So how has your day been?

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We were at the in laws and yes we all had a nice day, but I have to say I'm glad to be home and chilling out with a glass of wine now!

They offer wine with dinner, old fashioned little tiny wine glasses and only one top up. After dinner, wine is put away and wine glasses washed and put back in the cupboard, no chance of any more alcohol for the rest of the day.

Christmas Day at my own parents is so much more of a relaxed affair which I love. There are bottles of wine open during the day and you just help yourself if you fancy a glass. And tubs of chocolates. And usually a cheeseboard appears at some point and you just go help yourself. Or have a nosey in the fridge for some yummy Christmas nibbles.

In laws have Christmas dinner (which was very tasty), then we all sit down in the living room for a cup of tea and get offered a chocolate. And then we all sit down again for sandwiches later on. It all seems so formal and (apart from the Christmas dinner obviously) I feel so stifled having to do everything all together all day, why can't some people go for a walk if they want while others lounge on the sofa watching Christmas Day TV? No, that couldn't possibly happen at in laws as everyone has to do everything together, ggrrrr!!

Anyway, now we're home and I'm sitting up on my own (DH wasn't feeling well and went to bed early) with a cheeseboard and a nice glass of red wine, and feeling like this part of the day is just for me. We should be hosting next year and I'm already making mental notes about how I want the day to be!

It was nice but a bit 'meh'. Just the 4 of us. I cooked which took hours, but was all eaten in under 30 mins. We forced the teens to come and watch TV, which for most part was pretty dull.. I'll be glad it's over which sounds awful. I am just not a Christmas person now the DCs are older.

Lovely.
Me and DH cooked for his parents and they stayed until about 6 ish.
Now we're at a friend's house doing drunken karaoke. It's always my favourite part of Christmas Day!

It was a massive chore. Cooking and entertaining. Dh has come down with man-flu and is really grumpy.

I hate Christmas Day, prefer Boxing Day where I get some time out of the kitchen.

Had guests since Friday, going Tuesday and I am so knackered.

DH and I went to one of my daughter’s. I was lovely to catch up with her, my lovely son-in-law, grown-up grandchildren and little great grandson (we live 2 1/2 hours away).

That said, like you OP, we were glad to get home to our cats (the dogs came with us and we’re glad to get home too). We’ll be glad when Christmas and New Year are over and will can resume normal life.

A little bit unexpectedly miraculous on two counts, very significant in our family context. I'm going to bed a very grateful, relieved person.

A little bit unexpectedly miraculous on two counts, very significant in our family context. I'm going to bed a very grateful, relieved person.

It was fantastic. I refused to drive 6 hours to suffer my toxic parents and was invited to my friends family gathering instead down the road. I had the best time, we did charades, watched a great film and just laughed and laughed. So relaxed and such fun. It wS exactly what Xmas should be. No suffering sarcastic comments about how much I'm eating and disapproving of everything I am.

It was ok...5/10.

Ds1 (21) cooked the Christmas meal for us all. He's a chef.
Sadly, dh somewhat spoiled the good cheer by being like a coiled spring this morning while ds was making preparations, darting in, bitching and criticising and getting disproportionately angry about small things that were frankly none of his business, like how ds arranged the oven shelves etc.
I had a firm word warning dh not to continue unless he really wanted to piss me off. He backed off but spent the rest of the day sulking.
Delighted to say the food was awesome.

I spent the morning on my own then headed to work, and I'm just home...it was ridiculously busy! I planned to go see family/get a quick bite to eat on my break but didn't get one so I'm starving but also very tired so having a some crisps and going to bed

Fine. It’s all just been a bit flat this year. I didn’t feel christmassy at all today. It all feels like I’m drifting through, slightly disassociated, going through the motions.
Happy Christmases as a kid simply can’t be replicated for me as an adult so I don’t even try.

It was going well but my mother ruined it as she has done so many Christmases with her drinking and drama .

I’m so glad you’ve had such a lovely day!

Please don’t ever suffer through a Christmas with your parents again, you deserve way more than that.

Pretty good! My 19 year old son is here - collected him last night as he was working. He has been really struggling last couple years and can be very prickly, but he's been helpful and making an effort with his (17) sister, who has had flu.
Today they both seemed to like their presents and dinner was good and my son did most of the tidying up. I watched a movie with my daughter while he chilled upstairs. He leaves tomorrow as working the 27th.
Im a widow since my kids were young so unless we fly abroad to see my family it's just the three of us, but it felt nice and convivial today.

We've had a great day, kids got us up at 8 full of excitement because their stockings were full so it meant Santa had been, they loved their presents and played together beautifully all day with no bickering which is unusual (they're 7 and 9).

Dinner was lovely then played board games this evening.
It's been a perfect, cosy, relaxed family day.

Normal Sunday really.

It was the exes turn to have daughter for Xmas and cook with their family etc.

I quite enjoyed it tbh.
I walked the dog, sat and had some biscuits, watched a bit of telly, had a doze. No stress and no cooking for me.

Mine was just glorious. Now I'm old and decrepit, I'm excused Xmas duties. Started with fizz and orange juice while the three of us opened presents, then a g@t before a delicious lunch with wine and a cheese board and port followed by Emmerdale and coronation street for me. And then, to bed. A couple of hours sleep, and as ever, I'm awake!

that's ok though, I'll sleep late tomorrow. And our boxing day is a pyjamas only day. I'm so very lucky

DH bought me a gym membership. And reminded me that I needed to go and work out regularly in writing in my Christmas card. That was nice.

Autistic DS bit me on the face at 1am because I wouldn’t let him get up.

Great apart from that!

Do you know what? We had one of the best Christmases. All have been nice but yesterday stands out.

had a lovely chat with dad and stepmum (on holiday in sunnier climes ) in the morning, fab lunch, played board games, had a nap, watched a film.

Then our friends text to say they we’re going out for a walk about 6pm and said they would pop by (such a hated thing to do on MN) and they stayed for 4 hours. They have grown up kids and they had gone home after their festivities so why would our friends go back home to an empty house?

my kids are older and they actually sat with us eating cheese/crackers/pate instead of being in their bedroom.

absolutely lovely!

We had my DM talking at us most of day - only time she was quite was while swallowing, in toilet or asleep - haven't got a clue what she was on about half of the time as it's all so long winded. Oh, she's got up.

Beach walk in the morning and got chatty to a lovely elderly gentleman
Home to chill ...cooked a bit ...
Married daughters and their husbands came around 2-30 with lunch bits too
We ate the traditional lunch and then opened some presents
Played a few games including a quiz I'd downloaded
Had chocolates,coffee and Baileys.
They left around 9-30 pm
Hot milk and bed
Perfect