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What are you doing on Christmas Day...?
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Celtic Christian tradition. The Celtic Christmas is more about the coming of light into the world of darkness than the actual birth of Christ. Its all mixed in the the old pagan ways.
Its quite romantic in its way. We turn all the lights out and go round with the lantern.
Back, do nothing till 5.00pm then pick my son up from his mum, spend the evening with him opening his prezzies.
Boxing day off to the match with son, take him back to his mum.
Back in work Wednesday.
If wasn't for son wouldn't bother with xmas, its a crock of sh!t£.
Decent drink but no too much as at work at 9am Boxing Day
Sleeping!!
On nights, see!
Walk my beloved dog and watch her open her pressies (shes got more to open than me!!)
Work at 1pm
A 'me-time' run on my break at 4pm (cant wait!)
Home at 9pm
Probably come on here to catch up with anyone who is around with a big glass of wine!
Xmas has not been the same since I lost my Dad 6 years ago and I've worked the last 4. I'm dreading next year as I'm off and will be expected to go to my Mums where there will be at least 13 other people including kids and teenagers. Too much noise for me I'm afraid - wonder how I can get out of it???
Bucks fizz and croissants. while opening presents
eat my own weight in chocolate
Cook turkey etc for 2pm
Eat my new heavier weight in chocolate
Drink...well lets just say lots <hic>
Play with the kids toys as they seem more exciting than mine.
Play guess the fart after the sprouts ;¬)
No family round, no arguments about whose house we went to last year (oh the joys of living 200 miles from my family and the wrong/right* side of the irish sea for his), no awkward phone calls from my dad as he changed his number in August and moved house 2 weeks ago and hasn't told me or my sister his new number or address!!
Phone my aunt, who is the closest thing I have to a mum since my mother died 2 years ago (actually was her funeral 2 years today)
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All prezzies opened by 7.04am
Cup of tea, showers, getting dressed ect
Drive the mini's and Mum to my Grandparents
Drive to collect my Aunt and bring to my Grandparents
Big slap up brekkie (this will be our last xmas with my Grandad if he makes it to xmas day)
Drive Aunt home
Pick up mini's and Mum from Grandparents and go home
Cook dinner (wont take long, just the veg as we'r all veggies)
Eat dinner with the added company of my ex-husband!!!
Ex take the mini's home with him
Drink
Drink
Drink
Eat
Drink
Drink
Eat
Eat
:-)
I always wondered what "normal" people did on Xmas day
and now i've learned a thing or two :-)
my sympathies to fatboyslim
i'm a mum on the receiving end of that kind of set up
and i know it's not easy either end
my boy goes to his dad for 23-28 so they get a full run at it which i think is probably great for both of them
it would be pretty rough on me but in fact
as i am lucky enough to be jewish and not therefore be bothered by the whole thing
as i never grew up with any of the traditions of xmas
so kind of don't know what i am missing
Our big gathering of the year was really at Passover (Easter time) and Yom Kippur year (September - our new year)
and we've already opened Hanukkah presents (today's the last day of Hanukkah)
I think it's a tough time for parents who are separated from their young kids
and this is his first xmas of knowing the truth about Santa...
is that good or bad btw, once you know?
Reckon we'll get stuck into the vino pretty early on and put a bit of tinsel on his pot of ashes in the garden (black humour runs in our family!)
make sure you pour a little of his fave tipple near the ashes
Open pressies
wash/dress/ feed family & pets
Assemble stuff to take to brother&his family who are over from Oz (must not forget turkey, must not forget turkey....)
Drive to dad's and collect him transport family to brother's place
make lunch for assembled ancient relatives.
Miss my Mum
Walk dog
Wash up
Collect stuff & family and transport home
Repeat Boxing day as off to in-laws
11pm- go to toilet for first time that day as haven't had the chance!!!
Then up to sisters for the grand peeling/prep of the veggies - much wine involved.
Xmas Eve - home, peaceful, alone.
Xmas morning - down to Mum's for salmon brekky and pressie opening.
Up to sisters for Xmas lunch - prepared by us all - small gathering this year for us - only 10 bods. Watch 3 tr old Teddy destroy tree and everything in his path - 3 yrs ago his mum's water's broke on Xmas day and we spent the day at the hospital - is an IVF baby and was not due till April. He has become our miracle child as Docs predicted he would not be here. He makes it extra special.
Rest of day - eat n drink, watch smultzy TV.
Home by 7pm for Dr Who and champers as a pressie to me from me.
Sooooo... looks like I might start the day later than planned.
And with a hangover.
;o)
I feel suprising good considering the time and the fact I drank a tad too much last night
Off to do the open xmas get to wake up lots of drunks, should be interesting
I'm about to consume a goose with my family here in Germany.
I have been sleeping until 1:30pm every day
Been for run, had to wait for alcohol to wear off.
Cant be bothered cooking so about to hit the setee/couch for the afternoon.
Needless to say, I got up at midday.
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Happy Christmas you guys.
Run for me later FBS - postponing it this morning due to alcohol and lie-in.