Disappointed Dh finishing at lunch on xmas eve

[justnotthesameasnormal]

We’ve all been ill recently so have barely done any Christmas things as a family. We felt better this weekend, but he still said he felt tired and was mainly in bed all weekend. I did lots of Christmassy things with Dd which was nice, but seemed strange missing so many things.
I assumed he finished tomorrow so had planned that we’d all go to a lovely Christmas market with kids rides and mulled wine etc on xmas eve.
He said he’s finishing at lunchtime now so there won’t be time
It’s not just that, but i’ve done literally every single thing for Christmas, which I get as I work less and finish earlier, but it still feels disappointing

Aibu or is this a normal situation and if so what would you do if it was just you and your dc?

Surely you haven't got to your age without realising that a lot of people have to work on Christmas Eve, many of us didn't get to finish at lunchtime either.

I will offer up my DH. Actually not the whole family as I hate Christmas markets, so he took the DC on his own, while I had a lovely day to myself.

I also know several other men who are equally or more involved in Christmas activity planning than their partners.

Some men are clearly useless, but a lot are not, and there is still a lot of couples like the OP's where the woman "works less and finishes earlier" so it's natural for them to pick up more of the organising.

Maybe they can think of better ways to spend their time than traipsing round a packed Christmas market? It sounds like utter hell to me.

Instead of guessing, why didn't you just ask? Would he prioritise his work mates and having a drink over his dd?