7.30 pm Christmas night.

[Cheeseuponcheeseuponcheese]

Is it sort of the perfect time?

Dh has just taken Dd, 4 to bed (I’ve done all other bits for the last few days. He’ll probably fall asleep up there.
I’m sat with a glass of fizz, cheese, biscuits & picked onions, a roaring fire, candles and whatever I want on tv.
Sort of love the build up to it all, but also exhausted and sort of relieved all
the lists of things to be done are done.
Now if I could just avoid thinking of my childhood Christmases and missing my family (we’re abroad and on our own this year) and not do the weird crying/sad thing I do on Christmas Day night sometimes…hopefully it will be ok
It’s not felt that *Christmassy this year, but my Dd is happy and that’s been my aim
Back to all the cheese 😂

Whether feeling Christmassy or not - sounds like you've had a perfect day

• enjoy xx

Anyone else on the cheese? You can leave your chocs…Stilton’s where it’s at

I don't really do cheese... Me and my DD have just written off a bag of haribo tangfastic though xx

Sounds lovely op.
Just waiting on my in-laws to decide to go! They are dithering around downstairs. Their dog has just peed on my floor.
I'm knackered. Hiding upstairs now 2 days of running around after everyone is bloody exhausting! 🤶🏽🎄

I do love Christmas, don't get me wrong, but when we visit the in laws, I tend to walk the dog round the village at around 7pm ish and it's just lovely. The hype and the fervour is all but over and it's just a week or so of chilled days ahead of you.

Sounds wonderful, enjoy

I am on the cheese, and wine

I’m on the Gaviscon😂

DC are all asleep, DDogs are chilling on the sofa next to us, and DH and I are chilling watching some TV while we stuff our faces with profiteroles and gingerbread 😂

Ditto, and trying not to fall asleep!

@Lemonlady22 🤣 I will be later! All this cheese and booze and pickled onions 😬I may regret it later, but am focussing on tbe here and now 😅

We took cheese to BIL's but then left before it got brought out so haven't had any 😕

@Mommabear20 Ddog next to me too, sounds lovely, well done for getting the dcs to sleep fairly early, I can hear Dd waffling away to Dh upstairs 🙈

Im soaking in a hot bubble bath, listening to my 4 year old gently snoring next door. We have had an absolutely fabulous and relaxed day and I am so extremely grateful for what I have (and my gifts as I was spoilt).

I’ve cleaned the kitchen but left the living room as is. Decided it’s pointless to stress at the mess and waste time tidying as all the toys will be out again tomorrow 😂

I am sitting, eating Christmas cake and watching Call the Midwife, the fosterling's in bed. It's been a better day than I hoped for but it has just hit me really hard that DH isn't here and I miss him so much, his DD has just messaged me to say the same. Our first Christmas without him. I am not sure which has been harder, this Christmas without him or last Christmas when he was here but disabled by a stroke and on end of life care due to his cancer. Tonight is another one of those times when I am starkly reminded he is never coming home again.

I had that feeling whilst tidying up the kitchen at 7pm - you couldn’t tell it was Christmas Day aside from the pantry and refrigerator full of leftovers.

I’m giving myself a huge pat on the back for managing this year’s day with a pre-schooler and a Velcro baby. 😊

Finally sitting down in my rocking chair, baby asleep on me and something to watch until 10pm bedtime. Phew!

@bloodywhitecat 💐

@Cheeseuponcheeseuponcheese they're 1 month, 1 year and 2 years, so after the craziness of the day, they've all just crashed! 😂 don't think I'll be far behind them tbh!

@bloodywhitecat I was thinking about you earlier. 💐

Teen has just gone out to work. Not driving yet so one of us has to go and get him later, but starting on the Christmas cheese and ham

Can't wait to just relax downstairs. Currently trying to get DS8 to sleep, then DD11 will insist on chat about 9ish before she sleeps. Hopefully by 9.30 I can have a baileys and some quality street!

I wish, Christmas has been shit, all of us including dc are ill.. not covid I've tested. But dh has ox reading off 88% been sat waiting on 111 to answer for ages..and now one dc has a nose bleed. Merry fucking Christmas 🎄

Lying on the sofa right now, tiny ddog asleep on my legs, the only light is from the Christmas tree and candles and I'm sipping hot chocolate with marshmallows, bliss!

@bloodywhitecat sending a hug your way💐

Sat watching Back to the Future 2 with oh. Ds has just gone to bed.

Not very well (still struggling with a bit of flu) so while I’ve tried my best I’m just ready to drop now.