WITH RE TO CHRISTMAS to sigh and feel very tired at the thought of buying/affording even basic presents, wrapping them, writing all the cards, delivering everything, arranging concert clothes, buying in all the food etc etc on top of normal life...

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thats it really..... just feels like quite a lot of hard work to me on top of a normal busy family life

although i do love christmas

its just so much work though and i by nature keep everything simple simple simple and have been what i thought was fairly organised..

Bollocks to the cards.
Waste of time.
Wrap a couple of pressies every night.
Buy in yer non perishables bit by bit.
Remember Christmas dinner is nowt but a regular Sunday roast with addition of a pud.

I feel the same, theres so much to do, my hubby is away working so i have to do it all on my own this year. the babaies are so young they wouldnt undestand if it didnt happen at all but i would feel really mean lol

ARGH - put like that, it is VERY scary . I am off to buy our tree, this week and have had presents in, since August. Finances must. Can you hand out lists to your DH/DP? Go on line and order the whole thing? I did the cards with Kodakgallery and even put the message in - cheat, cheat, cheat and then, get the wine out .

Bollocks to cards. Anyone you really like you'll ring anyway. Tell them you are going Ecofriendly.

Presents - wrap as you buy. Don't put them away when you get them in, and wrap them once the kids are in bed.

Christmas dinner is only a roast, that's all it is.Ask anyone coming to do bit - have one person brting stuffing, another brandy butter, and another chipolatas etc

LOL - moondog. Move countries - they wrap your pressies, here in Spain !

I don't enjoy Christmas half so much now I have to make it happen.

And now I understand why my mother is sick of it.

moondog can you please come just do my christmas stuff you sound like a woman in the know and that youre on top of your own and I need a good kick to speed up in the christmas department
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people are talking about decs and i hate the decs i cant wait for them to come down! i just like the tree and a few bits but hubby wants tinsel and bauble grotto everywhere in the house (hence ny name)

i hear you kiki xx

ha ha nobiggy that made me laugh that is exactly how i feel !!!!!

some good ideas guys

do you really do this

man now i feel worse! (only kidding , well sort of kidding)

It is hard work when life is so busy..... Am struggling this year too. What I am doing now is marking slots in the calendar (even if its an hour here or there) for some quiet time for us all. I reckon its just as important as everything else if we are actually going to enjoy Christmas. I know that if I don't arrive at Christmas utterly frazzled then everyone else is going to enjoy it so much more. I made a choice late year that either we can do Christmas 'perfectly' or we can make do rather without me trying so hard. It was much more enjoyable for all

p.s. don't stress about Christmas cards. Friends and family won't hate you if you don't manage them and who cares about the rest?

Start a family tradition - decorations only go up the week-end before Christmas and come down on/before 12th night !

welcome bad kitten

i think in essence the prob might be in part (and only in part) that on a night when my 2 little people have hit the hay i know I should be doing christmas things (and alot more besides)

but i want to have some me time and oh do something like erm, sit on mumsnet

is this unreasonable i ask

i know just how you feel, i have done nothing so far

How funny Colditz.We said exactly the same thing.
I did all my shopping ont'Internet too.

i know that was scarey are you two telepathic or do you read the same self help books (christmas edition of course )

I have a cupboard full of presents i cant be arsed to wrap. I have 100s of cards i cant be arsed to write. I cant remember if i chucked away all our tree decs last year and need to buy new this year!!
I really just cant be arsed! Am more excited about DDs 2nd birthday on 19th!

ooh my ds is one on the 22nd dec yay forgot about that

sigh more to organise

only kidding ! birthdays i can do....

ps, I like your style bonkers

only kidding i know hes one on the 22nd im bad but not that bad

Ahhhh How funny!!!!!!

No, we are very very different, but in essence, you can only do so much, and other people will just have to like it or lump it, won't they!

It's my Christmas too, and I don't want to spend it flogging my guts out. helps than many previous years I have had to work all over Christmas, so have had to be organised.

i agree with you colditz ps, colditz youve got the scariest mumsnet name ive ever seen < as krissy runs away to hide behind the sofa> can i ask how did you choose that name! (being nosey feel free to say go away)

It's the nickname for the estate I live on - because it looks like Castle Colditz and is full of criminals.

eek! only kidding! xxx

i live in a place called gentle street and after my ds2 was born the physio misheard me when i responded to her question to where i lived

she said genital street? with a quizical look on her straight face

i was rolling around in agony holding my wound trying to not laugh and or wee myself

at this point i thought they had removed my pelvic floor this was on dec 22nd last year 5 hours post section