...to ask for your Christmas Day horror stories to cheer me up?

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So...currently in bed with explosive diarrhoea after my DH had the same (and sickness) yesterday. He’s looking after the 1 and 3 yr old.

We were hosting Christmas, so have to put off both set of parents and my dsis.

AIBU to ask for you to regale me with your Christmas horror stories to cheer me up?

We got home about 10pm last night to find our carbon monoxide detector going off. Had to turn the boiler off and open all doors and windows. Had to stay up to ensure nobody ransacked the house. Had to let everyone due to come to our for lunch to wear extra layers. It all turned out fine in the end - presents opened, food cooked in electric oven, everyone warm enough with the plug in heaters and Christmas jumpers.

Gastro since Xmas Eve. Spent most of Xmas in raging pain & glued to the loo. Happy bloody Xmas to me! Ruined our plans. Still going now - really f@cking fed up now!

I am sitting here in tears because I had to have my beautiful dog who meant the world to me put down on Xmas eve. After a very short illness. He left us too soon xxx
Sending love to everyone who has lost someone dear to them at this time ❤️ We have to keep going together x
Thankyou to everyone who posted their disasters - some of them are so funny you really helped me today. I laughed out loud and it is helping me to put everything in perspective. Hug your dogs and pets and family tight xxxx

Sorry for everyone who has experienced loss and tragedy at Christmas.
We have had a few less than perfect ones.
7 years ago my dd 17 and I were ill with a stomach bug before Christmas.
Felt a bit better on the day so decided to cook a chicken. Took it out of the fridge and the bloody thing was off not envy. Dd cooked us cheese on toast while I took the evil thing out to the bin at the end of the road. Still laughed over now.
Yesterday my ds and dd decided to cook ham and chicken after we got back from the pub. Ds was more hammered than he thought and the chicken was a bit of a burnt offering (cat enjoyed it). I fell asleep as only just back on my feet after a nasty cold and this afternoon the kitchen still looks like carnage......
So at least all the presents came in time and we had food and drink but lesson learned. Cook food before alcohol!!

Sorry about your doggie HOWTHEHELL, you must be so sad.

Our mum died two weeks ago now, so I am sad too.

We went for a walk earlier today in the park at the back. At the bridge over the stream there were bunches of flowers and candles. Someone passing by told us that a young girl 16 hanged herself on a nearby tree very early on Christmas Eve morning. Jesus. That brought it all into perspective. How very sad.

So sorry for everyone dealing with awful things .

We’ve had a couple of notable disasters - when I was about 12 someone left the candles burning on the dinner table and then we all dozed off after lunch. Woke up to a tower of flame in the dining room. Mum and dad gathered up the whole table cloth (covered in their posh crystal and wedding china) and flung it out the window.

And on DH’s and my first Christmas together the house flooded on Christmas Eve. I was 10 weeks pregnant and puking for England so I went to my Mum’s and DH and his divorced-and-hate-each-other’s-guts parents spent all day moving all our possessions upstairs - they refused to speak to each other even to orchestrate things like both picking up one end of a TV cabinet. And DH’s poor mum didn’t have time to get any food in and didn’t want to risk driving to my Mum’s and getting stuck so she had a Chinese ready-meal for her Christmas lunch.

This Christmas I’m ill and both DC have also been, but it could definitely have been worse!

Sorry for everyone suffering with a loss this year

When i was much younger the family cat was pts on Christmas eve

A few years ago when the kids were about 9,6 and 4 we all had a sick bug, the photos of that day show 3 very pale ( to be fair ds1 is always pale) very sad looking children...in hindsight we should just have pretended it was Christmas eve again

This year dd went to bed at 7pm yesterday and 4pm today...she has CFS and is just knackered. So its not been ruined or anything , its just without her the dynamic has changed and everyone is just doing their own thing

Three words for you - Hand Foot & Mouth, me, ds and probably dh, all a currently at various stages of development.
Yes, I know it's rare in adults but I've had it once before and it was very very bad. Actually terrified of what's to come, blisters, skin peeling off, nails coming off. I'd rather have another baby tbh but dh also unwell so...😂

Oh my goodness. I am so sorry about your mum Nicola1. That’s just so so sad. That is just terrible about that young girl. Really puts everything in perspective! There is always someone much worse off. These tales of disaster and illness. It reminds me when I gave my mum a special seafood starter one year they were visiting for Christmas she projectile vomited all over the bathroom and we didn’t see her again till Boxing Day! never came again x

howthehell.

Your poor mum. But I am sorry to say I had a little grin on my face when you said she never came again! I'm sure you all love each other don't get me wrong, but that did make me smile!

Hope you are coping with the loss of little doggie, or maybe Big Doggie.

Onwards and upwards everyone.

Ha ha -she does have her moments... !
hope you are ok
Christmas will never be the same I imagine but I hope you have many good memories and special moments to remember x

Oh yes sorry - He was a big doggie with a big heart and he was my walking buddie 🐶 lots and lots of happy memories xxx

My bil is a policeman and hates working Christmas Day because of the depressing calls. He says there are the early ones when people out getting drunk on Christmas Eve carry on through the night to the point they are fighting one and all. Then there are the afternoon ones where families start drinking early and start tearing 60 shades out of each other after lunch. These ones often involve young crying children upset. He is always really down about it.

howthehell.

Thanks so much. Yes we have shared so many funny stories over Christmas about our lovely mum. She wouldn't want us to be very sad, she said that. A very kind community here (most of the time!).

Appreciate it.

That’s sounds awful - those poor kids. The emergency services must see and hear terrible things. Christmas is so overrated and we put too much pressure on ourselves and forget the important things in doing so. There are lots of people who need our help and support. I hate spending money on people I see once a year just because we are related - Maybe I should start a new thread !