A Christmas that changed me: my best friend and I celebrated in Australia - and finally felt like adults

We were spending Christmas far from home. Very far. It wasn't easy finding sprouts in Sydney, but the memories formed the basis of a lifelong bond By my mid-20s, I'd somehow miraculously managed to branch out into the real world. I had been to university (back when there were no fees and no real pressures). I'd got a job. ("A journalist," I thought. "That sounds secure and well paid.") I had even moved in with a girlfriend. All safe in the knowledge that I could rely on my parents to bail me out...