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[Janty]

So many different versions - Janty I hope you manage OK.

 

 

I will whatever happens. Thanks.

[BarbaraJ]

christmas eve- all my kids will be working and i will be celebrating my first of 12 days off

pick up M&S turkey between 8-9 and get veg, followed by tescos if they don't have enough. then chilling with maybe some games when kids get home and used to have a takeaway but have really gone off takeaways now we are trying to eat better. prepare some veg and decorate table.

 

christmas day. get up to put turkey on and let chooks out. girls 22 &17 will be up bright and early but son 19 always needs a nudge out of bed open our stockings, kids still get them and they do ours for us downstairs for bacon bagels and tea.

Just us this year and eldests boyfriend. presents from the tree and dinner at about 1pm. lots of food turkey and beef as i dont like turkey much and all the trimmings, crackers (home filled this year for the first time) and puds.

chill for afternoon , play buzz, any other games kids want to play then chocolate fountain in evening when other dd and ds boyfriend/girlfriend comes round. Lots of drinks and fun (i hope)

 

boxing day after popping to my mums, unfortunatly is spent every year with the in-laws, mother in law , and 12 other family members and me and hubby. My kids don't want to come and i don't ask them too, lol if i had choice i wouldn't bother.

 

we love christmas and i am so chuffed that my kids all want to spend it at home still

[fowlbird]

So many different versions - Janty I hope you manage OK.

 

 

I will whatever happens. Thanks.

same here... xxxxx

[Clur]

I am really looking forward to Christmas, and getting as excited as the kids!

 

Christmas Eve - I am meant to be working but doubt I'll do more than check a couple of emails and will be working from home anyway. I'll need to do a mammoth clear-up of the house and there will be manic ironing and packing of bags as we're staying with my in-laws (hence the ironing!). Despite best intentions, we'll be rushing trying to do the stuff we didn't get to this week, so will probably be mayhem. Then we'll have to drop the kids at the inlaws, and come back and collect the pressies as we won't have room to fit everything in - small car, not lots of presents! Luckily the inlaws are only 20 mins away. Then when the kids are in bed, we'll be putting together their stuff and hopefully having some wine to make it less painful!

 

Christmas Day - suspect the kids will be up reeeeaally early!!! Lots of unwrapping of presents and trying to persuade them to have breakfast. Once they've done that it'll be tearing them away from the gifts and persuading them to get dressed so we can pop and see my parents, brother, sister-in-law and nephew who are local to the inlaws. We'll stay an hour or two then back for Christmas lunch. The afternoon we'll be playing games and chatting into the evening, eating too much chocolate and drinking too much wine. We'll probably watch Mamma Mia on DVD

 

Boxing Day - probably just chill out and relax. We'll take the dog for a nice walk and pop back to check on the chickens, but most of all just spend time with the kids.

 

Can't wait - am off until the 12th January, so really will have some quality time with the littlies and a good break

[poachedegg]

Christmas Eve - Posh Fish n Chips (from the chippy to save cooking, but the dining room dressed verrrry poshly!)- then Christmas DVD and nibbles.

 

Christmas Morning - Open a few small presents, bacon butties on fresh homemade bread and then off to 10.30 Mass. Return, let the chickens out for a while whilst we have a drink and mince pie and then open the rest of the presents (only of course if Father Christmas left any!! ). Long, long, late Christmas dinner with the courses punctuated with games and activities inbetween.

 

Boxing Day - Hopefully a little lie in. Brother and sister dropping in and then in the afternoon we having a beach party. If it is dry we are getting the bbq out and grass skirts and hawaiin shirts!!

[fowlbird]

Boxing Day - Hopefully a little lie in. Brother and sister dropping in and then in the afternoon we having a beach party. If it is dry we are getting the bbq out and grass skirts and hawaiin shirts!!

I had to check your location! enjoy yourselves!

[Chickpea]

This is also my first christmas with my OH in our little cottage we're renting, so will be very different from the family norm!

 

Christmas Eve: Nothing much planned as yet, finish off any loose ends, probably cook a nice meal (or better yet go out for one!), drink beer and watch a christmasy film.

 

Christmas Day: Sleep in till we wake, open presents in the morning with a nice light brekki (eggy bread/blt maybe) drink coffee, cuddle. Off to his parents for lunch which is guaranteed to be yummy. Head off to my parents for the evening for more pressies, pick on leftovers, eat trifle and watch rubbish tv.

 

Boxing Day: Head back to ours, slob around in pjs and maybe go out for a walk. Drink tea, then beer then eat and sleep!

 

Should be great yay! Looking forward to it and two weeks off work!

[freddie]

Is it Christmas Oh helllp!!

Xmas eve, we've planned....0

Xmas day, DD(10by then) has ideas for a five course meal

Boxing day, we plan if its not tipping down to meet a load of freinds on the beach and build a big bonfire, with a little bbq on the side!!

[Cinnamon]

Christmas Eve - Its my Mums birthday.She is in a nursing/care home a little way away after suffering brain damage in a fall a few years ago, so I will visit her with my brother & sister.

Home for a nice cooked ham,mash,salad & pickles meal with my girls , Hubby off into town with his mates for a Christmas drinky.

 

Chritmas Day A nice quiet one,just the way we like it. The daughters will pile onto our bed along with Chilli the mad cat,for the opening of the stockings.Then its a nice morning of Bucks Fizz & pressies, a lovely meal around 2ish, & a chilled out afternoon.

No pressure,no visitors,just spending the day with those I love the most - Bliss!!!

 

Boxing day May have my sister,her new man,my Brother & his wife over for very informal drinks & chat.Meals of cold cuts & pickles (the BEST meal of Christmas!), some nice wine & lots of trashy TV

[Mrs Webmuppet]

Christmas Eve: Put venison casserole in the slow cooker and put bread maker on. Tidy up and clean, change bedding. Prepare the veggies etc. Then off to childrens service at the church and home in time for dinner. After LMW has gone to bed, do any last min wrapping. Then I go off to mass leaving Mr Webmuppet to chill out.

 

Christmas Day I will be up sharp to get the turkey and pud on. Mr Webmuppet will go to collect my Mother. Then pressies, lunch and then I have to go to work.

 

Boxing Day Chill out in the morning, cold meat and salad for lunch and then I have go off to work.

[Tina C]

We are having a few friends round for a bonfire early on Christmas Eve - sparklers for the children and beer and wine for the grown-ups. Hopefully we will persuade the children to sing a few carols.

 

Christmas Day - the usual things, except we may not have Christmas dinner Its just the 3 of us for lunch so we will keep it simple. We are then shooting over to the midlands to my parents, then we go up to Southport on Boxing Day. We are having a big family meal up there on Saturday.

 

Hope everyone has fun, whatever they are doing.

[Plum]

Well Im working Christmas day on call from home, so will take the day as it comes but will give family brunch and presents. I may be there.

Have Christmas dinner on Christmas eve with family. ES coming from London and non commital about time as ever so it could be turkey at midnight.

Boxing day chill chill chill. Baileys and leftovers. YS and girlfriend off on christmas day lunchtime and ES leaves boxing day.

Sorry got to go havent written cards to post yet, lucky I've posted my omlet present.

 

and happy christmas to you all from me and the girls. xx

[BeckyBoo]

I'm the same as Mrs Webmuppet - working Christmas Day and Boxing Day, luckily 6-2 nlates on the big day and 12 hour night shift on Boxing day so I'll be around for most of it. Which is just as well as I'm doing ALL of it!

 

Christmas Eve, chill, get some stuff ready in the kitchen, kids are visiting some friends so will get the last of the wrapping done and ready to go under the tree. Have to sprinkle reindeer food down the path before they go to bed (porridge oats and glitter) Once the littlies are in bed I make footprints by shaking glitter in the shape of a bootprint next to each of their beds so they think it's magic dust from where the big man in red has been standing. Then fill the stockings and put pressies under the tree

 

Christmas Day, up early wether I like it or not! Chaos as stockings are opened in 3 seconds flat, feed the animals, try and get the kids to eat something other than chocolate for breakfast, get the lunch prepped, family over at 11ish, lunch not til 2.30ish, clear away, more pressies, rubbish TV (But not that DREADFUL Brothers Grim fairytale with the hanging children - MOST unsuitable!) then off to work at 5.30 - booooo

 

Boxing Day off to the out-laws but I've got to do all the catering for the children (7) as mother in law is not all that well and FIL has just come out of hospital. So MORE presents, more food, ten off to work at 7 for another 12 hour shift!

 

It's really interesting seeing what you're all up to, I've always really liked the idea of spending it just us, me, OH and the children, but as my Mum and Dad are divorced and have very small families I hate the though of them spending the day on their own which is what would happen. Oh well, my children are SO used to a noisy chaotic Christmas it's just as well it's all of us together again!

 

Mrs B

[missuscluck]

Love reading what you are all up to. Hope you all enjoy your day.

Im sort of off work now as Katie is off school so we are both going into work this morning then I may have to go in before Xmas. Anyway being generally off I have woke up this morning with a plan

 

Plan A-

 

Do LOTS of cooking on Tuseday (Chocolate roulade, pork pie, cook ham etc etc) Clean house, last min food shop. Urgh feel tierd just writing it

 

Xmas eve- Its my Birthday so...Get up, have lovley posh breakfast served by hubby and kids Bagels philli cheese and honey roast salmon. Take kids and dog to Delamere Forest (if its not tipping down) Bath the dog, s"Ooops, word censored!"e mud off kids, Peel carrots and spuds for tommorow, watch tv for a very long time and eat a selection of supermarket party food in minature! Stay up till all hours because the kids wont go to sleep so we can put their pressys out for morning.

 

Christmas day- Up early, open pressys in bed with kids mad and manic. Dog running round with his christmas squeeky untill he kills it off. Start the cookathon. MIL arriving about 1pm then my mum, brother, sister and husband and neice arriving about 2pm Step daughter needs collecting. Lunch about 3.30 then a game of familly fortunes (m and s bargain!)General slob out

 

Boxing day- up late eat leftovers all day anything is fair game from the fridge like cake for breakfast Go to MILS for the afternoon to eat party food which we really dont want because we are all too full.

[Chook n Boo Mum]

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Sorry got to go havent written cards to post yet, lucky I've posted my omlet present.

 

and happy christmas to you all from me and the girls. xx

 

Priorities !!!! Happy Christmas back to you too Plum and all the Omleteers!

 

Having confirmed yesterday that we aren't rota'd to work over Christmas (but that could all change of course!), it could pan out like this:-

 

Christmas Eve Chase round like a lunatic, panicking that I haven't done everything (especially since I've lost this week through illness ) Crib service in the afternoon with the children & maybe DH if he's home. Back for last minute wrapping, then possibly trundle over to Mum's for supper, then home "because of the dogs & chooks!"

 

Christmas Day Stockings in our bed with the children, croissants & maybe scrambled eggs & bacon for breakfast; treats for the chooklies & mutts no doubt; chase over to work to wish everyone a Happy Christmas; back to check on the creatures, then decamp to Mum & Dad's for lunch (& sniping with my sister ); If it's still daylight we'll walk the dogs straight after lunch; Pressies after lunch; Play with pressies, maybe watch some tatt on the TV; cold meats & pickles supper, then home for bedi] "because of the dogs & chooks!"[/i]

Boxing Day Breakie & creature duties; chase up to Surrey for DH's family day; hopefully get cuddles with all the new babies of the year (3!!); help SiL with her perfect organisation, she always makes the most wonderful stews or tagines with heaps of mash or couscous with peas, carrots & sprouts, then selection of 2 or 3 pudds without breaking a sweat!; Out for a walk with the dogs (2 packs each with their own leader/protector = 5 mad labs !!); back for pressies, tea & cake then home again...yes you've guessed it i] "because of the dogs & chooks!"[/i]

 

Have a good one, whatever your plans

 

Sha x

[missuscluck]

help SiL with her perfect organisation, she always makes the most wonderful stews or tagines with heaps of mash or couscous with peas, carrots & sprouts, then selection of 2 or 3 pudds without breaking a sweat!;

 

Sha x

 

My sister does that when we have xmas dinner at hers Im not so good at it!

[Bassett]

Ours will go something like this:

 

Christmas Eve. We always have a big Christmas Eve Dinner at my parents' House, a 7 course vegetarian feast - my best meal of the whole year. The whole family are there(at least 20 of us), it's complete mayhem, but we all have a fab time. Followed by carol singing and then Father Christmas arrives at the house with sacks full of presents, and the big present opening session commences! I can't wait.

 

Christmas Day. We wake up and the Children open their stockings. We go to church and then return home to cook the Christmas Dinner, and the family starts to arrive for dinner (17 expected this year). Followed by lots of chatter, games, maybe Dr Who (the only TV show we allow on the day!). The children all have a fab time playing with their cousins and absolutely love every second of Christmas. I can't wait!

 

Boxing Day. Usually we have a quiet day of just the 4 of us playing games, long dog walk and watch a film. But unfortunately, this year we have been invited to relations for lunch, which will mean a long drive to see people I would rather not!!!!! I'm dreading it.

[SarahJo]

1st and foremost - best wishes to ALL who are working this christmas/new year. OH is off for once - but working New Years Eve.

 

Christmas Eve - turkey collecting, and last minute pressie deliveries, then chilling with a nice steak dinner at home .

 

Christmas Day - boys and dog will no doubt wake us up with a "he's been" . Then open stockings in bed, let out dog and chooks, and make a cuppa. Pressies then attacked after breakfast - of everyones choice - so something quick then Outlaws coming for 1st time in 10 years - so looking forward to cooking for someone else for a change. Eating around 5pm ( better time for boys ) - so eat then chill with coffee, games etc.

 

Boxing day - nothing planned, but me and my "lads" and animals . 27th having friends over for "party" supper - with their 2 girls, so really easy.

 

Everyone have a FANTASTIC time - and remember - take time out if needed (its only one day )

[Sunshine]

I'm off to Scotland for Christmas.

 

Christmas Eve-setting off at 7am so we get more time there. Unpacking and seeing if anything has changed since last year. Then food and Scottish dancing in the evening.

 

Christmas Day-Me, parents and siblings will all go into one of ours rooms and open stocking presents. Then meet up with other family and open other presents. See what activities are on for the day and probably do some of them. Christmas lunch at 12:30 so we can do the Scavenger hunt afterwards! Scottish dancing practice in the afternoon(we usually go to these everyday)Tea and then more Scottish dancing in the evening.

 

Boxing Day-More activities and chilling out and people watching. Scottish dancing again!

 

27th - Come home

 

We usually have a great time and there will be more of us this year which should be good. Just wish we could stay for a couple of extra days!

[Shirl]

Christmas Eve the OH is working and then after he gets home at lunch time I'm meeting a friend for a couple of drinks. I'm not sure I'll be upto wrapping presents after that so I must fit it in before.

 

Christmas Day we're at home with just the 6 of us so we'll have the usual quiet family dinner followed by lots of games with the 2 small ones whilst the older 2 vanish back into thier bedrooms. My daughters' Godmother will be coming over in the morning so that will be nice.

 

Boxing Day we're off to see Cinderella at the theatre at 2 so there won't be much time to do anything else as it takes us ages to get ready and then it'll be nearly tea time when we get home.

 

We're catching up with family at other points between Christmas and New Year.

[Lesley]

As I said earlier, I'm not doing the Christmas Day catering this year, we will be at my sister's......

 

I heard myself offering to take all 4 children - my sister's two littlies and my two grandchildren, all aged 6 to 11 - after the Christingle service and bring them back here to watch Christmas films and have something to eat before we deliver them all back home

 

The words just came out of my mouth

[Chook n Boo Mum]

As I said earlier, I'm not doing the Christmas Day catering this year, we will be at my sister's......

 

I heard myself offering to take all 4 children - my sister's two littlies and my two grandchildren, all aged 6 to 11 - after the Christingle service and bring them back here to watch Christmas films and have something to eat before we deliver them all back home

 

The words just came out of my mouth

 

It's not just me who engages mouth before engaging brain then?!

 

Sha x

[Lesley]

As I said earlier, I'm not doing the Christmas Day catering this year, we will be at my sister's......

 

I heard myself offering to take all 4 children - my sister's two littlies and my two grandchildren, all aged 6 to 11 - after the Christingle service and bring them back here to watch Christmas films and have something to eat before we deliver them all back home

 

The words just came out of my mouth

 

It's not just me who engages mouth before engaging brain then?!

 

Sha x

 

It gets better!

 

I've just invited all the family for tea on New Year's Day (my Dad's Birthday) - half of them for lunch beforehand........and told Carl he can invite his Mother to stay in February for her Birthday..................

 

I'll just go and get the long sleeved white jacket.......

[Chook n Boo Mum]

Oooops !

 

No problem, you have a slowcooker stew for lunch, with french stick to soak up the lovely juices or mash & veg if you want a bit more work and a selection of cakes & cookies {I recommend the streusel , would you like a slice, just cutting one to have with a cuppa now!!} for tea & thank all the Omlet bods for the recipes etc!! All can be made ahead & frozen/stored in a tin 'til needed.

 

That's what I'd do anyway!

 

MiL - don't have one of those anymore & would never have dreamed of asking mine to stay with us when she was alive - our house is far too manic!!

 

Good luck with all your "extras"!

 

Sha x