General Chat

having twelve people for christmas day.all my family.should be a laugh with food and alot of alcoholxxxxxx(:

don't know what we're doing for christmas. not looking forward to it. we normally hav lunch at home and then visit Sharons family for a while and then go to my parents for tea - might do something different this year.

i think ours will be the worst next day hangover ever.if last year was anything to go by we drank a bottle of champagne.bottle of whisky twenty cans of lager and that was just for four of us.this year will be much more.hangover heaven!!!!!xxxx(:

Not sure yet my first Christmas of not working but i think hubby is working so will be just me and the dog Margaret

for all that have computers we will have to wish each other a merry christmas and for those who haven't put it on your christmas wish listxxxxxxxx(:

Paul, sounds like a good idea to do something different xx We are only a small family, but we still make a big thing of it and have a great time!

mandy people have to really.it's not christmas that makes christmas.it's people celebrating and having a good time that makes it specialxxxx(:

going to Son and daughter in laws this year so a day off from cooking the Christmas lunch. Ann Glo

STOP TALKING ABOUT CHRISTMAS!!! ITS BANNED UNTIL 1ST DEC!! X

Looks like being just 3 of us this year and maybe next door neighbours. Son and his partner will be having their first christmas with just them and the children as for the last 4 years they have had one of her parents ill. Sadly they have both died so this will be a difficult time for them. We could go to my sister and her family (5 generations), a total of 11 but after a very enjoyable but very noisy weekend with them, I think we will opt for a quiet time. We tend to do more at New Year with anything from 10-40 for the evening with 10-20 staying over and for a big dinner next day. Jacky

My hubbys working christmas day again so no doubt like last year he'll get me and the kids out of bed at 5am (yawn!!) before he goes to work so he can see the kids open their presents!! Usually we'll go my mum and dads in the morning over in Yorkshire and then the inlaws come round for tea or we go to them. Tracey

We always have people round. Otherwise I find it boring! So as usual we've got a daughter, her husband and his Mum & Grand daughter. Thankfully my husband does the cooking or we might starve! The more the merrier as far as I'm concerned. And this is from someone who doesn't like Christmas much! Jane

bah humbug!lolxxxxxxxxxxx(:

love to go away for christmas.maybe lapland!xxxxxxxx(:

There's only me, hubby and one and a half daughters out of three for Xmas dinner. Eldest should be in her new house by then so will want to spend Xmas there, middle daughter will be working from 2 until 8.30, and the youngest should be here unless she's in hospital having a baby.

Christmas isn't Christmas without children around, I'll agree with that

love to go to lapland though.i agree paul christmas is for the children.thats what i miss about my daughter not being tiny again.pretending that santa does exist):

Lisa. We get the point. You would like to go to Lapland.

with freddie........xx

Usually I find it to be a letdown, the anticipation always seems more exciting than the actual event. Looking back, I liked the Christmases when you could usually guarantee a reasonable sized family gathering. Then the elder generation died and being the lazy lot we all are, we now just stick to doing our own thing. I suppose it doesn't bother me really but I sometimes have a longing for those days when you actually liked having the closeness of a lot of people all around, even though you took it for granted at the time. This year, there will be just my immediate family as usual - hoping my brother makes it back. A South African friend of mine is coming over to stay in the UK for a couple of years so I'll be pleased if she can make it over. A.