What's still on your Christmas 'To Do' List?

[70isaLimitNotaTarget]

All you organised people will be saying "Nothing. The presents are bought and wrapped. The food is on order"

But for mortals .....

I will rule out doing anything on days I'm at work because I'm useless after work. Get home, feed people, tidy up. That's it.

But still outstanding....

Haircut (desperately needs done)
Then hair dye (at home. I cannot be doing with paying £££ )

Costco shop to buy drinks, beer, washing powder, binbags, a huge tinned Panatonne

Last minute IKEA trip (mid week. It's Hell at weekends)

Taking DD out Saturday (cinema /shopping with one of her friends). I can wander about.

Cashing up the £2 jar (Family tradition)

Taking the DC and DH out on Sunday (maybe my DS will buy me a present )

Big Sainsburys shop (DS/DD will see that Harry Hill film)

London on the 21st

Make marzipan and decorate cake

Make chocolate crispy wreath and chocolate house (mine won't eat gingerbread )

Wrap all the presents (might do this on Fri 13th if I can be trusted with scissors)

Put up the rest of the decorations (got the tree up)

DD has something on at school in the last week (Dance)

Last minute run round Waitrose - just because it's there

A Twitch Trip to M&S and Lakeland possibly on the 19th after work (my last work day before Christmas. Late night isn't too busy)

I thought I was organised but this seems like a mammoth task .

[clary]

Most things really.

Hobbes8 you win without a doubt.

But OP hats off to you for making yr own marzipan! I make my own icing but even I draw the line at marzipan. Is it better??? Is it hard to do?

[CoffeeQueen187]

Magentastardust - I would ask if you were me, but my birthday is in February

And yes, December is a crazy crazy time if year. Ds3 will be 1 on the 17th and ds2 will be 5 on the 30th

I think I have learned my lesson to stay away from the male species during March

[ZingSweetPea]

I put the lights on the Christmas tree (done), cook the meal on Christmas Eve and wrap half the presents.

the rest is in the hands of DH.
He buys the tree, does all the shopping (gifts and food), writes the cards, cooks Christmas lunch - he loves it!

[ZingSweetPea]

stardust & coffee

we have lots of birthdays in December:
5th - DS3
6th - Nephew 4
11th - DS3's best friend
14th - DS4 and my dad's brother
15th - mum's brother
17th - Nephew 1
19th - my sister (and my late dad)
22nd - Nephew 5

do I win?

[nomoreminibreaks]

Thanks coffee

I also forgot to add 'finish reading hypnobirthing book and actually practice the techniques. And get DH to read it a bit too as he thinks it's a load of crap'

I'm worrying about DS2 having a Christmas birthday but he would only be one birthday to worry about at this time of year - god knows how those of you with loads of them manage?! I guess that's another thread...

[Lizzylou]

Write and post Christmas cards
Wrap presents
Ice Christmas cake
Collect 3 bird roast
Do veg/wine/booze shop

Doing better this year.

[NearTheWindmill]

No I win - DS was born on 25th . He's 19 this year and it has been fine - in fact it's made it all a little bit more special. We called him Ebeneezer for about three minutes until the midwife told us off and then gave him a very sensible first name and threw Caspar into mix! Not one usually thought of as a Christmas name but one of the three wise men but I digress.

[knittedslippersx3]

Erm, things left to-do?
Everything!
I have no presents, no cards, no paper, no food!
I have done a big fat nothing, at some point panic is going to kick in, isn't it?

[Dillydollydaydream]

Wrap all dcs presents. I have 4 so may take a while!
Buy stocking bits.
Order booze and food for festive period. Meat already sorted.
Make shortbread, truffles and possibly a gingerbread house if I can be bothered have enough time.
Find my festive feeling

[ZingSweetPea]

Windmill



I have just suggested Caspar/Jasper on a baby names thread as suitable for a Christmas time baby!
good name.
and Happy Birthday to him, big lad but still your baby, isn't he?

[Belle15]

Buy all christmas food and drink

Have a clear out of kids toys

Make and write Xmas cards

Finish buying presents(Not even half done!)

Wrap said presents

Make and write Xmas cards!

Buy treats for kids at school

Hmmm stressed much?

[BitOutOfPractice]

In October I tried to get a hair appointment for the weekend before Christmas. They laughed at me. They'd been booked up since July!!

[CoffeeQueen187]

Windmill. Ebeneezer would've been a great name! I have to say I've never heard of anyone with that name, apart from Scrooge of course.

Zingsweetpea - that is a lot of birthdays I wouldn't know where to start with all of them. Good luck to you

[fuzzpig]

Loadsa stuff.

A few more bits to get in town - only one trip needed, waiting for deliveries as well though.

Make a few cards with DCs

Take an inventory of what we've actually got for presents, make sure it's roughly even and hopefully avoid The Twitch (although I had a bit of a twitch on amazon yesterday )

Wrap everything!

More decluttering as progress has somewhat slowed down lately

Tidy the hell up. This unfortunately includes a huge backlog of laundry since our washing machine packed up and new one isn't due til Friday! Need to hand wash uniform in the meantime though.

Plan food, also need to ask if my parents mind getting a takeaway on Xmas eve since they'll have the car

Redo tesco order for 23rd (just put loads of alcohol in the basket to book the slot. Even though we don't really drink )

Find out if friend is coming or not on the day

Phone another friend, realised we haven't been in touch since last Xmas eve

Get stuff ready for the den we are 'building' for DCs (the elves will leave clues to it on Xmas eve, and their jammies will be there)

Figure out where all the decorations are scattered, put them up (20th dec, last day of school) and get decent boxes ready to put them away properly/safely in Jan

Decide what presents are going to be from parents/grandma (they prefer to give us money so we choose 'assign' items to each IYSWIM) and Santa

Plan post-Xmas family cinema/lunch trip

Find out if we are having any other visits/visitors

Order school photos, just remembered we've got 2 days left before discount ends!

Finalise Xmas iTunes playlist :o

Find out if I can manage to go to any carol services this year

Get DCs to choose presents for each other and DH (they've already done mine apparently!)

Erm... think that's it Thankfully after my late shift tonight I've got the rest of the week off!

[CoffeeQueen187]

Oh I've just thought of something else, I need to buy the kids Xmas clothes and go for my nail appointment.

Think I'd better start writing things down and crossing them off

[curlew]

I've just remembered - I suppose I need to buy some presents.......

[Wobblebeans]

Hmmm

Wrap all presents
Write and send christmas cards
Haircut
Throw out any broken old toys to make space for new stuff
Buy christmas food
Tidy and clean whole house
Buy stocking fillers

And I'm sat on my bum on mn
There are some drawbacks of being a lazy person!

[fuzzpig]

Oh yes I forgot:

Get DD (6) and possibly DS (4) to do their school cards

Bring home chocolate (presents) I've stashed in my locker

Make sure I get food I've promised to bring for work Xmas lunch (which is actually on a day off but I'll go in anyway)

Finish making DS' present of a dressing up outfit - few bits of embroidery and spray painting a wooden hammer gold

Carry on with DD's piano lessons - she has just started learning with me and is determined to learn jingle bells by the big day!

Finish reading current book with DD so we can start a new one (got a few lovely gift editions to give her for Xmas) - that's just me being silly though

Take back a load of library books

[fuzzpig]

Oh and baking/crafty bits too hopefully!

[snowmanshoes]

Declutter and clean everywhere (may even have to tackle the oven - God help me!)
Find several presents that I have hidden too well and wrap them
Wrap all of DD2's pressies (have done DD1 so atleast that's a start)
Get PIL's presents, its going to have to be vouchers at this rate
Make crafty bits with dd's, will do bits and pieces whenever I get a spare half hour
School plays
School discos
School carol concert and possibly church visit but not 100%
Watch Frozen (take dd's and make dh come too!) and have a walk round Christmas market - even if for only 10 mins. I'm determined to get to one this year!
Take dd's to see reindeer at local garden centre and have a hot chocolate (dd1 is really looking forward to this more than anything else so must squeeze it in)
Go for meal - anywhere, don't care as long as I don't have to do anything except eat and drink
Write cards, scrap that - buy cards, then write them
Decide on plans for Christmas Eve, order in food or atleast have something in the cupboards a bit special.
Buy some sodding squirty cream - keep forgetting arrrrggghhhh!
Going to Chessington for a couple of days so make sure we all have warm nice clothes and pack it before the school breaks up.
Luckily I got mine and the dd's hair cut the weekend, dropped off some presents to friends and collected pottery pieces that dd's painted, so feel like I did something productive.

[BobCrotchstitch]

I too started really early and have been giving myself smug pats on the back at my superior organisational skills. Except the "one room a day weekend blitz" has so far only involved detail cleaning the fire place and washing the tiles in the bathroom.
Also several well thought out gifts I realise are still virtual gifts as I haven't actually made/ ordered them yet.
I clearly am not cut out for such aspirations

[ZingSweetPea]

snowman

remember to buy squirty cream!

[DontmindifIdo]

oh god I've got tonnes!

Currently taking a break from writing cards (we had some printed with a painting of a snowman 3 year old DS did, I thought that would be cute and how organised of me to order them early November, only arrived today!)

Post gifts to people we won't see before christmas

Wrap gifts (first get DH to make DS's pirate ship, I'm not dealing with that christmas morning, we'll wrap the finished article, not the box)

Pick up some John Lewis vouchers - for my DB and some for DS's nursery key worker

sort out tips for cleaner and postman (anyone else?)

Get hair dyed

go onto ocado and change the order

Make a birthday cake (for 27th Dec, best do it before or I'll be doing it at midnight on boxing day!)

Put up decorations (next Saturday)

seems alot...

[fuzzpig]

How funny, just after posting the friend who I'd been meaning to phone actually called me - had a long catch up :)

[TheXmasLogIn]

Well I made a start on the wrapping today, but didn't even get half of it done. I have got the DC way too much, or at least it looked that way spread out over the living room floor I usually keep a few things back for New Year though and I might also save some of them for their birthdays instead.

Started to get the twitch because DD's pile looked bigger than DS's (bigger boxes) but thanks to my lovely spread sheet I know he actually has slightly more than her and his stuff cost me more too.

Hopefully I will get the food all ordered tonight as I can't wrap in the evenings anymore as DS doesn't go to sleep until 10pm ish and will be up and down to get drinks/use the loo before then and I will be too tired after that.