Do you do housework on Christmas Day?

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Prepared to accept that I’m a weirdo, but I’ll definitely do a washing (and hang it up to dry) and hoover. Once the day is done and the kid’s in bed, I’ll maybe do the ironing if there’s any sitting.

Am I a lunatic for doing housework that day? Do you do any?

The OP has a household of five so it’s not as if she’s unhappily alone on Christmas Day and desperately trying to find things to do!

No, OP. It wouldn’t even occur to me.

I never do housework, prefer to pay someone to do it.

I wonder if people carry on cleaning/ironing/laundry on Xmas Day because they genuinely don't know how else to fill up their time?

@Arraminta or really can’t relax unless everything is immaculate. I have no such affliction 😂

I would be distinctly unimpressed if my host handed me a pair of Marigolds and a packet of Dettol and instructed me to give the en suite a scrub!

On. Christmas. Day. WTAF?

We've had a cleaner for years, but even before that I always kept a clean, fresh, tidy house. But it would have been unthinkable to ask a guest to help out with any loo cleaning.

I still have distressing memories of my Mum imposing her fanatical need for cleanliness and tidiness on anyone in her vicinity. It spoilt so, so many family occasions.

I can see you at do some washing if you have guests and maybe extra bedding being swapped around as people arrive or leave?

@Araminta as a regular host, I am distinctly unimpressed if guests don't leave a bog as they expect others to find it. In those circumstances I might suggest a little help.

Similarly when I am a guest, I do enough to ensure my host doesn't need to hand me the Marigolds.

Each to their own, I do these things every day and have done since I left home so it is pretty much automatic for me now.
I have guests on Christmas day and can't imagine not giving the loo a quick clean before everyone arrives.

I have two laundry baskets and both are currently full up as it won't stop drizzling. Damn right I'll be doing laundry on Xmas day if the sun is out.

I don't have guests or drink, and my teens will be on screens so I can mostly please myself all day. Have a run, eat choc, eat Xmas dinner and potter about.

I wouldn't have time to do much. But some of us have to do a bit depending on our family size.
The laundry in my house if missing one day is bad enough. I would put one on Xmas night if towels and easy enough to put in the dryer. Boxing day morning I def do one.
Thankfully have a robot hoover and if I didn't I would def need to hoover too.
Beds will be made as can't tolerate unmade beds. Our cars will be filled with bin bags with wrapping paper and boxes from new gifts ready for the skip.
I feel I can relax and enjoy my drink if all this is done and getting up on boxing morning is bit easier cuz of this.
I love boxing day dinner, we do another xmas dinner and so easy to do with all meats already cooked from the dy before.

We do the routine stuff that gets done everyday:

Bleach loos
Wipe showers/basins after use
Dishwasher/washing up as we go
Wipe kitchen surfaces after cooking
Take care of wrapping paper/take out rubbish/recycling
Might mop kitchen floor (daily task because of the dog
No vacuuming/dusting/ironing unless there are lots of crumbs or the dog makes mess

Tidying up, washing up and cleaning up in the kitchen, just surface stuff. Putting leftovers in containers in the fridge or freezer as appropriate. That's all.

I'll do any washing, if needed.

Washing up, yes. Minimal tidying- mainly of gift wrap. Otherwise, no. I give myself a day off.

I did some washing up yesterday and I think some vacuuming too - that might have been Christmas Eve. I did laundry today, as did my neighbour.

Two brilliant typos.

Coking - I'm sure some of us would get through the holidays better with some Colombian speed sweeties.

To be liked after - guests are usually liked the most once they've left

Well I ended up doing 2 loads of washing, hoovered twice and the dishwasher was on 4 times, but my house stayed remarkably tidy so I'm happy with what I did. It's not like we have to take it to the river to wash it! Just bung it in to wash and then throw it in the dryer.

I did a load Boxing Day then another today. Back to work today so just a quick tidy and run the hoover round downstairs.

I hoovered as was unbearable.
Obviously washed up
I did do a wash and tumble dry in the evening

Pull ups! @DappledThings

Am I the only one whose mind is boggled by anyone firstly finding a Christmas thread in July and then thinking they'd have something useful to post on it?

What on earths going on @Mushybut 😂

It came up in the little menu of threads to click on at bottom of my screen! Didn’t realise it was a zombie 🤭

Although your second query is a little ironic 😆

I always iron. I’m by no means a ‘wifey martyr’ I wouldn’t go out in unironed clothes…personal preference.

The trick is to buy clothes that don't need ironing.