At last.

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by a-liquid-sky

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  1. Second Christmas in our new home. Just our daughter and us this year. The way I like it. Braised lamb for dinner and lots of nibbles and whiskey, and cheese.

    Our daughter’s eight so this is still prime joy and excitement time for us all.

    Long may it last.

    Merry Christmas to all who are celebrating.

  2. Finish work at 1, going out for a walk around some duck ponds as we’ve not been out of the house for about a week.

  3. Glad I’m WFH today, hopefully it’s as smooth a working day as y’day. Then I’ve got to marinate the chicken and leg of lamb before sorting out dinner, family coming round tomorrow morning. Crack open a cold beer later and continue watching Andor Season 2 🙂

  4. I’m in the office on my own, which is fine because I can play my own music and set the thermostat to a temperature that suits me. Hopefully home by 3, then I can drag the kids out for a walk to try to tire them out.

  5. Working, because apparently going away for less than a week and being closed for two whole days means everyone has to panic last minute about their medication and swarm pharmacies all over the country. 

    It was so busy yesterday 😪 
    I swear they have a group chat so they can arrive en mass and stand in a grumpy queue. 

    I got new pyjamas for after work tonight though, and I’m very excited about them. 

  7. We’ve just moved house, and I’m recovering from something (flu/covid??). We’re both exhausted, and I’m starting to get *quite* pregnant. I love Christmas, but under the circumstances we hardly have any Christmas decorations up. Might try to get some up today if I have the time and energy. We’re definitely watching Love Actually tonight though – my favourite Christmas film! I walked down the aisle earlier this year to one of the songs from the film so the odds of me bawling my eyes out are rather high.

  8. Going to have a nice walk later this morning, then start prepping all the trimmings for Christmas dinner tomorrow so all we have to do is put the oven on and not have to peel, poke, prep or primp anything, just plate.

    edit: I see my mystery downvoter has arrived. I hope your Christmas dinner is eaten by the cat.

  9. I had made great plans to get on with my wrapping at the weekend – and then got ill. Feeling a lot better today, so I’ll be cracking on with that.

  10. This is only the second time in 42 years that I’ve woken up on Christmas eve and not been in one of my parents homes. If I’m going to my dad in Sweden, I’m there by the 22nd and if I’m staying in the UK I tend to go to mum’s around that date too. I’ll be in mum’s from this afternoon.

    Still, at least this time I’m in my own bed. Last time it was Christmas in the local psych ward…bloody hell, just done the maths and that was 19 years ago!

  11. Plenty to do, make and clean before my parents arrive and the chaos begins; but we lost our little puppy on Friday so it will be good to attempt some cheer!

  12. I awoke to the news that one of my childhood friends has died. He was 40. I feel a bit sick tbh.

  13. woke up with barely any voice, great! checked what time wickes opened so could go collect a present – bloody closed today argh! went to Tesco spent more than I should have and debated over some red pj’s in the sale but put them back. had some woman huffing and puffing in the queue behind me because I couldnt get my points to load on the club card app so she stormed off to another till whilst I was squeaking I’m so sorry. someone cut me off at the roundabout and beeping his horn. on the sofa now feeling yuk and wishing I’d bought the bloody pj’s and just realised I forgot flour. whatever, I’m done.

  14. I’m doing some christmas eve housework, going to have a walk, feed the lady next door’s cats and then off to a carol service in the village square this evening with my best friend and her mum.

  15. I’m in Brussels where I live now. Going to prepare stuffing from my late Grandma’s recipe and peel all the veg. Sadly my family consists of just me and my lovely son now but we’ll make the best of it. What’s everyone eating today?

  17. My partner left it until today to tell me he needs more baking paper, clingfilm and tinfoil for tomorrow.

    I’ve been asking him for the past week if there was any last minute bits we needed and he insisted we had everything….

    Going out tonight with my dad for our annual Christmas Eve night out. We always go to the same pub to watch the band they have on, and it’s probably my favourite night of the year.

  18. Not at work today but got some bits to sort…. We have mice under our kitchen kickboard. I know where they’ve gotten in from outside so I’m sealing that today and using a bucket trap to hopefully humanely catch them

    Outside of that – it will be watching muppets Christmas Carole, as is tradition, and eating mince pies, baking and just a ln all round chilled day before the chaos begins

  19. Son ‘rumbled’ Santa after last Xmas, so this year it’s his first Santa free Christmas very sad.

    But he is 21 it’s time to move on

  21. Going to my parent’s so my dad can show me how to change my car battery 😅
    My mum will have a half day from work, so I’ll probably help her prep for tomorrow and hang out with my siblings when they arrive.

    It’s my baby’s first Christmas so even though he has no concept of anything, it’s nice to have a bit of a change this Christmas! He’s also the first grandchild so very spoilt.

  22. Gotta prep food for tomorrow, there will be 11 of us round the table! Might get a chippy for tea, don’t think I’ll be bothered to cook by 5pm.

  23. Sticking to six beers today l. Don’t wanna be rough on the big day

  24. Our youngest started throwing up last night and I suspect it’s a stomach bug. Praying to Santa that the rest of us don’t catch it and spend tomorrow hugging the toilet.

    We were supposed to be going to the cinema to watch the new SpongeBob movie tonight but that’s had to be cancelled and secretly I was looking forward to it more than the kids.

    Bummer. On the plus side we were pretty prepared this year so all shopping is done, everything is wrapped, house is fairly tidy so we can just relax today and look after the little man.

  25. https://preview.redd.it/586eddbyh49g1.jpeg?width=2252&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ff5a38542bf894859dbeb2b0cc950d4280c81e20

    We don’t do presents in our family, so these are all fake, lol.

    The tree looked bare without them so I had to

    Every Christmas Eve my son and I (19) bake a cake and this year we’ve decided on red velvet cake. We spend the afternoon baking and always have either Christmas FM on in the background or our annual viewing of Airplane!

    Tomorrow we’re with my parents and brother’s family. But today is Xmas Mum&Son ™ bonding day

  26. Unfortunately, I’m working 9pm-7am tonight!

    Gonna laze about all day, eat more food than I should, have a nap and watch crap on telly before then.

  27. I’ve had my tree up since the middle of November, my kids were getting fed up with the cold weather so I made the decision to start things off early to get them cheered up. I managed to sort all the presents by early December, I made some cheese straws yesterday for the first time and they turned out really well!

    Today we’re just going to hunker down, watch some Christmas films, bake some cookies and do a little food prep. It’s the first time in a long time that I’m actually excited for Christmas, I get to have the morning and dinner just with me and the kids, so I skip all the wider family stress around Christmas dinner and just get to show up for desserts presents and games. I’m so excited to see my kids faces when they unwrap their gifts, I’m looking forward to eating food I’m actually going to enjoy, and I’m hopeful that the family afternoon will be smooth sailing but even if it isn’t I can be happy that I get the morning how I want it. 

  28. I dunno, I feel weird, like I already have that wistful feeling you get on December 28th. This Christmas I got my gifts bought and wrapped fairly early, and have had a fair amount going on so it’s just…here.
    Christmas is tomorrow, not feeling particularly festive or ready despite everything being prepared. Like I’m already regretting not enjoying it enough.

  29. Currently still at work but will be finishing early so I actually will have a lovely Christmas Eve with my parents. Then, back home this evening so my husband and I can celebrate with the pets and hang our stockings.

  30. My partner was diagnosed with a wheat allergy a few weeks ago. Navigating Xmas food this year has been an experience, and trickier than normal. But I’m hopping out of bed today to make us a flourless chocolate torte for the ‘big day’ and a whole batch of wheat free shortbread as they’re his favourite Christmas treat. I will make sure nothing gets in the way of his joy and overindulgence dammit!!

  31. My wife has seen the pile of gifts I have got her and she’s suddenly got guilt going on and rushed to the shops.

    What she doesn’t know is there’s another stack that’s an even bigger surprise for her.

  32. Deliberately left buying veggies and other bits till today.

    Was dreading it but my local Lidl was incredibly quiet and I got everything I needed without any fuss or even a queue at checkout!

    Now gonna boil the potatoes and fridge them for tomorrow.

  33. The Christmas Eve trifecta, Gremlins, Muppet Christmas Carol and Die Hard. Oh yeah, I guess we have to drop off some presents at some point to.

  34. My mates and I are semi-rekindling our old tradition of going to the pub on Christmas eve to have a few. Except it’s going to be 3pm to 8pm this time, we can’t pull off the having shots at 12:01am to celebrate Christmas anymore….we think. Then it’s present wrapping whilst watching a Christmas film in the evening, with most likely a greasy kebab or pizza next to me. Bliss.

  35. Presents are wrapped, tree is up (finally), toddler is colouring with my wife, life is good. We’re making veggie lasagne for Christmas dinner instead of roast dinner as veggie roasts are a bit meh.

  36. Listening to ’12 Ways to Kill Your Family at Christmas’ while working today. 

    My mother has moved in with us for the month and is wreaking merry havoc with our chill Christmas plans.

    These two events are unrelated.

  37. Not feeling well and not expecting to make a miraculous recovery overnight.

    Suspect I’ll be spending Christmas on the sofa as to not spread my lovely germs.

  39. Christmas Eve has sure come by fast in my opinion. I’m glad I was off from work on Monday until January.

    So far we have these presents underneath the tree at parent’s house. I can’t take credit for wrapping them.

    https://preview.redd.it/ormd1u9xt49g1.jpeg?width=4284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=17dfc73b476371ff4faecdd4c72daff069d352ac

    Just received an Amazon delivery for my Dad, brand new LED light for living room. That he was aware it going to be ordered.

    The plan for the day is dabble in some AI on my brand new MacBook Pro. I also plan to watch some Snoopy Christmas Special.

    If my Dad is up for it we’ll watch Avatar: The Way of Water with my Dad as he hasn’t seen it yet.

    Hope you all have a very Merry Christmas 🎄 🎊

  41. I’ve finished work now*. Huzzah!

    *until 730am Boxing Day.

  42. After some properly horrible news about my mum’s health and both parents being in and out of hospital for the last two months I’m really struggling with Christmas this year. Currently sitting on my living room floor wrapping presents while quietly wishing the entire thing was over.

    Not trying to bring the thread down, just feeling particularly sad and anxious at the moment. I usually absolutely love Christmas but this year I’m just not feeling it.

  43. For some reason, I woke up every hour yesterday, so I’m exhausted this morning. I’ll probably be up until 3 AM putting out the kids’ presents and rearranging them because the Mrs. is never happy with where they sit.

    Looking forward to the big day, of course, not just the Christmas dinner, but we have actually managed to keep it a secret from the kids that we are off to Disney World next June despite slip ups from other family members

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