To be thankful Christmas is over for another year....

[Oakenbeach]

Presents opened by 6am.... Dinner eaten and decorations RIPPED down and back in the loft. Roll on New Year.

What a perfect sucker of joy you sound OP!!!We all woke about 8 (DS is 8), went to Parkrun with the dog, home for a late breakfast. Then onto presents and play with presents until dinner just gone at 5. When were the decorations due to get RIPPED down ?!? What a misery your House sounds

You had me until writing thank you letters after opening each present..

My Christmas has not even started due to illness, yours just sound like a total tick list

What would you do if your plan didn't go to plan?

We have a no stress Christmas.

Planning your sales strategy; proper fucking weird, you could have got that done yesterday online. GAF

Sales? Sales is better than christmas day? Oh geez. So so sad. I actually don't believe the OP. I've had a wonderful day with my two year old. I will be asleep tomorrow morning when the sales start or Sat in my pj's playing with him and his toys. Wouldn't trade it for anything. I don't get why anyone would invest in christmas and then moan about it. Poor kids

Sounds abit boring. You took the decs down today? What about Christmas Eve night and boxing day? If I hated it that much I wouldn't bother. Lol

Oh Jeez, what's the point?

I’m actually very traditional - that’s why it simply has to be “Sales on Boxing Day” - that’s just what people do!

No one I know. Boxing Day is for attempting a lie in, lounging around, DC playing with the toys they got for Christmas, buffet food and more wine.

Only greedy consumerists would be out shopping on Boxing Day. People whose priorities are wildly skewed.

Don't buy into christmas day but do buy into consumerism and shopping culture. Hardly much different is it OP.

Christmas isn't obligatory. Did you not get enough crap over Christmas that the highlight is popping out into heaving high streets to buy more?

Each to their own but I can see why people are calling it soulless, and I spent xmas alone in the house, unwell!

@sippingcoffee as an Autistic adult i will pretend i didn't read that 🤦🏻‍♀️

Poor kids. Not only do you destroy Christmas but you drag them sales shopping too?

I’m actually very traditional - that’s why it simply has to be “Sales on Boxing Day” - that’s just what people do!

Nope. I don’t know anyone who does this, and Boxing Day sales are relatively new, people are usually continuing to enjoy their time off with their DC doing fun things.

This cannot be real.

Sales? Sales is better than christmas day?

When did I say it was? I love Christmas... it started for me back in May when lists were drawn up for presents and itineraries pencilled in.

OP you're very dull and you'll find your kids will want to spend ha Christmas with friends and partners as soon as they're old enough. Have fun at the sales.

Oak is on the wind up! Good fun though OP - you had me to begin with! Merry Christmas!

Oak if it works for your family then go with it!

At 1pm I was just getting dressed to go to my parents! We had Xmas dinner and presents and home by 5.30.

Chilling in front of TV now.

I don't do all the tidying gifts etc for a few days and second Boxing Day in my pyjamas! But I rate,h have time to chill with working FT and ds being a swimmer.

I don't get why people like to tidy it all Xmas day but I know people do. Usually orients though not the decks. And I certainly know people who would be so organised over a shopping trip.

I find best time to go though is NYD. That's when biggest discounts are about! And everyone else is home tired and hungover

Op you sound like you need help seriously.

I mean, once Christmas dinner is done, it's over for me.. but I don't rip the decorations down and put them away!! I'll leave them up until the 27th, which is plenty long enough.

Not sure why you bother at all tbh.

....enjoy their time off with their DC doing fun things.

We are doing fun things. Some of us enjoy shopping.... why do you think there are so many shopping centres open tomorrow if no one wanted to go! And yes, we’ll be doing fun stuff. At 10:20 we’ll all be having an ice cream sundae at the Debenhams cafe.

What happened to the 12 Days of Christmas?! Christmas has only just started!

You think that's efficient? I had my tree down yesterday teatime.

Admittedly my 19 year old DS fell over into it and smashed it whilst trying to put his shoes on.

We are tidying up because the mess is stressing us out (including the cat, who's looking very confused) but that doesn't mean Christmas is over!

What happened to the 12 Days of Christmas?! Christmas has only just started!

For most people Christmas starts late November... we’ve had a month of it, even more if you’re organised like me and your presents are wrapped and food order in by mid-October (though didn’t square things off until 4th November this year though - flu got in the way of me finishing addressing my cards )

that’s why it simply has to be “Sales on Boxing Day”

Nope - Boxing Day only really became a "Normal Shopping Day" in the early 2000's, and very few shops were open on Boxing Day in the late 1990's. In fact, it was traditionally New Year sales, not Boxing Day sales, when I was young.

This can't be real

Very funny OP. I hope you apply the same logic to bereavement, and start throwing the deceased's belongings into bin bags within half an hour of them drawing their last breath. Onwards and upwards!