Honoria Glossop celebrates the Aunt and Uncle Day in a Plummy style!
“That was Pongo Twistleton. He’s all broken up about his Uncle Fred.”
“Dead?”
“No such luck. Coming up to London again tomorrow. Pongo had a wire this morning.”
P.G. Wodehouse – Uncle Fred Flits By
26 July is Aunt and Uncle Day apparently.
The nub of the thing, I gather, is to commemorate the wonderful aunts and uncles in our lives. A nice idea, but it’s not an occasion I’m familiar with and I have no idea how it’s celebrated. A family dinner might be fitting. You could write or call them to say hello — or even send flowers.
Or you could try the P.G. Wodehouse method. Wodehouse created a memorable cast of aunts and uncles in his works, and it’s generally believed that he drew his inspiration from life. One can only imagine how his relations felt about being immortalised in this way.
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