A thread for people who have had a great day

[HorrorFan81]

So many threads of people posting about their shitty days and I feel so bad this day is such an awful day for so many people. So I thought I'd start a thread for those of us who had a genuinely lovely day!

I woke up just after 8am, husband had been up for an hour sorting the turkey and had let the kids have 30 mins on screens so they wouldn't wake me up. We had a quick breakfast and started presents at 9. Me and husband had bucks fizz all morning whilst we all did presents - i had several lovely things I'd previously hinted at and a few surprises

I spent a nice hour getting glammed up with my daughter hanging out with me, I let her play with my make up then curled her hair.

Went downstairs to a fab platter my husband had made and after we finished eating we went for a walk

Got back, played a game and husband finished the dinner and I sorted the table (mostly decanted wine and lit candles). Dinner was served (by husband who had cooked it all 😁) and we hung out for a while reading the trivia questions from the crackers.

I did some cleaning up (alone, with the TV on - loved it) then we went for a walk and watched the Wallace and Grommit film

Everyone now in bed and I'm drinking wine and watching a Christmas horror film (my happy place)

Anyone else had a lovely day??

Lovely day here too.
We had a busy run up to Christmas but it's all over by Christmas morning.
Church in the morning then DS came over for the day.
I spent the day doing my Christmas jigsaw while DH and DS made dinner. (Haggis and roasties)
Watched Dr Who then Minions, and had a great night's sleep.

@HorrorFan81 what Christmas horror please

I had a wonderful day in the end also

Lovely. DH and I, walk this morning with a flask of coffee and some Christmas biscuits and cake, home about 2, both did dinner prep then lit the fire about 4, presents ( lovely, thoughtful things from DH and extended family). Dinner in the oven at 6, gin and tonic and All Creatures Great and Small, remembered pigs in blankets in freezer before it was too late. Delicious dinner with a bottle of fizz, quick calls with family, then cheese, fruit and crackers in front of Gavin and Stacey.

Perfect, calm, quiet, no dramas, no fights, just me and my favourite human.

Had a really lovely day. Spent with my siblings and their OH's, nieces and their husbands and 3 young children.

Me and DH cooked dinner for 14 and everyone cleared their plates.

We sat opening presents one at a time which took quite a while and then just chatted and laughed a lot. The children were very well behaved (aged 4, 2 and 10 months).

Just like every year the tv didn't go on

We had a nice day. After a run of quite horrible christmases (around family health issues) this one was much better!

I hosted. My dad, brother and all four of my children plus one of their boyfriends came over. My daughter got everyone a silly gift of air guns so everyone attacked each other with foam bullets for a while. It was much more silly and relaxed than it has been for years. Youngest is 15 so there was no real ‘magic’ as there used to be but it was nice.

One to savour and remember and none of the performative misery of the bulk of Mumsnet. Glad I'm not the only one!

The other thread, to which the OP alludes, has posters whose children, parents, or other family members have died over the past few days. Some posters have lost a pregnancy. Others’ pets have died. Some posters are struggling with the effects of alcohol abuse in the family. Yet more are contemplating divorce.

Absolutely no need for your judgey comment @Damnloginpopup

Lovely day.woke at 7am ds10 opened presents.Went to parents house for Xmas lunch.Saw db who i only get to see a couple times a year.Opened presents played a couple of games.Went home at 4.30pm and watched Xmas films with dh and had whisky and cheese whilst ds gamed upstairs.Episode of only fools and horses before bed at 11.45.

There's post after post after post of mood hoovering and a lot of it is absolute toss. OP was the first positive Christmas thread of the day. Whether there is need for my judgey comment or not is irrelevant...it is to me if not to you so just scroll on past...

You are lucky op dh sounds like a great cook

i had a lovely day . dc were really happy, dinner was delicious, all very relaxed

Our children are now adults but are still at home, one at uni and one just graduated from uni saving hard for a house deposit. Dh has been involved in Christmas gift choosing and buying since we got together. We share the load. We had a relaxing morning opening a couple of presents because the children don't want much these days. They are lovely boys.

Went to my lovely sister's for Christmas lunch, incredible food, beautifully cooked as always, it is what we always do. My Dad seemed really perky, he had been down recently as he had had a few falls over the last couple of months, he is 84.

Played some games which is normal and my sides were hurting from laughing. Then went to FIL's which is just like a normal visit, no Christmas decorations but still nice to see him and SIL and chat and catch up.

Terry's chocolate orange for breakfast this morning as it is tradition. I do think it is nice to have these threads so that people can share their happy experiences to balance out the shitty ones.

It was just DH and me and it was perfect. We met all the family in the run up (everyone is local, so handy) which was nice but they all understood we wanted it to be just us as we've had a stressful year (got married, bought a house, completely renovated it, had a miscarriage, new jobs).

We had a lovely lie in - then coffee and lebkuchen in bed before we moved to eggs royale with gravadlax (courtesy DH) and champers. Opened presents. Then a walk. Had a champers fuelled shag in the true spirit of Xmas . Bunged everything into the oven and watched the new Twisters. We got ready stuffed turkey and pre cooked roasties and veg, just made the gravy. It was delicious, low effort and very cheap as we hit the supermarket on 24th with everything 50-75% off. Then more champers and cheese with Gavin and Stacey.

We can't ever go back to the big family Xmas anymore - unavoidable when we have kids but until then couple Xmas is the way forward!

It was a French film called le Calendrier (the Advent Calendar) on Shudder. It was pretty good!

So sorry for your loss

We had a great day. Had my (divorced) mum and dad over, first xmas they have spent together in 30 years, plus my adult nephews, then me, DH and my 3 teenagers.

DH and I woke early, but chilled till the kids came in our room about 8am. Then went down, opened presents which everyone loved and DH and I laughed as we bought each other the same gift.

Then the family arrived, DH cooked xmas lunch (we had to eat early as one nephew needed to leave for work early afternoon). After lunch, we played games and watched movies. Family went home, kids disappeared upstairs so DH and I watched movies before heading to bed about midnight.

No visitors today, so we'll probably stay in PJs and eat a nice, beige buffet.

We had a lovely day. Just me and elderly parent. Acutely aware we don't have many left together as they have a life limiting illness. House is super Christmassy with lots of twinkly lights. Very tasty lunch with no choking (always a bonus!), Champagne and Christmas pudding. We're having fun just watching all the old films and singing along.

And Casablanca is on BBC2 at lunchtime today - perfect - Bogart and Bergman - what more could you want?

I had a very nice day indeed. Now looking forward to those days between Christmas and New Year where not a lot is expected of anyone (we were really busy in the run up to Christmas).

We had a great day, DD adored her presents, lovely meal, chill evening, DH excelled with my gifts getting some amazing off-list stuff, feel very lucky.

I had a lovely day. I cooked but everyone chipped in and helped. People were all in good spirits, no grumbling even though the food wasn't perfect and the gifts were a little hit and miss and we forgot some decorations and tableware. We all enjoyed spending time together and had a happy day.

We had a lovely day here - we had both sets of children for lunch and despite the age gap (mine are late teens/early twenties and my partners are much younger) they all got along brilliantly and played with each others gifts together.

It wasn't perfect but it feels that way now looking back if that makes any sense.