When I was a child on Christmas day we went to lunch with the uncles with the whole family. I was secretly waiting for that moment, not so much for lunch itself or for gifts – which also attracted me a lot – but because that day I was allowed to open a red suitcase which for the rest of the year remained tightly closed on top of the wardrobe. There were a lot of pawns and board games in there that I didn’t even understand the name of. But the magical sound of the wood and plastic of those tiles was like a balm to me. The excitement reached its peak with one game in particular, Shanghai. I loved it but I could only play it that day, once a year. When I first saw the coat hanger Tripod it was like immersing myself in that excitement again. I took it and placed it in the hall and now it’s like it’s always Christmas.