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

257 replies

firedeer · 24/12/2023 08:17

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.

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PotterHead1985 · 24/12/2023 14:35

JacquiDaytona · 24/12/2023 12:34

mice scrabbling about under the floor all night. Or even worse, possibly rats. £350 down for a pest control man. Merry ratmas to us 🐀

We are christmas twins I see. Except I can't afford a pest control man. It's traps and peanut butter here.

DemelzaandRoss · 24/12/2023 14:38

Sending 💐to all who are suffering illness & bereavement.
Made me be realise that my own minor annoyances are nothing at all.
Hope you all are able to focus on some happy memories amongst the darkness.

Bigboysmademedoit · 24/12/2023 14:40

So sorry for your loss

Stopsnowing · 24/12/2023 14:51

I have a kind of a sore throat. It is not very sore but I feel very tired and extremely grumpy.

Fibromum247 · 24/12/2023 14:52

My eldest son is 24, but as his development froze as a one year old baby he has never understood Christmas.
His whole childhood passed him by without him ever knowing who Santa was.
Now as adult he feels no excitement. Only confusion.
I will hand him a present and he just looks at me as if to say "What am I supposed to do with this?" (he has never spoken a word in his life) and puts it to one side.
The only thing that keeps me going is my youngest child, who is 13 and has Down's Syndrome (developmental age of a toddler).
He 100% believes in the magic and has left a carrot for Rudolph and a mince pie for Santa.

Notallmilsarebad · 24/12/2023 14:52

I’ve just been to my sisters for a Christmas Eve lunch and I’m 99% sure the meat she served was undercooked and I now feel so nauseas and terrified I’m going to get sick 🤢

41quid · 24/12/2023 14:57

whyhere · 24/12/2023 08:48

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

Bless you. At least your parishioners will appreciate your sermon.

willstarttomorrow · 24/12/2023 15:02

Clutch gone 200 miles from home. 30 miles from final destination but paying over the odds on 27th to get it fixed to drive home. This is why breakdown cover matters (although took RAC 90 mins to arrive despite blocking a major junction). Recovery driver was lovely though and a nice man did stop and push us off main road so DD and I could sit and wait in the car.

Marwoodsbigbreak · 24/12/2023 15:06

Adult DC both staying with me and are at war with each other, sniping and bickering.

DriftingDora · 24/12/2023 15:08

Sending sympathy and warmest wishes to those who are not well or experiencing sadness or bereavement this Christmas. May 2024 be the start of better times for everyone. x

Gulbekian · 24/12/2023 15:09

@Isit2024yet
How utterly awful. My heart goes out to you all💐.

sprigatito · 24/12/2023 15:10

Notallmilsarebad · 24/12/2023 14:52

I’ve just been to my sisters for a Christmas Eve lunch and I’m 99% sure the meat she served was undercooked and I now feel so nauseas and terrified I’m going to get sick 🤢

What was it? Beef or lamb you'll probably be fine.

OwlWeiwei · 24/12/2023 15:12

DH is very unwell and has been in bed for days with temperature. So I have done all the cleaning, cooking, shopping, wrapping and have gone from feeling really Christmassy to feeling a bit frazzled and put upon even though it isn't his fault at all.

Two presents failed to turn up and the company said they had got lost while out on delivery. Bit annoying but they weren't main presents.

Other than that, it's been really lovely - good pre Christmas events and parties, nice food, house looks festive, DC in good moods.

JANEY205 · 24/12/2023 15:13

Fibromum247 · 24/12/2023 14:52

My eldest son is 24, but as his development froze as a one year old baby he has never understood Christmas.
His whole childhood passed him by without him ever knowing who Santa was.
Now as adult he feels no excitement. Only confusion.
I will hand him a present and he just looks at me as if to say "What am I supposed to do with this?" (he has never spoken a word in his life) and puts it to one side.
The only thing that keeps me going is my youngest child, who is 13 and has Down's Syndrome (developmental age of a toddler).
He 100% believes in the magic and has left a carrot for Rudolph and a mince pie for Santa.

I hope you have a wonderful Christmas!!

BIossomtoes · 24/12/2023 15:18

Fibromum247 · 24/12/2023 14:52

My eldest son is 24, but as his development froze as a one year old baby he has never understood Christmas.
His whole childhood passed him by without him ever knowing who Santa was.
Now as adult he feels no excitement. Only confusion.
I will hand him a present and he just looks at me as if to say "What am I supposed to do with this?" (he has never spoken a word in his life) and puts it to one side.
The only thing that keeps me going is my youngest child, who is 13 and has Down's Syndrome (developmental age of a toddler).
He 100% believes in the magic and has left a carrot for Rudolph and a mince pie for Santa.

I’ll never complain about anything again. That’s heartbreaking. 💐

Crooklodge · 24/12/2023 15:24

I woke this morning to find dh had necked 3 bottles of wine during the night. Thankfully after a morning in bed he seems to be behaving himself.... We'll see.

Notallmilsarebad · 24/12/2023 15:28

sprigatito · 24/12/2023 15:10

What was it? Beef or lamb you'll probably be fine.

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Figgygal · 24/12/2023 15:28

My kids are being obnoxious argumentative shitebags
At 7 and 12 all they want to do is play shite games on their tablets or watch shite videos on YouTube
Waste of bloody time and can't be arsed
Roll on 3rd January

rickyrickygrimes · 24/12/2023 15:29

It’s not gone wrong as such, it’s just that no one is where they were meant to be!

We live in France, we’re meant to go back to Scotland , then DH had to have a back operation which meant he can’t sit long enough to fly and tbh he’s still in recovery.

So my sister and her partner were meant to go to my parents, and my aunt and uncle as well. But my sister tested positive for Covid yesterday so she’s not going - my parents are elderly, my aunt has bad asthma / obesity / diabetes, and my uncles in a wheelchair so she really doesn’t want to give it to them.

on the other side, DHs sister was meant to shop, travel, and make dinner at her husbands parents place… but his mum just tested positive for Covid! So SIL is cooking at home and BiL will drop dinner off to his parents.

FIL was meant to have lunch with MIL in her care home, but he’s just come down with an upset stomach and a sore throat… so he might also have Covid 😱. If so there’s no way he should see MIL. So he’ll probably be at home alone, and SIL will deliver his meal / say hello with a mask on.

Bloody Covid, still wrecking Christmas.

PlanBea · 24/12/2023 15:29

Just a tiny whinge from me - I've burned my hand on the oven baking cookies for Santa and may have taught my toddler his first swear word at the same time 😑

Tiredalwaystired · 24/12/2023 15:30

Massive meltdown from youngest. Evening plans cancelled as she can’t cope and I don’t have anything in for tea unbelievably as we were being catered for 😂

Amandiland · 24/12/2023 15:37

Two weeks ago our neighbors house had an explosion and burned down. It caught our house on fire and we have extensive damage. It is stressful and I have had a good cry many nights since feeling sorry for myself. I try to remind myself we are fortunate to have a house and no one was hurt and that is what is important. Christmas will be a little different and less, but we have each other and a lot of love.

I have been in your shoes with two sick children on Christmas. I really feel for you. It is miserable and makes you feel so sad your wee ones are missing out on such a magical day. My DS and DD are in their late teens now and were reminiscing the other night laughing about their "throw-up" Christmas. It will still be a cherished memory even if it doesn't feel like it now.

OnlyFannys · 24/12/2023 15:41

My dad also passed away last week, opening Christmas cards alongside sympathy cards is heartbreaking. His presents already wrapped. Meeting the funeral director on Wednesday and trying to put a brave face on for the dc who are a bit too young to understand it all

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Cocteautriplet · 24/12/2023 15:52

All the 3 kids have conjunctivitis…. each streaming gunk from their poor little red eyes which gums up their lashes.
Trying to get drops / cream on them is a nightmare so I’m having to try and sneak it on them when they are sleeping.