Jingsamichty

What are your plans this year?

I've got 2 weeks off work, just going to have a nice quiet family time. Our eldest is coming home from Uni for a few days over Christmas but has to get back to Brighton cos he's working, and anyway Brighton is a far more fun place to be in party season for a teenager than a small Norfolk village.

Got a couple of parties to go to, and having friends round to join us for Christmas Day lunch. Looking forward to it all.

Pica

Nothing decided yet

spouse of scouse

That sounds like a very pleasant festive season Jingsamichty. Nice that you'll be seeing your oldest, even if just for a few days.

We're having scouse's adult sons and their partners for dinner on Christmas Eve.

Going to one of my sister's place at around 10am Christmas morning, we call it 'brunch' but in reality the last straggler usually leaves about 7pm. We all take food, beer and bubbles, most of my family is there so generally around 40 people. All the presents go under the tree and get handed out, so that takes a good 2 hours on its own I'm looking forward to it too.

MillieF

Danny B

My parents are flying into Vancouver on the 18th, they are staying with my Son in Burnaby until I pick all three of them up on the 21st. Then we are hanging out here in Kamloops until the 2nd. We haven't seen each other in 2 years so I'm looking forward to it.

scrubbedexpat091

We don't have any plans, its just the 2 of us so we don't usually do much of anything.

caretaker

I don't know, just checked my calendar and I don't have to work. Possibly ice fishing.

BuckinghamshireBoy

We're staying put. Elder SD will join us for a few days, as hopefully will her boyfriend. Younger SD is effectively banned due to the grief that she caused last Christmas (and once again since).

We'll be hosting the big meal on the 25th (14 participants) and have managed to lock the date in early enough so that the nieces' husbands can fit their respective family bashes so as not to clash with ours.

This place is already beginning to look like a UPS/Amazon parcel sorting centre, thanks to the family Secret Santa. Stuff just keeps arriving that neither myself nor OH have ordered, OH opens them up and says "that'll be from abc for xyz" then calls abc to tell him or her that the parcel is here, book an appointment to come and wrap/hide it.

The cats are currently feigning indifference, but will come to life once the Christmas tree is in place.

OH will have a couple of out with the girls days, I will have a couple of day trips, one south of Brussels and one up to Den Haag. These will not occur at the same time as OH's outings, as the revamped sound system needs some fine tweaking.

There will be more curry consumed than at any other time of year.

scilly

We're taking the train across Canada to Nova Scotia (and back again) to spend Christmas with our daughter, s-i-l and grandson. We have nothing planned except to spend time with them all. We arrive on the 19th, they all have work or school on the 20th so we might arrange a meet-up with a couple we both knew at university. Apart from that, it will be family time. No idea what we will have to eat on Christmas Day, they like to have different meats!

Then we will leave them in time to catch The Canadian in Toronto for our New Year ........ it will be somewhere between Saskatoon and Jasper this year.

It's now become an annual trip.

BristolUK

I'll have the usual two weeks off in addition to the other 50 weeks off.

The 6.00 am phone call from my mum seems to have been only a one-off when she forgot the time difference
She still gets it wrong but not so badly and now I call her to play safe.

We may do Love Actually again this year having watched something else on xmas eve in past years.

Also going to check out winter and lights at the zoo. Brrrrrr.

Teaandtoday5

Teaandtoday5

MB-Realtor

Our 2 sons are coming in from Edmonton for Xmas week, we're doing the zoo's festival of lights, have a grandchild's 5th birthday, Xmas day lunch with our 4 children and 2 grandchildren, spouses etc, Boxing day with some additional friends added into the mix.

Piff Poff

Up until today it was turkey for 2, then we were thinking of going out for dinner with another couple, (boys planning without talking to the missuses) but now it's going to the other couples for dinner. So now i have to thi k of gifts for peeps I've never met😨

will be chatting to DD at some point. That will be my highlight.

Siouxie

I'll go to my son late on Christmas eve, spend Christmas day with him, open stockings and presents and then cook turkey, roast spuds and all the trimmings.. eat it (not forgetting to pull crackers and wear silly hats) and then we'll watch a movie after dinner with a glass of something.. or if he has plans then an early departure for me. Other than that, no plans.


I love hearing of others plans - reminds me of when I was growing up and the house would be filled with relatives and friends and much merriment would be had. I still remember making paper chains to decorate the lounge and picking mistletoe for above the door; small boughs of greenery and holly with red berries to decorate the mantle. Our Christmas tree had glass birds that were candle holders, with tiny candles (similar to birthday candles), the irridescent feathers were quite beautiful. Happy memories