What are your plans for…

[Floridatilly]

What are your plans for Christmas Eve, Christmas Day & Boxing Day? 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎅🎅🎅🎅

Christmas eve, my older two children are working all day until 6pm 😫😫😫 my youngest won’t do anything without them so I am stuck for ideas. When the older two come home we will have dominoes and pig out with Christmas treats whilst watching Christmas Carol 🤩

Christmas Day is always at my mums, we go around 1pm after the children have opened their presents and we have all got dressed up fancy. We stay until 5pm then come home and the kids take another look at their presents and eat chocolates

Boxing Day is a bit meh 😫 my sister and I always took turns doing a buffet but she doesn’t want to anymore, she isn’t really a family person nor a Christmas person 🙈
My older two are going out around town in the evening for the traditional fancy dress night (not together) so it will be a movie and treats for the rest of us and I will have a baileys 😜

[Lola]

Just me and DH this year as it's DD and DSIL turn to be a his parent’s place as we alternate. A peaceful day which I enjoy, after years of having to visit too many relatives on the day as we did in the past. Used to alternate with WDW visits in the last few years but DH isn't up to that now.

[marypoppins38]

DH will probably work for a few hours on Christmas Eve from home. DD will be working until god knows what time. Hopefully everyone will keep their dogs away from the chocolate and mince pies so she can get home at a decent time! We will go out for a couple of drinks when she is home and pick up a take away on the walk home. Christmas morning we visit my parent's grave with flowers before visiting the in laws. Then it's home to Christmas PJ's and a glass of champagne while cooking.

[snowbelle]

Lying in the sun in the Canary Islands 😀

[Disney2010]

Xmas Eve - We usually go see my husband's family in the evening. My MIL likes to do a "picky tea" for the 3 kids & the grandchildren.

Xmas Day - We tend to stay at home, just the 3 of us. It causes less stress & driving around (like we used to!). It means my son can play with all his new toys.

Boxing Day - We see my family for a day of food, board games & general silliness

[CarolynU]

Christmas Eve is all chip in food preparation. We all peel and chop and I make various stuffings, cook a gammon/ham and possibly cook a turkey crown to eat cold in sandwiches etc.
Dinner is a no fancy affair.
Grandkids get ready for bed in Christmas PJ’s and put all their goodies out for Santa and the reindeers.
Christmas Day it’s present opening. Then a mixture of playing with the kiddies and cooking the main turkey, and all the veg etc!
Mid morning we will open the champagne until lunch time.
We all stuff ourselves. Son in law is usually the pudding guy. He sets light to it and we all enjoy that!
More playing with the kiddies until it’s their bedtime and then after they are asleep it’s time to pick at more food and drink and play a few games. Faves are pic charades, and a few others whose names escape me!
That’s accompanied by more drink and a few chocolates.
Boxing Day is usually a collapse day. The odd year we might go to the sea to watch the nutcases engage in the Boxing Day Dip but since the council has made everywhere permit parking only that’s harder to do as parking is a nightmare.
We watch any TV that we fancy and generally take it easy. Food is usually just picking whatever you fancy from what’s around!

[vampiress88]

Originally Posted by CarolynU

Christmas Eve is all chip in food preparation. We all peel and chop and I make various stuffings, cook a gammon/ham and possibly cook a turkey crown to eat cold in sandwiches etc.
Dinner is a no fancy affair.
Grandkids get ready for bed in Christmas PJ’s and put all their goodies out for Santa and the reindeers.
Christmas Day it’s present opening. Then a mixture of playing with the kiddies and cooking the main turkey, and all the veg etc!
Mid morning we will open the champagne until lunch time.
We all stuff ourselves. Son in law is usually the pudding guy. He sets light to it and we all enjoy that!
More playing with the kiddies until it’s their bedtime and then after they are asleep it’s time to pick at more food and drink and play a few games. Faves are pic charades, and a few others whose names escape me!
That’s accompanied by more drink and a few chocolates.
Boxing Day is usually a collapse day. The odd year we might go to the sea to watch the nutcases engage in the Boxing Day Dip but since the council has made everywhere permit parking only that’s harder to do as parking is a nightmare.
We watch any TV that we fancy and generally take it easy. Food is usually just picking whatever you fancy from what’s around!

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So you have grandkids Xmas Eve and all Christmas Day till they go home Boxing Day?
It sound lovely I’m bit jealous

[CarolynU]

Originally Posted by vampiress88

So you have grandkids Xmas Eve and all Christmas Day till they go home Boxing Day?
It sound lovely I’m bit jealous

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I actually go up to their house from the 24th until the 26th. It is absolutely fantastic. They are still at that magical age too. We only live around 20 minutes apart.

[vampiress88]

Originally Posted by CarolynU

I actually go up to their house from the 24th until the 26th. It is absolutely fantastic. They are still at that magical age too.

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Must be nice.
I hope when i have grandkids they come stay with me or us with them etc.

It’s the only think I wish for my kids is to have better family.

[CarolynU]

Originally Posted by vampiress88

Must be nice.
I hope when i have grandkids they come stay with me or us with them etc.

It’s the only think I wish for my kids is to have better family.

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I hope that your wish is granted. It makes such a difference to your life.