Xmas is fast approaching - what threads are you looking forward to?

[SantasThreeHos]

The responses to Christmas fridges - “people are dying, how dare you show us your shelves full of prosecco, chipolatas and brussels sprouts!"

Family members who cannot possibly leave their anxious goldenoodlepoo alone at home for a couple hours.

‘D’H has bought a £500 turkey carving knife, he’ll be acting like laird of the manor making a big show carving the turkey I slaved away cooking!

One knife. Isn't that shocking? Not even a cheese knife. A paring knife. I rarely pare - who does? - so it has been repurposed as my favourite and only cheese knife.

I know, I know. I've let you down. I've let myself down. Animals.

Somebody's husband will roll home from the office party and eat more than their exact half of the carefully sourced and curated cheeseboard. It was for Boxing Day 😫

The playmobil Christmas thread - love seeing what those little people are up to each year.

My stepdaughter did this to her mum/mums boyfriend last year. She didn’t just stop at a card, she put a note inside that said something like… So sorry we missed you before the move but can’t wait to catch you in the new year for that lunch we are always rearranging, Happy Christmas Roy and Pat.
She also secretly recorded her mum reading it in her kitchen and talking about who the fuck Roy and Pat are before posting her hilarious antics on Tik Tok, she’s 15 and abit of a twat, funny though.

The festival of shit cooking that is the “I always cook my turkey the night before and then reheat it the next day in gravy and nobody can tell the difference” thread.

DH’s Great Aunt Nellie sent us a Christmas card and had the audacity to address it to Mr and Mrs D. Husband.
thread then gets filled with half of Mumsnet claiming they have a PhD and insist all cards are to Dr. and husband otherwise they’re binned.

Agree! But equally, the ‘I’ve spent 2k on my 3 yr old…do you think I’ve got enough?’ (Bonus points if illustrated with pic of present pile towering over the the Xmas tree)

I loooooove the Christmas fridge thread. As someone who doesn’t spend much on Christmas food and doesn’t have a big enough house to host a big Christmas, I love seeing what other people are spending their money on.

I also like the threads where people list what they have bought their DC’s, there’s always the few that have spent big on huge gifts (great if you can afford it) and then there are people that have bought really thoughtful inexpensive items that will be gratefully received. It’s also great to get ideas on what to buy.

As someone with not much money I can say that “I don’t find these threads offensive and I don’t feel jealous”, I love Christmas and I just love seeing how others celebrate.

And I like the Christmas tree thread

Yes I love those duvet ones! To be fair I slept in some real bonkers places over Christmas when I was younger so ir’s like a bit of nostalgia.

I just had a look at the 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS MASSIVE TABLE CENTER PIECE DECORATION ALL DAYS / FIGURES
8 people have added it to their watchlist 😃

Current price is £999.99. Inflation

I think I was an antagonist in quite a few of these!

I like the beauty advent calendar ones - there will always be someone who opened them all when they got them, why?

I like the Xmas smelly candle threads/recommendations.

There will be the ‘should we go on a cruise & leave family behind’ with a chorus of ‘you can’t do that’ then a backstory of awful childhood abuse!

the who’s the designated driver threads.

the we dont drink on Christmas you alcoholics brigade vs the actual alcoholic brigade who think it’s unseasonal not have have finished the first bottle of champagne by noon

the Xmas nail designs

the Xmas strictly /all tv commentary

the Boxing Day I’m going on a diet but not until the cheese and chocolates are finished threads

cats hidden in/ destroying tress

Penis Portions.
Competitive under eating MIL failing to feed DIL-usually heavily pregnant or breastfeeding- bonus points if they never offer a hot drink except at set times and don’t heat the house.
Duvet Know It’s Christmas.
‘My neighbour has erected a 17 foot illuminated inflatable Snowman in the front garden and I hate it, AIBU’.
CF visitors parking thread.
CF guests who don’t contribute/annual visit from Uncle Knobhead/bigoted FIL or BIL.
‘the vegans are coming, whatever shall we do?’
‘relative volunteered us to house, feed and chauffeur overseas cousins we’ve never met for three weeks at our own expense’.
Absolutely glorious.

Thank you for this thread OP, I have been crying giggling all evening. Can’t wait!

I am actually looking forward to Christmas food and drinks threads, love Christmas food suggestions 😄

‘Brother wants to bring his 5ft teeth snarling pit bull to my house on Xmas day. How do I keep it away from granny’

@stripeymonster thank you! I'm the MNer who posts the Playmobil thread. I can assure you that there will be another one this year - my dining room is currently full of boxes of Playmobil and the planning is well under way!

Oh yes I love the tacky inflatable garden decoration threads.

I wonder when the first Xmas morning thread of "anyone else not got the present what they wanted" will appear.

I'm starting the bidding at 6.30am

Well I'm not getting up then to find out! I will have only just got to bed probably - after slinking round trying to deposit stockings.

Also the threads where mammy is crying hysterically because the 14 year old doesn't want to come on the jolly family Xmas day walk, wearing wellies and a Xmas jumper

The crazy proposed sleeping arrangements. MIL on three dining chairs pushed together, brother in the log store, one small child in a kingsize bed.

This one has already started, the competitive crying over the john Lewis Xmas advert

Work place rota threads about whether parents should always have first priority to take Christmas Day off. After all, non-parents would prefer to have NYD off so they can get shitfaced the night before.

The endless “since when is he called Santa?”

Meanwhile the whole of Scotland is 🙄