Condensed milk and Christmas and books and the sea are forever linked in my mind.
From the age of 10 my Christmas gift consisted of going with my mom to Pilgrim's Booksyan independent bookshop in Cavendish Sguare in Cape Town, and being allowed to choose 10 books. Yes, 10. These were then wrapped in Christmas paper and given to me on Christmas Eve. I cared not for surprises, I cared only for books. The post-Christmas days would be the happiest of the holidays for my
