Has anyone enjoyed their Christmas?

[sojo44]

I keep hearing sad/stressful/angry stories this Christmas, so wanted to spread some cheer. Tell me what you've enjoyed about Christmas this year!

I've loved having a long walk in the woods with DH and doggo, loved my presents and just having a nice relaxing time at home playing games, having a drink, eating and lots of laughs. We're not doing anything special or out of the ordinary but I love it.

It's been a good one here, all in all.

Early start as DP working so we all got up at 5:45am to open gifts before he went at 6:20am for 12 hour shift. DS happy with his gifts & went on his xbox, I pottered about a bit, had a cuppa then we rang relatives.

Had a lovely long bath, late breakfast then DS & I were picked up to go to a friends house for a few hours so our DS's could play & we had a good chinwag (& 2 glasses of wine!) for almost 3 hours! Friends eldest DS brought us home at 2pm.
I put the salmon in the oven with chips & did a salad. DS said it was a 'top Christmas lunch'. Was nice not to feel over full!
Played with some of DS gifts then I had a nap. Watched a bot of Strictly, the Michael McIntyre show, DP came home, had tea then we watched Independence Day with tea & chocs.
Less food & less alcohol has strangely made it better!

Ours was pretty much perfect!

No real arguments just a couple of niggles between partner and I last night over wrapping and Christmas crackers today but tiny silly fights.

Kids chuffed to bit.

Great meal and fun games at my parents with lovely gifts.

Had a wonderful day, nice breakfast, swim in the pool, watched Christmas movies, made a lovely turkey dinner. Perfect day

Our Christmas present to each other has been four days in a hotel.
We’ve had a great time, driving through snowy landscapes to get here, Christmas markets, walks in town and country, good food, drink and company. Gifts were a book each and an “envelope” for the DC.

This time next year we’ll have a new home and (hopefully) a dog so we’ll do a proper Christmas then. The next 12 months have a lot of potentially stressful times to come but these last four days have been a welcome change and appreciated by us all.

Me! DS had a fab day, we had a lovely relaxing morning just the three of us, then nine for dinner and more for drinks later and all went brilliantly. A fab day, just knackered now!

I enjoyed it a lot more than I expected. BIL and SIL hosted for the first time and BIL cooked a top-notch dinner. It was also nice to spend some time with my 1 year old nephew as we don't get to see him that often.

Yes it’s been lovely. 4 generations of family together. My little niece has been amazing for 21 months old. She has delighted at every single present wanted to play with them all shown interest in everyone else and not been overwhelmed at all by it all. I’m so bloody proud of her. Lovely buffet style lunch everyone brought stuff no one slaving in the kitchen. Utterly lovely.

We’ve had a good time. Kids are so happy with all their presents (slightly underwhelmed response last year but Santa nailed it this time!). They’ve had an absolute blast with their cousins today too. I’d happily head home now but we’ve committed to two nights away and have my family to see on the way back. But so far so good.

Mine improved after I took DS2, 18, to task at 9am for his sulking rudeness. He is 'of a age'; but I have worked hard to pull Christmas together for all four of us, and I wasn't going to allow it to be ruined by his sulking, silent eyerolling disdain.

He cried, we made up and then actually went on to have a very nice day.

Yes, I had a lovely day. Thanks to some people on here, who suggested some community meals today, I went to one of them since I had no one and I was really upset. Anyway, I had a really nice meal, met some people and we were given goodie bags with things I like to eat… And when I came home, I made coffee, watched a film, and ate the contents of the goodie bag…

Yep. Lovely spending time with family, delicious food, kids have had fun.

Lovely day here, kids loved their gifts, our Christmas dinner was delicious had the perfect balance of time on our own and time with extended family.

Yes lovely..dd hosted 12 of us for Christmas
Fabulous lunch which we all contributed to By bringing food
I bought 4 games in the charity shops for a couple of quid each and were like new so we played, tumbling monkeys, articulate etc
Was lovely
Home just after 8 so I could let my stays out 😂

It was great but I'm already hungover and we're driving 200 miles to see my in laws tomorrow with a baby that hates her car seat 😩

Loved it!

My child is with their dad this Xmas. So I was spending Xmas Day with my brother and my mum. We lost my dad earlier this year but he was ill, old and ready to go so we weren't particularly mourning.

My brother for the 1st time ever (in over 50 years) said he would cook Xmas, but would be calling into M&S on Xmas eve to see what was being sold off cheap. So I wasn't particularly looking forward to today.

We had a lovely day - my brother cooked lunch, I cleared up, we discussed the works my mum is doing on her family home, briefly touched on politics, discussed our family deaths and losses this year, repeated the conversations multiple times as my mum's memory loss is getting worse. It was OK. (I got home in time for eastenders!).

Lovely day here. Just DH and kids. Kids loved their presents. Had a beautiful walk in the park in the sun.

Cooked a lovely roast and chilled out with TV on, watching films and eating chocolate, drinking wine.

Chilled, low key and perfect.

The Stravas had a lovely day. Didn't have to go anywhere or do anything, so we opened presents, had a lovely cooked breakfast without clock watching, played, went for a walk, sang on the karaoke machine, watched Strictly, Bake Off, Gavin & Stacey and now I'm drinking water before bed in the hopes of diluting the eleventy billion litres of sherry and Baileys!

I had a lovely day. My youngest cried at two of her presents because she was so happy.

My eldest has recently told us she is trans and I had a lot of doubt over choosing her presents. Evaluate I didn't want to offend or insultZ she loved everything and actually broke down in tears at the daughter keyring bought her.

It's probably the last year we will have won youngest believing as she starts high school next September so it's felt extra special for us.

Sorry so many spelling mistakes! Nail extensions and too much gin do not mix 😂😂

Ours was lovely. Dinner with friends in the pub on Xmas eve, a relaxed day without extended family, a walk which everyone enjoyed, delicious home cooked dinner, FaceTime with extended family, watched Dolly at Glasto on tv.

They all sound like wonderful Christmases!
You've definitely made me smile! Hopefully it's made some of you smile as well.

Merry Christmas everyone! And happy Boxing Day 🎄💖

Unexpectedly, yes.

My dad died last month, and my mum went into hospital on Christmas Eve, so I thought it would be awful.

It really wasn’t. Dsis and BIL joined us unexpectedly as they’d come up to visit mum, so we had more around the table than usual.

We are later as well, which made the day last longer.

I got lovely thoughtful gifts, the food was lovely, we played a game, chilled out, laughed, remembered Dad, watched Gavin and Stacey and just appreciated each other.

A proper family Christmas.

Ate later, not are.

Our Christmas has been lovely, DS was on emergency duty last night and had to be on the phone quite a few times but it didn't put a dampener or anything on it