Let's raise a glass

[Hobnobswantshernameback]

I always start this thread on Christmas Eve.
Helps me to take a deep breath and just be for a second.
I'll raise a 🥃 to my dad. It's been too many christmases but I still wish I'd known you better before dementia stole you x

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I seem to have misunderstood the meaning of this thread.

This will teach me to read the OP and other posts before jumping in.

My heart goes out to everyone who misses someone this Christmas.

Hugs to you all.

I raise my glass to my best friend who died in 2019, my dad who died in 2022 and my mum who died last week.

I want to raise a glass to my Mum who died in 2002, my Dad who died in 2022, my MIL who died in 2015 and my friend Jo would died in 2014. Love to everyone

Love to everyone who is struggling x

"just half a cup" of tea to my mum, 2nd Christmas without her.

A home brew for my dad who died aged 54 twenty five years ago now, and a white wine for my mum who was then killed tragically in an accident several years later. Loved and remembered by us all, but especially at Christmas. ❤️

I raise a glass to all of you and your loved ones and to me and all of mine….God/The Universe etc bless you all xxx

❤️🥃🥂

A whiskey to my dad who died in 2020 and a cup of tea for my teatoller mum who died in 2016. I miss you both terribly.

a beer to S who died before we were old enough to drink back in 1995.

a glass of fizzy to R who died far too young and who’s young family are spending their first Christmas without her.

thoughts to all those missing someone 🥃

cancer is a bastard

It’s already the 6th Christmas since my husband died - time goes so quickly, and he died far too young. Mainly I’ve settled into life without him, but this time of year always has its moments. He loved Christmas whereas I could always take it or leave it! He also didn’t drink, bar the odd glass of champagne. So Bollinger it is🥂xx

A glass to my dad, who I lost six months ago.
A glass to my good friend and biggest supporter who died of a brain haemorrhage last year aged 42.
And to my baby nephew. This should have been his third Christmas, but he never got to see his first. He's got his grandad with him now though.

To my mum & dad . Miss you .

I’m raising a glass to my two lost loved ones 🥃.

Christmas is so very hard without them.

Sending love to all who are missing someone this Christmas x

Another son lost to suicide. Aged just 20 in 2020.

My whole life, never mind Christmas, will never be the same again 😞

🍷 to all those who are grieving.

Reading these posts I hope everyone can be kind to themselves over the next few days x

To my cousin S gone far too soon 🥃

A glass for my brother - can't believe it's been six years.

Pint for my lovely dad who i lost in 2014. Christmas isnt the same without the ridiculous amount of food he used to bring for a two day stay and him talking loudly all the way through the Dr Who Christmas special.
And a lager and lime for my mum who I never really saw eye to eye with but was Christmas personified. More years this year without her than with her.

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A cup of tea for my dad who died last year at 65 with dementia. Horrible disease. Miss you dad ❤️

Its shit isn't.it

To my wonderful eldest daughter. Earlier this year was the tenth anniversary of your death. The eleventh Christmas without you. To my mum, who died a year later. And DFIL, who died 5 years ago.

10th Christmas without my mum, 9th without my dad & 2nd without my darling husband. My parents lived good long lives but DH was taken far too soon. We miss him every day & will raise a glass of bubbly to him tomorrow. Sherry for my parents.

To my daughter who I never got to spend Christmas with, remembered and loved always.