picked the wrong jigsaw. The jigsaw I chose is\u00a0the devil’s work<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The pieces are all virtually the same shape. You think you’ve got a bit in, but it turns out to be wrong.\u00a0There are several large areas of the same thing – yellow Leylandii.<\/p>\n

I hate<\/em>\u00a0Leylandii more now than I ever thought possible.<\/p>\n

$\"jigsaw1\"$ <\/a>My sister has gone. But the jigsaw remains.<\/p>\n

There are less than a dozen pieces left to fit in. You would think it would be the work of a few moments to finish it, but no.<\/p>\n

Weeks later,\u00a0I am thoroughly stumped.<\/p>\n

$\"jigsaw2\"$ <\/a>I have battled with it\u00a0bravely, determined not to let it beat me.<\/p>\n

But I want my coffee table back. I\u00a0have grown to hate the Christmas jigsaw. Defeated,\u00a0I am debating whether to burn it, still unfinished, on the fire.<\/p>\n

And guess what? Yesterday I realised…<\/p>\n

After all that effort, there’s one piece missing<\/em>.\u00a0\u2665<\/p>\n

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