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.

Covid here too, and we were due to host. Currently wondering what to do with our extra large Turkey when it's now just the two of us plus baby (if she'll even let us put her down long enough to cook anything 😅) and really disappointed to miss family.

Reading through others' posts, however, I'm so sorry for people who have lost or are missing loved ones, or who are otherwise in a bad way.

OH away offshore for 3 weeks over Christmas and new year, in full of the flu and cooking for 9 tomorrow. Shoot me now! Hope everyone can make the best of things ✨️

We had water leaking out of our boiler 3 days ago, we've been quite lucky that we were able to find someone to fix it and replace the broken parts the next day but it was a £350 bill we weren't expecting!

My husband walked out two weeks ago. My fridge and washing machine broke. I am receiving the last few months of my cancer treatment so suffering mentally and with exhaustion. Had to slap a brave face on for the kids. Teenager is particularly hormonal right now - screamed in my face and stormed off to grandparents for a few days. Wish I could just stay in bed and sleep forever.

Last year I was so ill after chemo I couldn't get out of bed. I'd not long got over sepsis. Everyone kept telling me how much better this Christmas would be and then BAM something else major for me to deal with. At least I am going to my parents for the meal so broken appliances won't impact our Christmas dinner.

Nothing too major thankfully just still a lot to do as was waiting on some news in October half term which is when we usually de-clutter and big deep clean and a chest infection at the start of December also didn't finish work until 22nd, its usually around 18th so still got the kitchen and living room to deep clean and the rest of Son's wrapping to finish.
Also taking the 4pm family crib service at church later, not on the rota to help with midnight this year.
I will be sorted by the end of the day and in bed at a reasonable hour

@luckylavender so sorry to hear about your mum. Your poor dad too. We are also miles away which has given me lots of guilt for not spending much time with her in her final year. Unmumsnetty festive hugs to you

I'm really sorry to all of you that are ill,are struggling.

Our DD15 is poorly so she's on steroids and antibiotics, I've got the same chest infection so I'm on antibiotics and it's our first Christmas with our DGS4 in 3 years.

I'm meant to be on the holiday of a lifetime on a tropical island with my sister. My husband couldn't come due to work (I paid for him to go on a luxury safari for his birthday a couple of months ago and basically pay for everything working in a high pressure job while he works part time on NMW so don't think he's hard done by). And he has spent the entire holiday either lying to my sister that I'm mentally ill and then calling his ex to say the same. Yes I am leaving him but it's pretty shit that his parting shot is making me so stressed when I really needed this holiday.

Oh and ex? I know you're stalking me on here but just give it up. I honestly don't care.

Rant over 😅

Hope it gets better for you OP!

My sister is here to stay andmum and DH are losing patience with her already. I strongly suspect she is ND and her brain doesn't work like ours so yes it is frustrating having to tell her the same thing over and over but l am going into protective sister mode and can see us all having a big row before the week is out. Pass me the wine!!

La Cerbiatta. Oh, THAT sort of mandolin. I thought that you would be unable to provide the musical entertainment

Oh my days you poor love, l hope 2024 is kinder to you xx

Lord bless you all. Some of you are really having a tough time.

My Christmas bugger-,up is that i couldn't get any jelly babies..
I know..I know..microscopic compared to all your worries..

@Sirprised that is so shit but know this, this stranger behind a computer screen thinks you're amazing for battling on (and everyone else having a crappy time).

We have vomiting bugs but my goodness that's nothing on what some of you have.

Nasty tooth infection. Antibiotics

My fridge is dead.
Had to rush out and buy some ice and am currently frantically making more in my fortunately separate freezer

We’re in the tummy bug boat too. DS on Thursday, DD last night and DH says he’s feeling ropey this morning.
We’ve had to call 111 this morning for DS too on an unrelated issue, waiting for the call back now!

DH's vascular dementia has taken a slip for the worse and he seems to have given up sleeping. Last night I got exactly 0 minutes of sleep 'cos he babbled endlessly telling me some long, rambling and Very Important facts. (All absolutely incoherent and quite loud). And when he ran out of facts, he needed a wee. I put him back to bed 18 times. And he got out of bed 19 times. In the end I left him out when he promptly started complaining about the cold (in actual understandable words).

Tomorrow I am taking him and my poorly sister over to my son's (who is newly single) for the day and cooking Christmas Dinner on an oven I've never actually touched before .....

Then it doesn’t apply to you as you are not celebrating. Imagine if you are invited your family to celebrate something special and you and them are looking forward to this and then things’s gone awfully wrong and you can’t celebrate. That’s how people feel.
This thread is for those of us who wants to celebrate and love it. Yes, we can stop you commenting but you can’t stop us commenting how inappropriate your comments in there.

Very minor compared with the other posts, but towards the end of a lovely peaceful dog walk, my young on-lead dog was attacked by an off-lead Rottweiler. Owner said he was 'gentle' just before he weighed in. No damage done, just a lot of noise. That gentle, eh? Moronic bloody woman.

It's been lovely, celebrating Christmas Eve (today) as one of my sons is working Christmas day through Boxing day. Not a well person and been in and out off hospital recently, I'm on borrowed time unfortunately. Trying to keep smiling for my sons, who are making dinner and taken over chores. I'm feeling a bit dopey from my meds, but happy surrounded by love.

I've had tears because I can't think of a movie to watch tonight! Ridiculous, but I woke up and have flooded my tampon ruined knickers and my favourite Christmas pyjamas I'm 55 I shouldn't be having periods. Everything feels too difficult. Asked oh what he wants for dinner and he said gammon sandwiches. The bread is stale. The gammon is raw. It will all be ok just need a chill pill.

Covid going through the family here with a vengeance, with a lovely set of novel symptoms (hypersensitive skin anyone?).

I do wish they had continued with the vaccine roll out for all. My vaccinated teenager is having worse than ever (3rd time they have it - but way worse).

We all had our vaccines in the years they did it and had covid before but this is the worse iteration so far.

Still baking the yuletide log and feast but granny cannot join us.

Our builder has gone off with our money and the building work that has been done has been condemned! Trying to make Christmas still fun for the kids!
would happily go to bed and wake up in the new years

Simply explain as best you can to the congregation "..and that's a bit like Jesus' voice sometimes isn't it..."
Straight out of the parish priest playbook.

I've been ill past week so can't travel to spend Xmas with family and friends. I'm fine with this oddly enough as I want to be left alone when I'm ill, so I'll be on my own, just wish I could start eating again!