Ho Ho Ho
First off I would like to mention how awesome it was meeting you all at the SGUK Pre-Christmas drink, putting faces to the names, making more friends and slowly taking over an entire section of the pub.
Secondly I am sure you're aware it will soon be Christmas Day. Some will be excited, some are not too fussed, and others shudder in fear over the thought of Christmas dinner with the folks.
iamlink posted a thread on SGUK about Christmas family traditions. As my Christmas weekend is full of family traditions, I thought it best that I write a blog about them, rather than posting a massive comment I dont know why, it just felt more logical.
For many years now on Christmas Eve my family and I we have a curry. This can either be a takeaway or, especially if our close neighbours join us, we will eat in our local restaurant. If our neighbours are joining us and people are working Christmas Eve, we will often meet up at the local pub beforehand, otherwise we would meet up at someones house for some pre-dinner drinks.
My sister then comes to live with mum, dad and me for the Christmas long weekend.
On Christmas Day we all wake up around 7:30, sit on Mum and Dad's bed to exchange stockings, like we have done since we were little. We then go downstairs, wearing our cracker paper hats, to exchange the main presents and for a nice cup of tea. Mum is always the person who picks the first present from under the tree. We then go clockwise picking presents from under the tree until there are no more. Once the presents have been unwrapped and put away, we have the Christmas morning fry-up, which normally coincides with a call from my grandparents to thank each other for the gifts we bought. Once we are settled at home we go over to a neighbour's house, or they come to ours, around 11:00 where close members of our neighbourhood exchange presents and drink lots of bucks fizz. When this is over, my mum will be tipsy from drinking too much bucks fizz and will begin doing the finishing touches to Christmas dinner, which normally involves one item being completely forgotten and/or one getting very burnt. As mum prepares Christmas dinner my sister gets a start on the annual Christmas themed puzzle, I set the table, and my dad puts on some festive music. Nothing particularly exciting happens during Christmas dinner other than nice food and great wine. After dinner we spend the rest of the day sitting in the living room, build the puzzle, watch a DVD and any interesting shows on television like the Doctor Who Christmas Special.
Most of Boxing Day is the same as Christmas Day evening, sitting in the living room, building the puzzle and watching television. The only true traditional thing we do is use all the leftover vegetables from Christmas dinner to bubble and squeak for Boxing Day dinner with slices of leftover meat.
I know it doesnt sound like much, if anything Christmas Day sounds too busy and Boxing Day sounds dull, but I love Christmas.
For those who love Christmas, I hope Santa gives you what you requested, and for those who fear it I hope it goes as well as possible.
ttfn
Anonwhy?mous
First off I would like to mention how awesome it was meeting you all at the SGUK Pre-Christmas drink, putting faces to the names, making more friends and slowly taking over an entire section of the pub.
Secondly I am sure you're aware it will soon be Christmas Day. Some will be excited, some are not too fussed, and others shudder in fear over the thought of Christmas dinner with the folks.
iamlink posted a thread on SGUK about Christmas family traditions. As my Christmas weekend is full of family traditions, I thought it best that I write a blog about them, rather than posting a massive comment I dont know why, it just felt more logical.
For many years now on Christmas Eve my family and I we have a curry. This can either be a takeaway or, especially if our close neighbours join us, we will eat in our local restaurant. If our neighbours are joining us and people are working Christmas Eve, we will often meet up at the local pub beforehand, otherwise we would meet up at someones house for some pre-dinner drinks.
My sister then comes to live with mum, dad and me for the Christmas long weekend.
On Christmas Day we all wake up around 7:30, sit on Mum and Dad's bed to exchange stockings, like we have done since we were little. We then go downstairs, wearing our cracker paper hats, to exchange the main presents and for a nice cup of tea. Mum is always the person who picks the first present from under the tree. We then go clockwise picking presents from under the tree until there are no more. Once the presents have been unwrapped and put away, we have the Christmas morning fry-up, which normally coincides with a call from my grandparents to thank each other for the gifts we bought. Once we are settled at home we go over to a neighbour's house, or they come to ours, around 11:00 where close members of our neighbourhood exchange presents and drink lots of bucks fizz. When this is over, my mum will be tipsy from drinking too much bucks fizz and will begin doing the finishing touches to Christmas dinner, which normally involves one item being completely forgotten and/or one getting very burnt. As mum prepares Christmas dinner my sister gets a start on the annual Christmas themed puzzle, I set the table, and my dad puts on some festive music. Nothing particularly exciting happens during Christmas dinner other than nice food and great wine. After dinner we spend the rest of the day sitting in the living room, build the puzzle, watch a DVD and any interesting shows on television like the Doctor Who Christmas Special.
Most of Boxing Day is the same as Christmas Day evening, sitting in the living room, building the puzzle and watching television. The only true traditional thing we do is use all the leftover vegetables from Christmas dinner to bubble and squeak for Boxing Day dinner with slices of leftover meat.
I know it doesnt sound like much, if anything Christmas Day sounds too busy and Boxing Day sounds dull, but I love Christmas.
For those who love Christmas, I hope Santa gives you what you requested, and for those who fear it I hope it goes as well as possible.
ttfn
Anonwhy?mous
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I just found out I have a half day tomorrow WHOOO!!! so i will be going home and making myslef a BIG jug of egg nog, locking the doors and chilling out just me and the cat
i hope there will be opportunities to do plently more lovely sets
xoxo