Indira and Balwant Mistry say traditions like roast turkey and mince pies were 'confusing' for them
Thousands of Asians came to live in the UK when they were forced to leave UgandaMince pies, roast turkey and tinsel-covered trees are a normal part of Christmas in the UK - but what are these traditions like if you have come from a country with a very different culture?Many settled in Leicester after being expelled by Ugandan dictator Idi Amin.'It was confusing'Their father had died, so they travelled with their mother and other siblings.
The family eventually set up home in Leicester, where Mrs Mistry remembered seeing snow for the first time."We never had Diwali holidays there but we had a full Christmas holiday here," she said.Over the years, she said the British traditions became part of her life.
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