During the festive season the kitchen become the centre of the home even more than during the rest of the year, it has been suggested.A leading homes writer has underlined the importance of the kitchen in how families interact at this special occasion.H.M. Cauley, writing in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, says The holiday season arrives next week and with it comes the crowd of visitors who will descend for dinner.As any host and hostess can testify, that means theres going to be a crowd in and around the kitchen.A new trend, the article continues, is in so-called keeping rooms, an informal seating area attached to the kitchen which allows members of the family to be in the same space without getting in others way.The kitchen can be a pleasure to work in over Christmas or at any other time of the year with the installation of a high quality and reliable fixture, such as the FrankeErica EUX651 sink.