How to prolong Christmas dinner in a fun way for teens?

[soontobeslendergirl]

I love the preparation and eating of Christmas Dinner. We tend to spread it out a bit and have a starter as an early lunch and have the desert for supper with a movie. So, essentially the sit down at the table bit is really just the main course.

There is only the 4 of us and the boys are 13 and 12.

What the boys tend to do, is come to the table, wolf it down and shoot off and then OH and I chill on our own at the table for a bit before clearing up.

I don't see any point in keeping them at the table if they are only going to moan, but it would be nice if they stayed a bit longer.

One year I got table fireworks - they were fun, but they set of the smoke alarm, burned a plate and a set a table mat on fire.....

Anyone got any suggestions?

Am I common?

I love the corkers, but all our wine seems to be screw top.

Give everyone a kinder egg & then set a timer to see assembles it first. Winner gets a token prize.

Eldest DS's girlfriend will be joining us for Christmas eve dinner so 5 in total. We are organising a general knowledge quiz, with each person supplying a set number of questions. We've bought an engraved trophy ('Christmas Brainbox') from Ebay ready to present to the winner (and might throw in a Nando's giftcard as well). Should be fun.

casper, that sounds great!