Do other people's DHs...

[belindarose]

...show any interest in Christmas whatsoever? Presents for DCs, family? Decorations? Food?

[Bunbaker]

No. Christmas wouldn't happen in this house without me.

[Taffeta]

DH does no presents except mine, no cards, no decorations.

He does choose and buy the tree with DS, then put it up for DD, DS and I to decorate. He puts up things in the wall to hang up the Christmas cards, he buys the turkey on his last day at work, and he is very good at helping to eat the mince pies and drink the booze.

[DewDr0p]

Moderate amounts of interest I would say. He is keen to sort out arrangements with our families mainly because MIL is giving him earache about it

We all enjoy choosing and decorating the tree and house together. He loves choosing presents for me and sometimes I even like them and usually buys a present for his parents.

We have an understanding that I do not write all cards. I do buy all presents for dcs (discussed first) and their cousins, food planning and shopping and general organisation. I expect this to an extent as he works long hours and I don't work outside the home but we usually have a bit of a row about it on about 15th December.

[motherinferior]

I hate Christmas but am quite organised so get a few things started in advance. DP is nicer than me in most ways generally, and does the tree and stuff and surges forward generously at the last minute with lots of presents for lots of people. He does cards. I don't do cards.

[RedGreenRouge]

We're both very excited by Christmas, especially this year as we're hosting for the first time. We both love decorating and buying presents. I don't think the relationship would have worked if DP hated Christmas!

[amazonianwoman]

I buy all the presents for both families (he has a big family). I also end up buying DCs presents from their grandparents and his presents from my parents and my sister. For the last 3 Christmases I've even bought my own present from him.

I buy the tree and decorate it.

I write all the cards.

I wrap all the presents.

I plan, buy and cook all the food for Christmas dinner - usually around 15 of us, mostly his family.

I build any presents if required on Xmas eve.

He grudgingly hangs the outdoor lights but hates being asked to do so.

He complains on Xmas eve that the DCs have too many presents (they don't compared to their peers)

[marleybrodie]

Not a single jot.

[scarlettsmummy2]

No, he takes a mild interest in our foster sons presents, but that is only because they tend to be computer game/ I pad related. Beyond that, no.

[NewRowSees]

I couldn't care less about Christmas (and find it a slightly depressing time of year).

My DP on the other hand adores it, but would never be organised to sort cards, presents etc. So his family and friends probably all think I'm a lazy selfish cow, but again - I couldn't care less! :)

[Badvoc]

Nope.
Apart from moaning about the cost of course.
Perhaps he thinks that the Xmas elfs sort everything out magically on Xmas eve?

[wheredidiputit]

He doesn't get involved in the details of things, but he agrees with everything most things I suggest.

Although I do have to put my foot down with a firm hand when he decides to buy more after stuff for dc on christmas eve.

[devonsmummy]

My DH shows no Interest whatsoever, unless it's what meat to have for Xmas dinner.
Doesn't get involved with choosing kids presents - but will often say ' is that it?' like I've not got enough / good enough presents!
Doesn't write cards - I refuse to write his mum & partners so it gets left til last minute after sitting on the side for weeks (after I've bought it!)
Decorations I'm glad he does t get involved in as every year he asks for foil hanging decs (yuk!)
Even the year I had DS mid November he left it to me to go buy & carry the tree to the car with 2week baby in tow
My card get bought Xmas eve along with a present that I usually don't want or need.

[wigglesrock]

Mine picks up shopping, presents, writes cards to his family and work colleagues, takes his Mum and Dad to see dds Nativity plays. Neither of us cook for Christmas - we go to parents/family members.

[JiltedJohnsJulie]

Luckily I am Julie number 2 so the first one has trained him a little. He sorts our his side of the family, so that just leaves me with the house, the children, the shopping, the guests, the cooking and just the presents for my side. Doddle really. Well, according to DH anyway

[Katisha]

DH cooks Christmas dinner. But he has no interest in buying presents, sending cards, decorations, tree etc. this is probably because mil has a rather distant attitude to Christmas and he is only child.

[Mousefunk]

Erm sort of. He makes me go through with him what i'm buying and what it will cost so he feels some sense of control but really he has no input. I choose the presents, decorations and food and he just sees it coming out of the bank account

[BlingLoving]

Blimey. How depressing If dh doesn't get involved.

My dh loves Christmas and gets fully involved. Forward planning is not his thing do I do all of that and he goes to buy all gifts/food/decorations in the last week as I refuse to enter a store that close to Christmas. He is truly brilliant at Christmas shopping and I am seriously considering just delegating the whole lot to him up front this year as I am not as good.

I am responsible for all food as he does not cook but that's okay as while I do that he will make the house look all Christmassy.

He's also going to be the one who will be coming up with great traditions for ds. I can just tell.

We both love Christmas and I am so glad I don't have a Christmas-grouch!

[JiltedJohnsJulie]

To be fair to Gordon though, he will be working lots including upto about 2pm on Christmas Day, so someone has to do it

[dementedma]

DH loves Christmas but I do all the work.he will help with a pre-xmas house clean and is good for building things with Dcs on Christmas day but that's about it

[MegBusset]

I do all the organising, cards and shopping for the DC and both our families as a) I'm better at it, b) I can fit it into my day more easily and c) I love it. DH helps with decorations, pins tinsel where I can't reach, joins in all the fun on the day and cooks a fab Xmas dinner.

[Shodan]

DH usually displays a moderate interest in Christmas- we go en famille to buy the real tree and he is in charge of putting the lights on two out of the three trees. He also loves to chuck lametta willy-nilly wherever he can, although he knows and accepts that I will do a Monica on it to arrange it neatly at a later date.

However. After this last weekend's Birthday Fiasco (where he 'forgot' to get me any kind of present or card, despite my birthday occurring on the same date each year) he has been told in no uncertain terms that future laziness wrt 'occasions' will not be tolerated and he must therefore apply the same excellent skills of forethought and preparation that he employs at work to thinking about, buying for and getting involved with all aspects of Christmas.

I was, as you may have gathered, slightly miffed by the lack of thought that went into my birthday.

[Cromwell44]

Not really, he understands that he's supposed to show an interest but he just doesn't really get it. I see his point on a lot of the hysteria and obsessive present buying, self indulgence and waste. It's not indicative of anything sinister he's just not that bothered - and wouldn't mind if i didn't do it either. So I do the bits I enjoy and want to do, he helps and we have a jolly low key time.

[ChippingInLovesAutumn]

Shodan - give him a kick in the goolies from me - best he steps up for Christmas!!

[Shodan]

I will, Chipping.

(After Nov 25th- I am not risking any injuries before then.)

And I'll tell him you said I could.

[ChippingInLovesAutumn]

Please do