What's still on your Christmas to-do list?

[Musidora]

We've got a week to go! I feel like this is the point when some people are completely finished and putting their feet up in anticipation, others are on the final run, and others are just getting started.

We're not hosting this year so I haven't had too much to do, but still on my list is:

• Pick up the last few chocolate things for stockings
• Take in delivery of the final present (hopefully soon...)
• All the wrapping
• Bake Christmas cookies, and maybe mince pies if I can be bothered
• Attend a couple of Christmas parties this weekend
• Buy some wine and cheeses (our contribution to Christmas dinner)
• Pack for travelling to visit family

What do you still have left to do? I find these lists helpful in case I've forgotten something...

The girl's dad found mincemeat for me while he took her shopping for my present so I can make more mince pies either later on or tomorrow

Upstairs is mostly done, just the bathroom to be finished off in a mo. Will do downstairs tomorrow (but might not mop...it's forecasting rain & dd2 is off shopping with dad tomorrow so there'll end up wet footprints on my clean floors if it does rain .

Cake will be iced while we wait for takeaway shortly ish.

Have the baby

Not much left to do.

Some ecards to send and a few local ones to hand deliver.
Brandy butter for mince pies and Christmas pud.
Mackerel pâté for canapés before Christmas Dinner, other items ready made
Stuffing to make
Beds to make up for overnighting DGCs and DS2
Presents to buy for DS2’s GF, also his XP with whom we have a good relationship.
Tables to lay: conservatory Christmas Eve, dining room Christmas Day and all the decent cutlery and glasses found.
Presents to wrap
DH will do remaining food shop but will need reminding about obscure things he might forget that I want
He will cook Christmas dinner and he will clear up; he is a treasure.

Written down, there is more than I thought.

To do
Quick shop for fresh items Monday or Tuesday
Quick clean
Work Monday
Continue to ignore my husband whois starting to bleet as has 4 cards to write (I bought them) and two people to buy for... I've bought and wrapped everything else and done every other card... I refuse to do this for him too. 🙈

Margotsbumpynight..... That made me giggle! Hope all goes swimmingly!

Throw everything in the cupboard under the stairs .
Cook meats Xmas eve when home from work
Aim to be pissed by 11am Xmas day at the earliest.
Everything is pre pepped ready to put in microwave .
First Xmas in 15 yrs working for nhs that I'm off so I'm god dam going to make the most of it

Well I'm pretty organized this year but still have to do the Christmas food shop, bake biscuit to leave out for Santa & get little presents for the dog 😂 for the kids really as on both their lists to Santa they mentioned it's our rescue dogs first Christmas with us & could Santa please leave him a gift.
Of course clean the house 🏠 then I can sit with a glass of wine or baileys & enjoy Christmas 😂

We are done!

Did the food shop today, presents are wrapped. Just need to cook stuff now.

Cleaning...... and food prep on Christmas Eve.

@FairyJuice hope you enjoy it!

Up to date list from me -

Sunday

• ice gingerbread loaf
• make trifle
• Wash sheets or towels
• clean house
• make Mexican food for family tea

Monday

• at work 8.30am- midday
• meet mom for lunch at local cafe
• make chocolate Christmas pudding
• tea out at Miller and Carter
• take sausage meat out of freezer
• wash towels or bedding depending on what we did the day before

Tuesday

• collect bread order from bakery
• make sausage rolls
• visit DH mom and aunt
• round to parents for hot pork sandwiches, 7.30pm carol concert at church and cricket club

Relax and enjoy the time off work until 2nd January!

Ok, I failed in my plans for today, but not terribly so.
We did decorate the tree.
It was too late to drop boxes to storage so tomorrow.
We also bought spiced beef. And flowers.
DH laid down the law about “too much food” so I will acquire cheese on Monday instead. (I have soft but no hard or blue).
Dd finished her shopping and wrapping - “thanks Mum”....
We had a nice dinner.

Tomorrow:
Decorate front door
Put up garland in hall
Put boxes back in Storage unit
Wrap things
Make flowers look pretty
Make cookies/mince pies
Make flavored butter (as it’s now nice and soft...)

Monday:
Clear under my desk
Buy DH present from me (eek!)
Buy turkey
Buy potatoes

Tuesday:
Work
Watch dd do charity swim
Prep veg

And find time to relax!!

Actually, Monday includes quite a lot of work too - but as I’m driving I can shove a lot of things into my boot from quick trips around the office at coffee and lunch breaks

So we actually seem not too far behind but I have
Wrapping presents for those that will be staying with us at Christmas
Stollen to be done
2nd batch of mince pies
Veg to be bought
Fudge to be made
I think that's it.

Loads of wrapping! But that's it. DH in charge of all things food related thankfully. Main food shop was done today. Cleaning mainly done.
Santa tomo with kids, nails on monday, friends on xmas eve.

Ice the cake.
Make red cabbage.
Some cleaning.
Taking cat to the vet on Monday and depending on what vet says, we may come back without him

I need to unbreak my ankle so I can drive to pick up my Christmas food order, wrap presents comfortably and clean my manky house for all the visitors. DC can clean a bit and DH can manage the rest but wrapping and cooking for others are my favourite things and I'm really pissed off.

Tomorrow-
Ironing
Hair done

Monday-
Clean
Food shop

Tuesday-
Get ready for a group of friends and their kids coming over for drinks before mass
Going for a massage so will be nice and chilled
Peel and prep the veg

Tomorrow
Deliver local cards
Collect Turkey
But last few deposits we couldn't get today

Monday
Make sausage rolls
Change sheets in spare room
Make pavlova
wash tablecloths/napkins
Quick clean \vacuum

Tuesday
Make stuffing
Red cabbage
Go to panto

• Tomorrow Buy last few things we couldn't get today

Wrap all of the presents
Finish making the last few gifts
Food shop
Massive clean up

Finish wrapping.
Label the presents so people don't need to guess
Clean the house
various pet jobs
ice the cake
make mince pies

unfortunately life doesn't want to pause and seems to be making jobs of its own.

Big clean done (WHY do we do this!?).

Wrapping STILL to do because either one or other of the girls is always about

Christmas Tesco tomorrow morning...I'm soooo excited!!

Just the usual house crap that gets done anyway.

Yesterday - my big shop delivery came. Wrapped all the presents (except one which is coming on Monday)
Today - DP cleaned house whilst DD and I went to pick up turkey.
Tomorrow evening - prep most of veg. Wrap final present.
Christmas Eve
In the morning DD and I will walk to big Tesco (about a mile away) to get final veg (sprouts, broccoli and cauliflower) and salad bits for Boxing Day.

After lunch we'll do some baking and probably watch a film.
In the evening go out to see the rotary club sleigh doing its rounds and then walk around my neighbourhood looking at the decorated houses. Buy a lottery ticket!

Managed to catch up somewhat.
Bought a turkey (although DH didn’t come and is grumpy with what we got).
Also got the potatoes, milk, and a few treats.
Dropped all the decorations boxes back to storage unit.
Got a nice walk in lovely fresh and calm sunshine !!
Made my herby butters (garlic, thyme, rosemary and sage for turkey, no sage but clementine zest for carrots).
Did fridge Tetris so it all fits (until I get some party food tomorrow).
Hoovered.
Dyed my hair.

Left to do:
Buy DH present!!
Buy cheese and party food bits and cured meat for Xmas eve
Wrap presents
Prep veg etc Xmas eve after work
Make a chocolate biscuit cake for dd birthday (26th) by request (today!!)

Possible:
Make mince pies
Put up garland in hall
Buy Christmas craft beers for DH
Make/buy Christmas Day dessert

Oh, and do full days’ work tomorrow and the morning on 24th - followed by racing to see dd do sponsored Xmas eve swim in the sea....