to order a take away on xmas day?

[Marmalade85]

I've had a horrendous year and not feeling festive at all. I'm a single mother to a one year old so will wake up alone with my mum coming round later. I've not got a tree or any decorations and quickly bought some presents in my lunch hour yesterday.

AIBU to just get a take away for xmas dinner?

I'm in London so assume some places will be open.

What I said...

Where does your mum have her dinner could you not have it with her ? Yanbu though my friendand her family have had take away for years they live in a small town and take away was open. The owners didnt celebrate christmas so it was open.

Good hear that so many of you have had alternative xmas days. Think a lovely long walk in the park is definitely on the cards. Luckily my son doesn't know what xmas is yet so I might get away with it this year!

Hope you have a lovely Christmas Day OP

Your DC won't know it's Christmas day. If I was you I'd pop into M&S and buy some nice snacky bits, maybe a pizza or ready meals and have a full on pig out on all sorts of stuff that doesn't necessarily go together. Fuck trying to cook xmas dinner.

I hope you have a nice day and I really hope 2017 is a better year for you.

No!!! Not unreasonable! Do it!! Get the takeaway, get extra sides, dips (if appropriate) get whichever drink you prefer and fucking enjoy it.

My mum ordered Chinese one year. We got to choose whatever we wanted on Christmas Eve and then she just heated it up on the day. It was great :o

This year I'm not doing a sit down dinner. We are going to have more buffet style thing with lots of cake. I am doing kofta kebabs, with pitta, potato wedges and lots of dips. We than have various other bits and bobs to munch throughout the day. I am really looking forward to it. I was getting so bored of Christmas dinner every year.

Also, I can make pretty much everything today and just have to pop the kofta in the oven tomorrow, leaving the whole day free for scoffing and watching films. Yay! :)

I'm a bereaved parent. I'd happily never celebrate 'Christmas' again. I do it because my kids are still young. But I really don't see what's so bad about a takeaway. It's one day out of the year, just one. It's another day. Do what YOU feel like doing.

Have a takeaway! Go for a walk! Enjoy it how you want.

My kids are having nuggets with all the trimmings of a crimbo dinner! Some people think im crazy and boring but i just want to relax. I am a single mum to 3 and have postnatal depression. My youngest (20 months) is very clingy and I currently have a terrible cough that's disturbing my sleep so I'm shattered!

Do it OP. Do what you want.

I dont get the hype over this stupid day. Virtually no one is religious. Christmas predates Christianity anyway.

Christmas food is a mediocre roast and veg.

All people do is eat too much and buy crap they cant afford and do not need.

I wouldnt rely on a take away though. Pop to the shops and get some pizza, ready meals, etc. Just in case.

It's your Christmas and if that's what you want, do that!

Do check stuff is actually open tomorrow before you rely on it as I know no take away is open here.
Or what about getting some nice party food today and just picking at that tomorrow with some wine?

Happy Christmas OP and all the best for 2017

List of takeaways open, including in London, here

marmalade

If you've just come out of a shitty relationship, I imagine you've spent lots of time over the last few years doing what someone else wants, putting your own wishes aside, and seconf guessing yourself constantly.

Please don't waste another second asking if you're being unreasonable. If YOU want Christmas Day to be a take out and a walk with your LO , that's reason enough to do it.

Enjoy your Christmas - and wish you a much happier 2017

Morethan you're 100% right. I travelled to the other side of London in an uber with a two week old new born after having a c-section because my ex said it didn't 'feel like Christmas' with just the three of us. I travel every year and feel like doing it my own way this year.

marmalade - and isn't it GLORIOUS to please yourself?! This you getting free! Every chopstick of chow mein, every glass of champagne in your pjs, and every step you take on your stroll is a massive festive fuck you to your ex.
Cheers to that!!!

quadruple cheers. Here is to freedom!

Op... You sound exhausted...Do what you want to do..However sometimes putting in a bit more effort than planned gives you extra pleasure..I came out an abusive relationship when my son was 10 months old.. We now have our own traditions.. I cooked mini yorkshire puddings with beef in from Iceland one year as my Ds would of barely touched it seems pointless to cook a joint.
We are having pork because that suits me..However we are off to Morrisons this afternoon as food sells for pence and the supermarkets are empty.

I can't decide if you can't afford a tree, don't want a tree or haven't the energy... I know poundland are reducing there decorations to 50p today... may make you feel more festive and while things still aren't calm with Ex this is the beginning of a better life for you and your DC

Do what is going to make you happy. If that's buying a small tree and having a takeaway then go for it. DH and I never have turkey/roast for Xmas - last year it was lasagne and the year before it was chilli. We have had takeaway pizza in the past as well.

Not U at all. I'm hoping to persuade my lot to let me do this one year. I would probably order it tonight and store in the fridge before reheating tomorrow.
Good luck - I hope you have a peaceful and relaxing Christmas.

Marmalade it's my first Christmas away from my abusive ex too! to freedom!

Sounds like you'll have a lovely time with your mum and little one. To me, Christmas is a time for good food, loved ones and being a little bit decadent and a little bit lazy - takeaway with your mum fits that perfectly!

This year we will go to my mum and dad's for a full roast but the two years we had on our own (parents on holiday) we had lasagne (DHs favourite) and a full English breakfast (my favourite)

2017 is going to be a much better year but for now, Merry Christmas

Cheers sky!

Polar a full English is absolutely inspired and decadent. Love that idea!

Currently enjoying a Baileys coffee and eating M&S salted caramel snowflake pretzels. That's basically Christmas right?

I have fond memories of last Christmas still, it was just me, the cats, a kebab, a good book and a large glass of Baileys!
I was working Christmas day so packed DP off to his parents for a proper Christmas dinner. I really enjoyed my quiet evening in.

We live in a small town and the kebab shop down the street was open, you'll have no problem finding a nicer takeaway in London.