I've been hosting Christmas at my house since DS was born and he will be 15 this year BIL and SIL were supposed to be buying a huge house in the summer and I was looking forward to being a very bad house guest over christmas but unfortunately the purchase fell through and they are still in tiny rented accomodation. So its all round to chez webwiz again.
The christmas timetable is as follows: My parents arrive about a week before christmas and stay for several days, they leave and as soon as bedding is changed PIL arrive. I am usually ok at this point and it works like a well oiled machine. Both DD's will be home from university for Christmas and we have boyfriends staying for several days that haven't been agreed yet. This is all fine so far but once we get to boxing day and BIL and SIL arrive I start flagging. There are also "issues" between SIL and MIL that bubbled over a bit last year and there was some falling out in a rather heated row about opinions on capital punishment (you had to be there to appreciate it!).
The thought of all the menu planning, shopping, cooking and of course expense is filling me with horror this year and I really want ideas to try and make it as easy as possible.
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webwiz · 19/10/2011 21:48
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