Merry Christmas

ClutcherofStraw · 24 December 2019 21:43

Merry Christmas to you all.

ianash · 24 December 2019 22:07

Merry Christmas to you all

Zazabi · 25 December 2019 08:03

Merry Christmas to you all
Hope you all had a great Christmas eve.
Here that’s when we usually open our pressies
Another Christmas dinner with the family for lunch today. I feel stuffed already!!
I Love youuuu all anyway

Arcade · 25 December 2019 08:30

That’s weird. I was just going to post something, asking if there were any different traditions in France/Germany/Finland etc.

Enjoyed a meal out with my brothers and dad last night. Was originally meant to be going for an Indian, but since my dad doesn’t like spicy food we opted for a Chinese place. Pleased we did. Was very nice.

We don’t give many presents in our family anymore, except to the kids. Just a few token gestures really, although I did get a nice big bag of gifts from friends, since we started to give each other ‘jokey’ things and that developed into actual ‘proper presents’.

Will be a different kind of Christmas Day for me, as we are going over to the home to give mum her Christmas dinner at 12, and we will probably end up helping some of the other residents to eat theirs, since I doubt there will be a full crew of staff on. I really don’t mind sparing an hour of my time helping an old person with dementia experience Christmas.

Will then go back to mine for Christmas dinner with dad before my younger brother and his family come for an evening buffet and drinks. Hoping he doesn’t bring his pugalier puppy this time. Don’t fancy scrubbing urine out of the carpet again.

Have a great Christmas Day everyone! Season’s Greetings x

Andyboy67 · 25 December 2019 09:00

Merry Christmas to you all x

Zazabi · 25 December 2019 10:14

When we were kids we’d always open our pressies around midnight, I think that’s also how it’s being done in Germany, maybe Ulli can confirm.
When my sister got married they started doing it on Christmas day morning like in her husband’s family. But I managed to negociate for last night . Always found it more “magical” with all the Christmas lights on.

Christmas Eve dinner is more important than the one on Christmas Day lunch.

And we don’t have Boxing day in France

brother95 · 25 December 2019 10:54

Once again merry Christmas to you all dear folks…here is my new ring(the one with skull heads)…not very Christmas spirit but love it

Arcade · 25 December 2019 10:57

Loving the beard bauble!

Lauri · 25 December 2019 11:14

Merry Christmas everyone!

We give and get gifts on Christmas Eve and today we just basically relax and eat well. Ours kids visited us last night with my daughter’s dogs. Very nice evening. Of course the religious ones went to Christmas church this morning. We aren’t, but me and my wife are at the moment watching Urbi et orbi from Vatican on TV.

Arcade · 25 December 2019 14:29

So basically, the rest of the known world opens gifts on Christmas Eve, but the U.K does it on the morning because we’re all getting rat-arsed on Christmas Eve.

LittleStarfish · 25 December 2019 18:55

My mum was with us, and she had the surprise (I was aware) when someone rang at the door : my niece from Brittany, her husband and 4 children (Paul, their dog stayed at home )
Happy Christmas.