My Christmas is slightly different this year..

[Mrsrobertduvall]

As dh and ds are flying to Oz on Christmas day, leaving dd 15 and I .
Now we are not big XMas people...always spend it just the 4 of us quietly, but go to friends for drinks on the day before lunch. I hate turkey and tend to do sthg I can bung in the oven and leave like lamb or lasagne.
No family near.

So it's just me and dd....no way am I making a massive dinner for us...is there anything lovely in M AND S or Waitrose at the moment?

We'll pass you in the air as we fly home from Oz Xmas day!

Do you have a branch of Cook near you? They do lots of special dishes for Christmas, and their food is delicious! It's all frozen, but basically the same as home cooked meals.

Bluddy...would you like to plan my day!!!
i am actually really looking forward to it....are planning a nice dvd, lots of bubbly for mumsy ....
I have to take dh and ds to the airport at 7 in the morning but that's ok.

Even better i have the following 10 days.........

My DH gets ridiculously excited about M&S melt in the middle chocolate puddings, you just pop them in the oven for the required time. He likes them with really good vanilla ice cream (I make mine) but Yeo Valley organic or Green and Blacks vanillas are great. I think you can freeze the puds if you want to get them ahead of time.

Bluddy's right about having a lovely time. You can just please yourselves, which is a luxury in itself.

I always fancy those 3 bird roast thingies but no one else does. Think of the sandwiches they'd make for Christmas tea, with stuffing, branston pickle or picalili (my fave meal of the day)....

why aren't you all going?
airport at 7am?! I'd order a taxi

Cjbartlett....we have no interest in going there at all.
Dh has family there and used to live in Sydney, so they'll have a great time watching cricket and surfing.

So sorry, I completely misread your OP

Some great suggestions here, I bet you and your DD have a lovely peaceful day