My Last Christmas Day in London after 20 years (December 2023)

Making my final Christmas Day lunch living in London before moving to Wales in 2024.
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[@jenniferdodds3980]

G'day from a wet boxing day in Aus, my mam (from county Durham) always crossed the bottom of sprouts - she called it 'kissing them' she said it aided the heat to get up into the thicker part of the sprout so it cooked the sprout at the same rate. My family came to me -regional Victoria, from Melbourne yesterday so a busy day, they've all gone back now so peace and quiet returned. I live on an Aussie 1/4 acre block with a small orchard, biggish veggie plot and chicken run, all put in 25 years ago so living off th land as much as I can. Had to get rid of my bees earlier recently - I don't eat honey wondering now if that'll make a big difference to my summer harvest this year. I enjoyed a lovely serve of strawberries yesterday. Good luck with the move and stay positive Jenny

[@taracat7141]

It was Sooo wet in west Gippsland yesterday!!🌻🤶🌻

[@jenniferdodds3980]

Yes and very blowy here in Wonthaggi, but then we're famous for windy days - 6 wind turbines less than 1klm from me

[@anthonyclaughan5620]

Yes i cross my Sprouts when i have them. Im from County Durham myself :) My Mam is a very Durham Description 😆

[@jenniferdodds3980]

The problem here at Christmas is sprouts roll off the bbq!@@anthonyclaughan5620

[@fionahaigh708]

As I live alone, its always me who has to do the dishes !

[@lorrainewall7214]

Sean, only recently been watching your videos, I live in the Rhondda valleys and really hope you will enjoy your walks looking at the beautiful scenery from the forestry mountains down into the Rhondda valleys. You will see a cross on the mountain in Trealaw, there is a documentary on youtube about it. Sean you have a precious gift of making youtube video and I'm sure you are helping people feel so much better when they listen to you. All the best to you and your 2 lovely black cats in your little Welsh Cottage in the Rhondda. God bless

[@junewinton2048]

Hi Sean, thank you for sharing your Christmas Day with us all. I hope 2024 goes well for you. Good luck with your move back to Wales xx

[@deniseaudoire745]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2024. Lovely video thank you.

[@ChristineParkinson-ek1ll]

Sean I've watched all your videos ur a lovely person - I am so so glad u have returned to Wales 😊 You have definitely done the right thing. I'm in Scotland from Engkand been here 12cyears - made no friends because its clicky where I live too. Best of luck and thankyou so much for your videos 🎉😊

[@marywilson6760]

Hi Sean. I think one of the 2 rooms at your new home in Wales would be ideal as a Studio for you in relation to all the work you do for your videos. Also good to have a room to relax in away from all your video equipment. I am sure if you had your video equipment in the living room you would be tempted to do, just a few mins more, which would probably end up a few hours, and you had no time to rest and relax. Wishing you Good Health and Happiness in your new home. 😊

[@user-ob3eg4hs8u]

Geez Darlin' has thou never roasted a parsnip - what the eck ya doing - have a lovely day, London will miss you when you go Hun🥰

[@davidpoultney4080]

I have a favourite mug for Tea, which I brought in Nepal and a favourite mug for Coffee , with a Van Gogh print. Oh and a mug for my office at Work.

[@melissasue4257]

Yes, I too have favorite cups for times of the day. I enjoy a morning coffee in one, then tea during the day in another with the last tea of the day in a separate cup signifying it’s time to sleep. Made me smile when you shared your cup story because I’d never thought of anyone else doing that. So glad that the YT gods brought up your channel of late. I watch a lot of gardening and Irish vloggers so however the algorithm systems work I now can enjoy your lifestyle sharing too. In a often disruptive world, yours is a calming voice. Thank you.

[@annwright7552]

I live in a small space with no 'proper' cooker and have found a two drawer air fryer a brilliant addition. Mine is a Ninja, takes up a small space plus very economical to use. And for veg a stacking steamer saucepan is space saving so also ideal small home utensil. Best wishes for 2024 in your new home. Merry Christmas

[@annsmith1922]

Always do extra veg and then you have got it already done to have with your chicken and make extra gravy for the next day. So you have got another dinner without all the faff!!! Preparing it!! 👍🥰

[@youejtube7692]

And in Scotland a swede is called a turnip - and when mashed they're called 'neeps', as in 'haggis, neeps and tatties' on Burns Night. Merry Christmas!

[@NavyCopMA1]

Resting cat face is always a good start to a video! Cheers to a new year and new start (for the both of us as I embark on my home based business as well as your move to a better place!) Let us move forward with renewed vigor, purpose and spirit! Merry Christmas from Washington State..

[@seanjamescameron]

2024 will be the year.

[@theseahagg]

Thank you Sean, wishing you a productive, prosperous 2024!

[@sandradent4094]

Also Sean as soon as you've finished with the chicken wash your hands before touching the oven or anything else

[@tedoneilclark4710]

Merry Christmas and a very happy New year 2024😊

[@anniemac3075]

Nice peaceful Christmas Day Sean, lovely. Next Christmas Day will be a Welsh one for you & the cats. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🐈🎄🐈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 I find washing up very therapeutic, if you're feeling cold it'll warm you up too!

[@YolaWells]

Thankyou sean for a lovely vid i was offered a dish water but i told my family i like washing up we need to keep our joints moving not just living a life of pushing buttons i also wash the cutlery first then big pots and pans then it does not look so bad also my mother always told us if your cooker is clean the whole kitchen looks better even if there is a lotvof washing up

[@KayeSchmitz]

Merry Christmas, Sean, and may the new year and your new chapter as you return home to Wales be wonderful!

[@RhiannonRaven]

I always put a cross in the sprouts because my Mum and her mum (and probably her Mum too) always put a cross (X) in the sprouts. I thought it might be a Welsh thing when I saw Sean doing it too. I am not sure about taking the bitterness away because sprouts never taste bitter to me, they are delicious. I think I did read somewhere that whether people like the taste of sprouts or think they taste bitter is something to do with your genetics. I just assumed that making the X in the sprouts helped them to cook quicker. Either way, its one of those family traditions.

[@Oldhip1912]

Merry Chrismas Sean. Wishing you all the best for your new adventures in Wales. My husband was a chef and he told me the cross in the sprout takes away the bitterness after cooking.

[@RhiannonRaven]

I always put a cross (X) in the sprouts too. My Mum did it and her Mum and probably her Mum before her too. I thought it might be a Welsh thing when I saw Sean doing it too. I am not sure about it taking the bitterness away, I thought it just helped the sprouts to cook quicker. I did read a thing once that said whether someone tastes sprouts as bitter or not is something to do with genetics. I clearly dont have that gene as I think sprouts are delicious. Either way, putting a cross in the bottom of the sprout is a family tradition. I wonder if it is a Welsh thing?

[@tonyworrall7379]

Parakeets spotted near Dolgellau last week!! My favourite stuffing is Chestnut and Cranberry. Got rid of our dishwasher as there is only two of us....I actually prefer hand washing! On the prescription front...I have nine items a month so happy that they are free here in Wales!

[@joecocker162]

Can't beat home made sage and onoin stuffing, basic traditions handed down.

[@margaretg7861]

Lovely to see you and your Christmas dinner Sean.. i never put a cross in my sprouts, just take off bottom bit and any dirty leaves and that's all you need to do.. if you get an allotment by March that will be brilliant for you . .Here's to you and your future life ..

[@neilclarke7061]

Merry Christmas Sean- with all good wishes for the year ahead. Neil

[@carolinecollett4349]

Left over veg makes lovely bubble and squeak the next day and the day after that.

[@preppernut]

Sounds like you had a good Christmas. I was making the meal of the day and letting one video run after the other, so I don't know which one mentioned a garden nursery. It is actually not that hard if you start small. I grew the basic herbs and did surprisingly well, around $100 (CDN) a week for 20 weeks, and that was 20 years ago. Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme, summer savory, basil, mint, chives and oregano, peppercress. The latter was unfamiliar to just about everyone, but if you let a potential customer pinch off a leaf and try it, they generally buy it too.

[@greyfeather7857]

Thank you for sharing your day. Please say beautiful as many times as possible I love your accent 😊 There’s a calm about you now you’re on your way and I’m glad to be able to see it progress. Here’s to 2024 and new beginnings 🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🤗✨👍🏻

[@thereseburns3309]

An art studio would be nice 😊

[@2frogland]

cross is supposed to let the stalk part cook as soft as the leaves but its not necessary , i use a steamer pan with spuds in the water and veg above to cook in the steam ,i think roasting is only option for parsnips which is perfection especially if prepared an frozen first can be cooked from frozen, i harvest parsnips peel cut and bag and freeze a years supply far sweeter from the freezer, could never buy roast spuds

[@indirarimkeit6644]

Hi Sean, we had pretty much the same vegetables as you did. with a pot roast , for Christmas dinner. I divided it up and took portions to my daughters stuck at home with Covid. We don't peel the parsnips. I was cooking for 8 and spent half of the 24th cooking. I do all the dishes in our household, but I do use the dishwasher for the small stuff. Thanks for sharing your day.

[@Beckysallotmentdiary]

I love my dishwasher it saves time and water. I also don't have my food on a certain place on my plate but I do have to eat my food in a certain order and my most favourite food is left until last. So I'll eat all the peas, all the leeks etc and save the roast potatoes until last. It's weird but it's me lol.

[@theplotthickensallotment837]

Onward and upward Sean! Merry Christmas

[@northumberlandacres]

Cranberry sauce? Merry Christmas Sean.🎉

[@Intentional-frugality]

Happy blessed holidays 😊❤

[@dianeirvine1384]

Merry Christmas but it’s Boxing Day here now. So left overs for us after most family gone home to there own houses. We had strawberries, raspberries, lettuce, new potatoes, peas,asparagus all out of the garden. So BBQ meats. Salads here in New Zealand.

[@margaretnicolaou9294]

Hi Sean, I have a mug for my coffee and an other one for my tea 😊

[@margaretnicolaou9294]

Have a good day

[@daveperry3485]

Sean you are never going to make Masterchef,but we are addicted for some strange reason to your videos Good luck and Happy Christmas

[@seanjamescameron]

And there’s me just about to post off my application 🤣

[@daveperry3485]

@@seanjamescameron It’s just got worse Sean,I like my meat on the left and my wife thinks that’s weird. It’s comforting to know there are others out there who are like us.

[@margaretalice6343]

Sean I use my chihuahua mugs x 3. One I got from chihuahua cafe in Edinburgh brilliant visit. Been three times ♥️ each of my mugs conjure memories for me. Best memories 💕

[@isobellaf1226]

Merry Christmas Sean! Just wanted to mention that it may be there is a buy swop sell online group when you move to your new area. I was in one when I was living in a remote village in the Scottish Highlands for a year. I got a decent sofa and chair and an old freezer for free. I don't remember whether you do FB but they usually have these sort of groups if you search "buy swop sell" and the area.

[@seanjamescameron]

Great idea. Thanks.

[@josevilla8648]

Merry Christmas Sean, best of luck in the new year

[@karenspencer7678]

Not bizarre or weird, I have cutlery/crockery issues, can only use certain ones any time any day completely normal if my favourite is in the dishwasher I'll get it out & wash xx The only thing we have is paxo tried all the posh sausage meat stuff & no one will eat it. Washing dishes I find v calming 😺

[@Cariad247]

If you don't have a fridge or freezer yet, try "Too Good To Waste"... Its based in Porth ( Ynyshir) On the main road. And I believe they deliver.

[@seanjamescameron]

All sorted now.

[@galebecker3487]

Hi Sean, thank you for the video. Mmmmm I think you forgot the pudding. 🎉Gale x

[@GottaBeME2]

That was a beautiful house you were in in London!💯

[@sarahholland2600]

It was shared tho'. I shared for years with other people I didnt know. Never again! Stealing your food was the least of it.

[@janw1746]

Hello Sean..do you have a microwave?..put the Swede without peeling into a microwaveable container.. plastic jug maybe..put it on full for a while..no water... can't be specific.on time..just keep trying to insert a knife.. you'll know when its done..leave to cool a little..then see how easy ihe peel comes away..all the goodness is in the finished product..no watering down the goodness..😋👍..it's called a singing swede..cause of the sound..

[@melgazer]

Don’t forget to grow mint to make your mint sauce. Does not take long

[@petefroud5308]

Merry Christmas Sean good luck in Wales.

[@michelleann1899]

Happy Christmas! 💟🎄❄☃️🎄

[@susanellis7780]

Merry Christmas. I had broccoli instead of sprouts. There has been a shortage where I live❤😊🎉

[@annaynely]

Most of us are brainwashed w importance of royalty, bu I believe that the needs of all ppl are important not just those born into power. Anthropologists say royalty all over is part of the problem.

[@voxintenebris6367]

Merry Christmas/ Nadolig Llawen Sean!

[@annwright7552]

Ps. I often cook too many veg so that tomorrow there is bubble and squeak for dinner, yum.

[@monikarathbone3478]

Merry Christmas Sean - good luck with your move . I had to make many final moves from locations where I had made good friend and it was always mixed with bitter sweet emotions. It may have been filled with mixed emotions but I adjusted quickly by starting to dream up my nest and how I would like live - on that note, Happy New Year.

[@susanrazza9740]

The chicken water can splash elsewhere, out of the sink.

[@eh6454]

I was taught to wash the chicken carcass under the tap. Stopped doing it when someone important said that the practice spreads bacteria, contaminating sink, etc, and can lead to food poisoning. I don’t think we ever contracted food poisoning by washing the chicken, but hey - science and all that 🤷‍♀️

[@welshmanjasonpatrick8607]

Happy Christmas and great day

[@eraramasamy3104]

Merry Christmas Sean!🎄

[@chrisjones3901]

Yep You forgotten the pigs in blankets.

[@millashawshire2212]

Merry Christmas Sean x

[@graceconroy6483]

Merry Christmas Sean.new subscriber.wish you well in your new home in wales.

[@pennyhone]

Hi Sean And a happy New Year - and congratulations on your move to Wales - have been watching your progress with great enjoyment. One of my New Year’s resolutions is to try to like and comment much more. I wondered if you could let me know who Richard Roper I can’t seem to find him anywhere. 😊 PS having different mugs for morning and afternoon is completely normal. 🤣

[@pennyhone]

Ignore! Found the link (my not misspelling his surname helped!) x

[@seanjamescameron]

@johnrogerswalks

[@christinaplaisted9563]

Love your beautiful black cat dinner looks good wishing you a very Happy Christmas and all the very best for your new life back in Wales many years ago I lived in a place called Sennybridge then on to Brecon beautiful country side , then over the years spent twenty years on andoff living in Pembrokeshire absolutely beautiful infant one of my sons brought a four bed house there and is quite happy there ,met a lot of nice people over the years some still in contact with some of them ,I'm a great fan of Richard Vobes and the lovely Julia ,France will be my next destination ,Injoy that dinner ❤❤❤

[@seanjamescameron]

Used to visit Sennybridge often.

[@margaretalice6343]

Sean I truly hope you get allotment as soon as ya get to Wales however if it takes a bit of time ya can grow in pots too x

[@chefeddie6164]

If you have an extra room, you should look into hydroponics. You can grow your own food inside your home. I have two set up in my house and have fresh lettuce and spinach anytime I want.

[@seanjamescameron]

Great idea.

[@mrtiabrown]

Must confess i have never ever peeled my Parsnips

[@sammywalrus]

Merry Christmas Sean! All the best!

[@tybash1]

Merry Christmas and may 2024 be an amazing year for you!

[@user-ss9xc1uk6y]

Merry Christmas and I hope you have a wonderful and safe move all the best for next year.

[@Honeybee-ym5vi]

Ack!! I hand wash because the dishwasher does a lousy job, Sean! Not kidding!! I like sparkling glasses and plate ware, and the dishwasher here (a rental) seems to leave a film or residue on certain items. Looks brand new...but I wash better. I'm looking forward to cooking a beautiful cauliflower. I've seen videos where you boil the head upside down in salted water for 10 mins.; dry well; anoint with olive oil and sea salt; roast in the oven until brown. People say it's delish!! I will likely sprinkle with parmesan toward the end. I'm going to make a wonderful cream of mushroom soup a la Rachel Ray...1 1/2 lbs. of various mushrooms + rehydrated porcinis--splash in the marsala. Immersion blend most of the mushrooms towards the end. I'm also going to try a crustless pizza--everything you like except the crust. You see 100s of videos about them on web. Like a casserole with Italian sausage (browned), mushrooms, onions, peppers, pepperoni, cheese of all variety--whatever you like. Freezes well. Looking forward to your videos from Wales. Hope you enjoyed your Christmas!!

[@seanjamescameron]

Yes that's the issue I have with dishwashers and in a few washes everything comes out with a milky covering you can't get off. Will have to try that cauliflower as well.

[@redgingerbreadpam]

Looking forward to the new year & your new adventures in Wales

[@lyndaturner6686]

Merry Christmas Sean , I am so thrilled you are finally getting home to Wales, you’ve talked about for so long and now it’s actually going to happen. All my very best wishes for 2024 I can’t wait to see you settled, I found this year growing vegetables was really difficult, I did manage a few small sprouts for Christmas dinner, but my carrots and onions didn’t grow very big , I’ve felt quite depressed about it all and felt like giving up , but hopefully as the spring arrives I’ll get motivated again . When exactly are you moving ? Well good luck with it ❤️

[@seanjamescameron]

January.

[@nedomahony7711]

Happy Christmas Sean Best of Luck for New year in your new project

[@thereseburns3309]

I m starving can I come to Christmas 24 dinner 😊

[@lauraswihart4816]

A very Merry Christmas to you sir - from a little town in upstate NY! 🍇

[@GottaBeME2]

I think you could title a book ..."or just don't think at all. .." or maybe I will write it but you may have the title! What do you think of that idea?😊🤔❤️💯

[@adysveggarden]

Hi Sean, I'm really looking forward to the wales episodes I think not sharing a kitchen and all that you can film out doors, for me that really interesting to watch.

[@sarahprice1375]

Redcurrant jelly? White sauce? Horseradish sauce? Cranberry sauce?

[@bluumz-n-veg]

Season's Greetings, Sean! I've never heard of ULEZ, how interesting. I think it's commendable that England (and London in particular) is being so proactive about pollution. Funny, I did notice on my visit this past summer that the exhaust and diesel smell was less noticeable! Normally, it quite hits me in the face when I emerge from a tube station. As for the mayor dismissing the fee on Christmas Day, I do hope it's just with the intention of relieving those who may find such fees a stretch on the budget, and understanding that more traveling (to friends and relatives) happens on Christmas Day. It's likely that it's mostly lower-income people who tend to drive the older, more pollution-producing, vehicles. Of course, I'm speaking as an outsider. I'm so looking forward to "our" move to Wales!

[@sandradent4094]

Sean, don't wash your chicken like that because the water that comes off is splashing everywhere and covering everywhere in germs. Just pat it dry with some kitchen paper or put it straight into the pan

[@jg8168]

BS

[@susanwebb8247]

You forgot stuffing

[@peterww3106]

Hi Sean. When I saw the veg you were preparing I thought that could easily be a pot of cawl. Strangely enough I made a pot today using just the meat from a couple of cheap lamb chops just to add a bit of flavour. Plus a few red lentils to thicken it. Easily enough for three to four meals. Although I’ve had some for tea and there’s only enough left for one more meal!!😳

[@seanjamescameron]

Am planning on making it this Sunday in facct.

[@peterww3106]

@@seanjamescameronthanks for the reply Sean. I hope you’re making a video of the cawl making just to educate our heathen brethren and sisters? 64 live alone in quiet Devon village but have plenty of friends about. Got to say watching you moving back has stirred the hiraeth but can’t see me going back now. Too many reasons not to but loving following your journey back and the start of the new chapter. All the best my friend. 👍

[@seanjamescameron]

I will be filming it but following a traditional recipe.

[@helenahatzman5017]

Hi Sean , Merry Christmas! A lovely video. I wish you a very happy time in Wales !

[@lucyjane103]

No pepper ? I love pepper…

[@questionmark9819]

Anyone who is paying for their prescriptions in other countries......losing their minds lol

[@pennythompson4790]

Looking fwd to the videos from wales as the scenery is stunning. I have trouble growing swedes as they never get very big any tips would be greatxx

[@seanjamescameron]

They like very firm ground. Walk over it, dance on it, stamp it.

[@pennythompson4790]

Thanks Sean i'll try thatxx@@seanjamescameron

[@kathleensmith6200]

I think most people here in the U.S. call them turnips.

[@user-tg5fo3bn6e]

Don't know how you do it but it always looks as if you live in that big house and garden completely on your own with just the cats for company. You must be a master of illusion. Nobody ever goes in and nobody ever comes out.

[@seanjamescameron]

Come with me and you’ll be in a world of pure imagination.

[@paradisekohchangstyle2150]

Used to watch Vobes when he was The Bald Explorer - walks throughout the countryside. Was nice but not huge viewership. These days his channel has morphed into one of those nutty 'I am a sovereign' citizen type things. Unwatchable for me but now gets four times the subs thst his walking one did. Pays the bills. Good for him. But a sad indictment as to where we are right now.

[@margaretnicolaou9294]

Can I ask why you want to live alone 😮

[@seanjamescameron]

Peace and quiet.

[@marktaylor1200]

Nadolig llawen or gogledd cymru with yr wyddgrug:)

[@ff-mi6zc]

You had a beautiful big house in london and your kitchen is big amd lovely, dont understand why you got so little tiny house woth a tiny kitchen, a tight kitchen ? I understand you wanted to move out from heavy laden dictatorship with high taxes, fines and insane rules regulations in london

[@mazsteele-hall8924]

Hi Sean, Maz here from Tasmania Australia, the reason we make a cross in the bottom of the brusel sprouts is so they cook evenly; ( IN TEXTURE)🥦🥦🫖😻