{"id":1080881,"date":"2026-01-23T12:21:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T12:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=502978"},"modified":"2026-01-23T12:21:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T12:21:09","slug":"it-doesnt-feel-like-the-holidays-without-aunty-donnas-christmas-pud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/it-doesnt-feel-like-the-holidays-without-aunty-donnas-christmas-pud\/","title":{"rendered":"It doesn\u2019t feel like the holidays without Aunty Donna\u2019s Christmas pud"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Australian comedy group Aunty Donna<\/a> has produced a ton of great videos and even a six-episode Netflix series since forming in 2011, but for my money, it doesn\u2019t get any better than their celebration of Christmas pudding<\/a>, or as it\u2019s colloquially known, Christmas pud. \u201cAlways Room for Christmas Pud\u201d sees the trio goad one another through the ordeal with an over-the-top version of the sarcasm we tend to use with loved ones around the holidays. It\u2019s both entirely realistic and entirely surreal.<\/p>\n

My fellow Americans will probably notice that what they\u2019re eating definitely isn\u2019t pudding, or at least as we know it. Pudding in Great Britain and former British colonies like Australia is more of a baked pastry with fruity bits akin to fruitcake, whereas the goopy stuff we call pudding is typically known as custard. Not only is Aunty Donna hilarious, but they\u2019re also educational.<\/p>\n

I was first introduced to both Aunty Donna and \u201cAlways Room for Christmas Pud\u201d years ago by Luke Plunkett, my former Kotaku coworker and noted Australian. Since then, I can\u2019t go a day between Thanksgiving and New Year\u2019s without watching the video at least once. It\u2019s almost like Luke cursed me. I\u2019m afraid to see what happens if I don\u2019t watch \u201cAlways Room for Christmas Pud\u201d for even one day. Maybe by writing about it here, I\u2019m spreading the memetic infection to everyone who reads this blog like in The Ring<\/em>. Am I finally free?<\/p>\n

In any case, it\u2019s funny enough to not get annoying with repeated viewings, and my family only kind of hates me for constantly working lines from the video into everyday conversation. Check it out, and maybe share it with a friend, too\u2026 just to be safe.<\/p>\n

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Australian comedy group Aunty Donna has produced a ton of great videos and even a six-episode Netflix series since forming in 2011, but for my money, it doesn\u2019t get any better than their celebration of Christmas pudding, or as it\u2019s colloquially known, Christmas pud. \u201cAlways Room for Christmas Pud\u201d sees the trio goad one another through the ordeal with an over-the-top version of the sarcasm we tend to use with loved ones around the holidays. It\u2019s both entirely realistic and entirely surreal. My fellow Americans will probably notice that what they\u2019re eating definitely isn\u2019t pudding, or at least as we know it. Pudding in Great Britain and former British colonies like Australia is more of a baked pastry with fruity bits akin to fruitcake, whereas…<\/p>\n

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