The empty chair - raising a glass to those we miss

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My DPs and Dgran who we were lucky to share Christmas with for so many years. We lost the last - DM - this year.
They loved the bustle of Christmas with all the kids. DF with his Christmas jumper and bad jokes, DM bringing the overnight cooked turkey round as our oven wasn't big enough, DNan helping to prep the veg and warbling along to the carols.
Merry Christmas to them and to us all 🥂🎅

To my beloved Dad who died in April. Mum misses you desperately as we all do, you were so bloody special and we miss you so much. We will raise a glass for you and remember you in our hearts today and always x

My wonderful mum , 4th Christmas without you.
How I wish you had met my babies x

My wonderful Nana, who passed away last month. She absolutely adored Christmas, and was so hoping she would be here. I'll be having a few Baileys for her today.
Merry Christmas wherever you are, love always x

Three empty chairs. Love and miss you all xxx

My 2nd Christmas without DH
We used to go food shopping together and I really missed that
Also when the DC were in bed on Christmas Eve, we'd have a nice meal together - I'd look forward to this more than Christmas dinner

My mum, dad and now my baby brother. Not a baby, but always a baby brother to me. My childhood xmases all gone. I know I will have a lovely day today but at the moment I'm gripped with a terrible sadness and loneliness. I miss them.

To my DF, this is the 7th Christmas without you 😢🍷

My mum died a month ago.
She had been ill for a few years before she died.

She always made Christmas lovely for us.

It's hitting me now that she is gone.

First Christmas without my mum today. She died suddenly earlier on this year, two weeks after Christmas. It’s very difficult to imagine how empty and quiet her flat - especially her lovely kitchen - is today.

I did shed a few tears today when DD gave me a present of new bauble for the christmas tree with a photo of DM inside that has pride of place on the tree 💕

We do miss them all but raised a very large glass to them at lunch and cherish all the happy memories. 🍷

Sending good vibes to all.
I lost my brother 2.5 weeks ago and he loved Christmas, only in his 40s. Fucking cancer. 😢

I lost my mum before Christmas last year and in the last hour I found her Christmas bauble 85 years old that she had from a baby. Remembering with love

Missing my lovely and kind grandma. She loved Christmas and Christmas carols.
she died in so much pain and fully aware of
what’s going on, I am still so sad and heartbroken. She didn’t deserve this horrible end.

We lost mum 4 months ago. We’re doing a regular family christmas but it’s so bloody hard as she was the linchpin of Christmas. If it wasn’t for DS (who’s 8.5) I wouldn’t be doing it this year. There’s a massive gap and no-one has mentioned her, which is weird, and now I feel I can’t because we don’t talk about stuff in our family. Raising a glass to her as a result, and all of you who have the gap this year, x

First Christmas without my mum although she had had dementia for several years and last Christmas wasn’t really ‘present’.
sad that no one has remembered or said anything to me about how hard it must be this year not even DP. Maybe I should have made more of a fuss instead of getting on and coping.

No one had mentioned it here either. Im in a strop with DH as he’s not offered any support or asked me how i am or whether i need anything / shoulder to cry on due to mum not being here. I would be the first to do so, and I feel so unsupported - its shit

@LittleMy77 Hope you are ok. I had a quiet cry when I walked the dog yesterday morning. But feel very hurt and let down.

I understand why they don't, it can bring back pain. We always have a toast to family who have passes away, it marks the moment

Always a raised glass or two to my lovely late DH. Seven years now.