hmmmm [rubs hands with glee], I need to "cheat" in my answer here because:
a.) my baby is only little, next xmas she'll be 1, so still too little to really know what's going on, so let's skip fwd 2 years as the way she's going at the mo, she'll be able to talk a bit by xmas 2017.
b.) let's also imagine that my house is refurbished to the point where i'll want to put decorations up, at the moment the refurb isn't finished
soooooo, "next" xmas i'm going to:
1.) have time to do xmas cards and new years texts as appropriate, it's such a useful way of staying in touch with people, I managed it in 2014 and loved looking at the cards I got back hung up on the wall
2.) have time to buy cheap but decent presents for everyone, this year was the first year I failed, due to birth of baby! This includes presents for my longed-for daughter who has taken over a decade to arrive!!! :-) :-)
3.) go shopping for decorations (I LOVE this)
4.) put up my decorations for the first time in years!!!
5.) plan for future xmas's with DD and extended family and friends, where i'll have more chance to do stuff as DD gets older
I've waited so long........now my life is finally getting better! I nice man would be good for xmas but that might have to wait a few years