N1cky

There are so many things I miss about the UK around Christmas time, obviously family but other things are

Work Christmas parties, where everyone gets ratted and no-one mentions work at all

Christmas TV, comedy specials like the Royle Family, Gavin and Stacey... They seem to do Thanksgiving ones in the US but not Christmas. Christmas takes over the TV in the UK, here there are no special programs on, no special movies, it's just like normal shit TV

Days off, 1 day off here is just tight

Food, Christmas cake, Christmas pudding, Yule log, having a big tin of Roses to dip into...

What's everyone else miss?

Uncle Ebenezer

I miss the Christmas season starting somewhere round December 10th.

Guindalf

I'll be back on Boxing Day (I fly on Christmas Day!).

...but I miss Christmas Pud, crackers and Morcombe and Wise and Only Fools and Horses and Noel's Christmas Presents! (Yes I'm old and sad!!)

Manc

Boxing day football

Poppy girl

I can't really say anything and I will be home in the UK this year probably wishing I was in the US like I normally do when I am back in Blighty!!..but to console myself I will make sure I eat plenty of mothers home made sausage rolls and a abundance of REAL CADBURYS chocolate to keep me going

I do miss when here in the US the Christmas morning Noel Edmond's show LOL

Uncle Ebenezer

Boxing Day.

lisa67

I used to sing in a church choir when I was school age and I really miss Church Christmas music.
I also miss some of the treats and the TV specials as well as going to our local annual motocross Boxing Day meet.
Don't miss having to go and visit relatives I don't really want to see and having to sit on the "spare" chairs

tonrob

That lovely festive song by Slade - you know the one.

Gabgoeshome

I miss the time after Christmas day ...you know how it gets drawn out back home?

I am sad each time my MIL whips the Christmas tree down on the evening of the 25th!

Actually, everything ...even the blooming Argos Christmas catalogue!

Thank goodness I am nearing the end of my stretch

joto

Tesco/Sainsbury's/M&S sausage meat stuffing with all the fruit, nuts,etc in it. We do miss certain parts of the family, not just at Christmas, but any time of the year.
This part might need to go into the pet peeves section, but here goes. The too long run up to Christmas, and then on Boxing Day, it's as if Christmas had never happened. No goodies left on the shelves, nothing, not even a card or Christmas tree ornament to be had.

ljaw2002uk

My family and our odd little Christmas traditions. This will be my first Christmas living in the US, so I am expecting it to be a bit tough.

Howefamily

I will miss Tescos Finest Courvesior Clotted Cream with brandy butter too on a hot mince pie.
The Radio and TV Times
The Queens speech which is amazing as I never watched it when I was in England
The Snowman film on TV

Hope you dont mind me joining this thread - I am up North in Canada

joto

What do you mean? You don't get the Queen's speech in Canada?

lisa67

When we first moved here I'd get a bit twitchy around November and book a holiday for us somewhere...made the first few Christmas' doable
I also found that starting our own family traditions helped

Bob

A decent length of holiday, running into the new year.

Getting shit faced and it being perfectly okay...and to do it again on boxing day...and to be shit faced for new years, dancing with the cops as the town bells ring in the new year....without freezing your gonads off.

Cheesy TV specials.

The naff chocolate decorations, crackers and not having to explain what they're about, naff bit of tinsel.

Hot, street cart of horse-chestnuts and peanuts.

Boozy eggnog and whatsit with the wine.

New Year sales.

12 days of Christmas.