To ask what's gone wrong with your Christmas so far?

[firedeer]

Just because I'm revelling in my own misery.

DS has been up all night with his 3rd raging stomach bug of the month. I thought we'd got unlucky enough to have 2 floor the house but I'm now running on no sleep while he can't keep anything in either end. I am SO obsessed with Christmas Eve and Christmas.. I know it's little in the long-term but I'm just so gutted and absolutely terrified it's going to keep spreading through the house.

So give me something to distract me and tell me what has gone wrong for you for Christmas this year.

I’ve just tested positive for covid.

We usually visit family or have them over here, but this Christmas were due to be staying with friends — looking forward to a bit of a break in the routine and exploring somewhere new. Sadly they went to a company Christmas do on Wednesday and developed food-poisoning on Thursday. The husband got so dehydrated he had to be put on a drip yesterday and is still very unwell so we've agreed to cancel.

DP was initially unbothered and said it would be nice for us to have a quiet time at home and no, he wasn't expecting Christmas pudding and brandy butter or bread sauce or any of that: he wanted to keep things simple. But he's been really irritable and snappy and yesterday evening he tried to initiate a row over something minor and stomped off to bed when I refused to engage. He was up at 6am this morning being very busy and making a lot of noise. A couple of hours ago he got his saxophone out for the first time since lockdown and started playing while I was calling my family. And now, just as the shops are closing, he's announced that he's off to buy a Christmas pudding and all the trimmings he was adamant we didn't need.

He's more sociable than me and was really looking forward to going away. I understand that with the pair of us here alone and many of our friends and neighbours away or busy, things are going to be a bit dull. He found lockdown difficult and I imagine he's having memories of that. Plus the weather is atrocious, so the option of a long walk with the dog and then the pub isn't attractive. I'm happy to talk about how he's feeling but I'm not going to be dragged into an argument so that he can vent his frustration and tell me how boring I am to make himself feel better.

When he gets back I'm going to suggest he packs a bag and drives to his sister's house. It's a two hour journey but she's got other people there and a spare room for him to sleep in and she'll welcome him with open arms. He'll say no and want to have an argument about why I don't want to go with him, but frankly at the moment I don't want to be around him. I'd hoped that after a couple of these incidents during lockdown, which we discussed afterwards and which he apologised for, he'd got a bit more of a handle on things, but apparently not.

4 of us ill with a nasty cold (testing negative for Covid). Wouldn't usually care too much as we're spending Christmas at home, but was hoping to go and spend a few days with my parents later this week. My mum's terminally ill and don't want to pass this on. If we can't go this week, it'll be Feb half term before we can.

In A and E for 7 hours with DD this morning. Come home. Food prep and realise all the pigs in blankets were use by date of 23rd Dec. Ohhhh shit!

Just tested positive for covid. Two family members therefore not coming for Christmas lunch as they are vulnerable.
DD2 (19) stropping because 'Christmas is ruined' and she is not happy my DP is coming over to give her and her siblings presents as they don't get on.
When I suggested we look on the bright side-we'd be together, lovely food etc she took herself off to her room.
I often wonder why I bother.

DS (5) has come down with a temperature, nasty cough and is very lethargic. We're supposed to be going to PIL's tomorrow. If we don't go they will be extremely disappointed and we will never hear the end if it. If we do go and one of them gets ill we will also never hear the end of it.

Sending love and blessings to you all. ❤

Oh so so many things, but I will just post the most recent. I made a Yule Log with the kids. My DD, 10, managed to get the beaters from the electric mixer stuck in her hair while mixing the icing and it was hard to switch them off as she was jumping about panicking. I honestly thought she was going to have a huge bald patch by the time I had stopped it. Managed to detangle the now broken beaters and washed with conditioner, a good bit came out but can be disguised.
Of course i still had to finish the Log. I don't even like Yule Log.

Edited to explain it was electric mixer beaters

@FlyMeToDunoon yeah I know. There's a lot to be said for the old 'paste a smile on your face and crack on attitude sometimes, kids included.

Hope your dd comes round. Great user name BTW, I was traveling in a car there once when it the police pulled over and breathalysed the driver, my friend.

Mine is we've run out of tea! How HOW

Stomach bug 😖 it’s my little girls 2nd Christmas and so worried I’m going to ruin it for her. We had plans to host today, had to cancel. We are supposed to be hosting tomorrow too. I keep wishing for a miracle!

My MIL declaring to my OH that when replying to a missed call: 'what if it had been an emergency and you had ignored me then?" Oh do go and FO to the far side of F and F off some more.

Nothing to really complain about here.

We did lose my Great Uncle at the tail end of October so my Nana has taken it badly, as he would usually stay with her for the festive period - he never married or had children - especially as my Grandad passed 5 years ago.

My best wishes to everybody and especially those with such recent bereavements. Time does not heal all wounds but it does get a bit less painful eventually.

H has shingles so no grandchild visit tomorrow and the fridge- freezer packed up overnight
thoughts and love to all who had/are suffering bereavements

I was at out of hours last weekend with an ear infection.. prescribed antibiotics (no topical spray due to suspected ruptured eardrum).. finished the course on Thursday.. by Friday night the infection had flared back up again.. feeling kind of rotten and hoping I can last until the GP opens on Wednesday as I really don’t want to have to call 111 over the holiday.
Much love to those having a much rougher Christmas than me.

I was smugly driving back from M&S, pleased that my gamble of food shopping late on Christmas Eve had paid off (shop was empty, loads of food still available, some of it reduced). Then I must have driven over something nasty because both tyres on passenger side went flat, half a mile from home. Fucking unbelievable! I was in DH's RR so it's going to cost a fortune to replace both tyres which were virtually brand new anyway!

My Dad died some years ago, on December16th, and we couldn't have the funeral until the 30th. Mum came to stay with us, and it seemed every film had an funeral in it-Scrooged, Ghost etc. It was awful.

@Fibromum247 you sound amazing, hope you have a lovely Christmas

@WhatWouldHopperDo omg that sounds difficult 💐 I hope she's been getting all the right treatment

@whyhere

I'm a parish priest with the most important service of the year tonight, and I've lost my voice....

I’m a professional singer. Got covid on 1st December and have had to painfully croak my way through the first half of the months gigs. I don’t get paid if I don’t do the job…guessing you still do hopefully? Anyhoo, I feel your pain!

A couple of relatives were due to come to us for christmas day, and both tested positive for covid yesterday. So i'll do presents and a low key lunch with the dcs and we'll all get together for a 'proper' christmas meal when everyone's better.

I went to the garage for petrol earlier and the woman on the till was in high spirits - she said tomorrow is her 1st christmas day off in 9 years. We've been v lucky not to have had anyone ill for christmas in years, and not missed any due to work, so while i'm a bit disappointed & worried about my sister etc i'm counting my lucky stars really.

I feel for all of you. So far this Christmas hasn't been too bade especially as we're starting 2 weeks late. Last year though was a different story. All ill except DSiL and DGS. MiL was in hospital with a chest infection, although she'd originally gone in due a fall. She died in early Jan.

The day after boxing day I had difficulty breathing so had to go to A&E diagnosed with both upper and lower respiratory infection.

For all with bad Christmas I send you a hug

Had a crash on the motorway and car written off so we couldn’t get to our destination to see family ☹️but the important thing is nobody was harmed (inc 9 month old DD

Oh no sparkle though I'm pleased that you were all ok. Take it easy, it has been an awful experience for you all.

It's not a race to the bottom but my 17 year old godson died in an horrific accident earlier this year and I keep thinking of my lovely best friend and how on earth she's going to get through tomorrow. As I am human, I am also praying that no one starts vomiting over night as I am hosting Christmas dinner for 8 tomorrow and my grandaughter was chucking up yesterday....

We are all sick with a cold courtesy of LO who brought it from school. But everything is ready and we will enjoy the holidays regardless, just with more rest.