Are you actually looking forward to Christmas day?

[SushiSheep]

Or fed up to the back teeth with it all already?

Just chatting to my cousins last night and one of them said they just wished it was over!

Yes very much. But it’s just going to be my immediate family and our lovely friends who are joining us. We haven’t even agreed a time yet… it will all be very relaxed. And I LOVE watching the DC open their stockings, and I love opening mine from DH!

@AuntieMarys 🌺💞

No I'm not excited about Xmas now @SushiSheep, feel a bit tired after all the decs, cards, presents and next step is cooking. It's going to be a pared down Xmas lunch.

Yes 😊 but I'm spending it with my lovely family on my husband's side. Pregnant so last Christmas without baby, looking forward to putting my feet up. First Christmas with my brother for about 6 years. Our family of origin is extremely dysfunctional and I used to dread Christmas, now I get to love it and so happy my brother is joining ❤️

I am looking forward to it. DS is a great age, old enough to be quite independent and well behaved but young enough to be excited and want to spend time with us. I know that DH will have got me lovely gifts and I have a house full of delicious food. We have DH's grandparents and brother here all of whom I get along with and who are fully on board with a relaxed Christmas. Boxing Day is my favourite though. Chill out with any new books I get, lots of cheese and chocolate.

So looking forward to it! Im so lucky to have super dds (14 and 12) that are so excited too and it's lovely to be around. We are gonna have a lovely few days and I really don't want it to be over.

I was until my sore throat of yesterday has turned into stinking cold this morning. I always lose my sense of taste with a cold. If it doesn't recede the duck tomorrow will taste of sawdust and the visit to family on Boxing Day will have to be cancelled because of vulnerable elderly and young

I'm looking forward to it. We will be home with our youngest who's late teens. Nice relaxing day eating and enjoying the peace.

But today will be chaos in my house. I always have the grandchildren over and I have a lot!!!! lol. We make party food and they just help themselves, we play games, watch a movie in the lounge with duvets and pillows on the floor, at least two grandsons will get in trouble for wrestling and the girls put on a dance show for us. I cannot wait!.

I love it! Love the prep, love the cooking, the eating, the drinking, the playing, the Christmas TV. To be fair the enjoyment starts right now with the dinner prep!

AuntieMarys I’m so sorry for your loss, we lost our ds2 shortly after he was born, so I don’t know what it’s like to lose an adult son, but I remember a sands lady telling me when worried about trying to get through Xmas day the first year, always remember it’s just one day

sounds like you have a lovely plan, and I know. What you mean about you don’t want to let it consume you, as I feel the same I didn’t want this awful loss to become my whole identity

wishing you as peaceful Christmas as possible
and I know what I’ve been through isn’t. Exactly the same but it has got easier to bear
sending love xxx

I’ll be glad when it’s over but only because other people can’t act right.

I am enjoying the parts that happen with my DD, our tree and the food but it’s the extended family that spoil it.

I love Christmas Day, detest the run up to Christmas Day, the actual day itself is always fantastic, but organising, buying, wrapping, worrying and visiting people i hate lol xx

I am so sorry for your loss @AuntieMarys. You sound like an incredibly strong person and I wish you and your DH as much peace as possible this Christmas x

Yes. But only because I don't do Xmas so will be spending it alone with a good book or a bingewatch.

I’m looking forward to it, getting everyone together.

We had a run of bad christmases - 2020 - Covid, 2021 cancer then 2022 hospitals and then a death at new year 2023.

Last year we all mentally checked out of Xmas as it was the anniversary of the death (my mum) but this year so far seems like it will be nicer and my daughters have new partners who will be coming over.

@AuntieMarys and @JennyTals Sending you both love and peace 💕

Thank you. I will have a little weep as I do most days, but won't sink into grief.

Just another day And the thing is right there are so many people out there that don’t have family et cetera that I think there’s too much pressure on people. It literally is just another day with a glorified Sunday roast.

I think it depends on a lot of factors. I was starting to get a bit fed up with it then I had kids and it’s a whole new experience of magical. I was at a stage in life where I was in my 20s and whilst my parents are so so generous and go all out at Christmas I was also at the stage where if I wanted something I bought it because thankfully I could afford to. This was very different to being a skint teen or student. However, since having my son I am so looking forward to tomorrow

Yes I'm excited! Can't wait for Christmas dinner and seeing the kids open their gifts

I will admit I'm also excited to take the trees down in the next few days and get my living room and bedroom space back

I am for our boys 18 and 11. It will be a quiet Christmas which I prefer. Presents, food, TV, games, etc. I'm praying the NBA is on the TV again on the evening this year, but I can't find a sports channel we have that is airing it 🤦‍♀️

Yes am already over it. I think the actual day is always a let down for me as the majority of Xmas celebrations have been full of family drama (everything comes out of the woodwork!). I enjoy the lead up to Xmas especially the decorations, carols, movies and shopping for presents and it all feels exciting, but the actual day not so much. Now that I have a DC I hope I will find a new way to appreciate the day and put the family drama behind me.

Over it as just buried my 21 year old daughter 6 weeks ago. Roll on Thursday.

Didn’t see the post above. Mine seemed heartless

I'm looking forward to it because it's the first year dc has been really excited about it.

I am so so sorry @LoudPlumDog x