itt: things that strongly remind you of holidays as a child

he had james last on vinyl, for dinner parties.

It's strange that my father, despite being Indian/Trinidadian and listening to phenomenal music around the house - only had three cassettes for holiday car journeys - James Galway, Don McLean and Julio Iglesias.

I am going on holiday with my mother for the first time in 20+ years in December and look forward to reviving simmering arguments about map reading skills.

my parents' cars were pre-tape deck until well into my high-school years :o

just the sound of the wind whapping through the open windows (no A/C) and the occasional country or oldies station. i remember it being very mysterious that my dad knew the words to things. how did he know? he never played that music at home.

the smell of wooden matches burning