Christmas Every Day  

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From Fact to Fiction: Christmas Every Day

Christmas Every Day

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Faced with selling her house Carys unsurprisingly opts for a world of perpetual Christmas.

Faced with selling her house to pay for her care, Carys makes the bold if irrational decision to opt for a world where it’s Christmas every day.

The one thing that really cheers up the aging Carys (Barbara Flynn) and makes her feel like her “old self” is watching Christmas movies, and it certainly makes life easier for her daughter Meg (Melody Grove). But by the time you have watched Elf four times in a month you start to question your sanity. 

Indeed the whole Christmas business makes Carys’ other daughter Sarah (Jane Slavin) despair, and only serves to underline her belief that Carys would be better served by professional care in a home. 

But how are they going to pay for it without cashing in the one asset Sarah and Meg had been relying on to dig them out of their deepening debt crises. 

As part of Radio 4’s ongoing From fact to Fiction series, in which writers create a fictional response to topical events, Viv Groskop draws inspiration from the recent Social Care Bill and imagines its effects on a typical British family. 

Cast:
Carys			Barbara Flynn
Meg			        Melody Grove
Sarah			Jane Slavin
Kasia			Viv Groskop	
Hilary			Pamela Miles

Written by Viv Groskop
Director: Eoin O’Callaghan
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