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What would christmas be like if ...

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Sallyhasleftthebuilding · 20/11/2015 08:16

You left your other half in charge? You just rock up on the day and ask so what did we get the kids?

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turkeyboots · 20/11/2015 11:57

The children would have more toys and chocolate than they could play with in a year. And we'd be eating well, with leftovers til Easter.

I am the sensible one in our relationship.

SheGotAllDaMoves · 20/11/2015 12:07

The house would be like Santa's Grotto.

Everyone would be given millions of gifts (though none would be wrapped), there would be an inflatable snowman on the roof, the turkey would be too big to fit in the oven (we have this convo every year when we order the turkey).

There would be trees galore, but no one would get a card.

There would be champagne by the case, chocolate and nibbles by the box, the fridge would heave.

vvviola · 20/11/2015 12:41

the fridge would heave

This reminded me. We've been surviving with a small under counter fridge for the past 10 months. One of DH's arguments for getting a new big one was "we'll need the space for Christmas" Grin Not sure what he's planning on stuffing in there (especially as DM is cooking the turkey as our oven is too small)

MrsPear · 20/11/2015 12:52

My husband never celebrated Christmas until he met me so I would imagine it would cause him stress if I told him to do all the planning, buying etc As he can't cope with stress too well he would then be ill. Safer in my hands and then he can act like the over exited child that he morphs into at this time of year.

mercifulTehlu · 20/11/2015 12:52

No tree or decorations. Delicious and impressive food, all homemade from scratch. Presents would probably be a bit random.

WorldsBiggestGrotbag · 20/11/2015 12:55

It would be lovely. He does all the food shopping/cooking anyway so that would be more than taken care of. The girls wouldn't get piles of presents but what he chose would be lovely. Christmas tree might not be decorated to my standards but would be passable.
He loves Christmas and we generally do all the prep together.

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Sallyhasleftthebuilding · 20/11/2015 12:56

DH would also put f-ing tinsel on the tree!! No cards, hed be suprised that certain gifts were no longer available, wouldnt know what half of them were either. Dinner would be Ok. Cupboards heaving with chocs and goodies, but no salad or veggies.
May suggest it for next year.

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KondosSecretJunkRoom · 20/11/2015 12:56

It would be awesome and we would be skint.

coffeeisnectar · 20/11/2015 13:20

He goes mad with the lights and decorations already so if I wasn't able to stop him we'd be lit up for four weeks and all wearing sunglasses to protect us from the glare. He plans to put three trees up this year. Three. Ffs. He's bought two more sets of lights and was eyeing up tinsel in asda. I dragged him away. Decorations is normally down to him though.

He can cook and will do alright doing dinner but no veg would be served. There would be mountains of roast potatoes. We do dinner together normally.

Presents is where he would struggle. This is my jib (I have bought for my two kids, his two, both cats and him. All wrapped and hidden.) He has bought me four things, two of which I bought and handed to him to wrap and two I chose while with him. He still has money left from our budget and I want pjs for hospital. He looked stricken and has said he will take my 10 year old with him to help him. Bless him.

myotherusernameisbetter · 20/11/2015 14:39

No tree or decs up - a card for me but none for anyone else.

some unusual presents.

He was great when the boys were small and would have given them a good Christmas, I think that now that they are teenagers he hasn't got a clue and I think he thinks that Christmas etc should all be cancelled since they aren't little kids anymore. I have to make him get out of bed to see them opening their gifts and stuff now which I definitely make the effort to do even though I know what's inside ever wrapper!

OSETmum · 20/11/2015 15:34

Presents would be practical eg DS (6) would get new motorbike gear ( although maybe that's not practical as he doesn't really need new stuff). Oh but there'd be lots of Lego too.

Dinner would be really good but there'd be lots of waste and he'd spend a fortune!

Decorations would be OK, he seems more excited than usual this year!

Presents for family would be none existent.

There'd be no Christmas craft and definitely no glitter!

DS and dh would probably spend most of the time around Xmas on their motorbikes (which may happen anyway).

ChristmasZombie · 20/11/2015 19:24

We'd be skint! My husband is so wonderfully generous, but he's a bit of a spendthrift. He would have bought loads of lovely, thoughtful gifts for all of us (which would have all been beautifully wrapped in coordinated paper by his mother!), but he wouldn't have considered a budget, or shopped around for best prices.
The Christmas dinner would be all bought-in, probably from Marks and Spencer. There'd be no crackers (he'd forget about them) and no wine (he's virtually teetotal, so wouldn't think to buy any alcohol). There would be Christmas pudding, fruit cake, and a lot of mince pies!
The decorations would be limited to the tree only, and it wouldn't go up until Christmas Eve.
We wouldn't go to church.

Pointlessfan · 20/11/2015 19:29

He'd do a great job with the food, the tree would be ok but I think he'd struggle with presents, he'd spend too much on token gifts as he wouldn't know what to get anyone. His heart would be in the right place though and he'd try really hard and it would be lovely and festive.

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 21/11/2015 09:55

If DH ran Christmas...........

All the presents would be bought in good time from eBay or Amazon (but put in gift bags , not wrapped)
Christmas Dinner would be from Asda or Aldi (DH doesn't drive so these are the easiest for him to get to on the way home to buy beer and my "poncey bread" (gluten free)
Dinner would be Linda Mc pies, ready made mash and Aunt Bessie Yorskshires. Veg would be the pre-prepped stuff for speed

The tree would go up, it's prelit, but don't know how many baubles

There'd be no Christmas looroll or Yankee candles

And the TV would be loaded up with the 3D and surround sound options

TheOriginalWinkly · 21/11/2015 10:00

DH loves Christmas. He's already done the food shop, he'll put up the tree and untangle the fairy lights, and he'll buy too much chocolate. He pretty much did it by himself last year when I had a small screaming baby permanently clamped to my boob.

Nothing would be wrapped though. He hates wrapping.

Teenagecrisisagain · 21/11/2015 10:06

Dh would probably do a better job than me !
Currently I buy and wrap all gifts (start buying in sep each year) and everything else is left to dh

We always put our tree up on 27 November but he would decorate it differently to how I would do it
He does all the Xmas baking and cooking anyway (mince pies with Dcs on Xmas eve, Xmas dinner etc etc)

He would I expect spend a huge amount more on gifts than me !

harryhausen · 21/11/2015 10:07

Dcs would get DVDs and not much else for Xmas.

No cards sent.

No decorations.

No socialising.

But we would have some amazing gravy for Christmas dinnerSmile

NicoleWatterson · 21/11/2015 10:18

We'd have a tree, bare room otherwise though, elf on a shelf would be naughtier, ruder and not bother some nights.
There would be more snack foods or less as they'd be allowed to eat them before Christmas
Wrapping would be foil like smithy in Gavin and Stacey.
There would be alot of meat on the day but not much veg. The day would probably be started by a full English leaving every pan unwashed and then a wonder why no one wants lunch???

Paperblank · 21/11/2015 11:11

He'd spend a small fortune on ridiculous presents for nieces and nephews, and another small fortune on gift bags because he cannot wrap for toffee.

Cards? Unlikely he'd write any.

Food would be from Waitrose or Marks and Spencer and there would be plenty of it.

The tree...I don't want to think about that because it would be a chuffing disaster.

Dachshund · 21/11/2015 11:19

Decorations/tree would be fine, dinner would be OK - kitchen would be bomb site afterwards!

Presents... hmm. They would be exactly what we had mentioned/asked for with no surprises or little stocking fillers.

In reality we'd probably find ourselves driving over to his mum's, late for Christmas lunch. He also wouldn't get enough booze or chocolate in as he's disgustingly clean living Grin

Buttons23 · 21/11/2015 11:23

We would spend a lot more on presents that are not actually that great.

No presents or cards would be bought for family.

No food would be bought until the last minute.

I am a lot more organised and aware of money spent that oh which is why it's all left to me. Oh does cook the dinner however, I can't stand cooking whereas he enjoys it.

sparkleglitterdaisy · 21/11/2015 17:53

He would forget it was Christmas Day & get DS ready for school, then when he finally did realize he'd go and see if Tesco express was open,and buy everyones presents & christmas dinner from there. Nothing would be wrapped. The only good thing is that it would probably be the cheapest Christmas we've ever had !!

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