What will you do differently next year?

[NotEnoughTime]

As thread title.

For me personally I will NOT be wrapping presents on Christmas Eve/early hours of Christmas morning I say this every year

Tree will be put up BEFORE Christmas Eve day 🌲

This sounds like an excellent idea

Wasn't that the point of the post (to catch the 'flu so they don't have to spend the rest of the holiday visiting relatives)

Fuck it. I’m off to google cruises. 😁

I won't be working all day.
I fully intend to change my job this year, to one that doesn't require shifts on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day and well into the New Year, including the New Year weekend itself....

Next year I will be sharing Christmas with the family, like everyone else.

I'll be more organised! I've got a 4 week old baby who arrived 16 days early so everything went to shit! The only thing my family got from me is cards and their first grandchild!

Thinking of going away however weary that we have elderly relatives so want to make the most of them being here. Plus we have the dog to sort out but as soon as the kids are older we will be going away for Christmas! I have felt utter shit all week, stressed and cold. Nothing about Christmas is the same anymore, TV is shitter hardly any decent specials. Chocolates taste like shite. Shopping is crap as most stores have not closed.

We decided to have beef this year instead of turkey/chicken. Nothing wrong with it but it just didn't feel like a Christmas dinner. So next year will go back to turkey or chicken.

Wheelyweddingwipedout · Today 18:02
I will be on a cruise from 21st December to 4th January (booked it online toda

Genius!!!!!!!!

Sorry to all who have had stressy/crappy Christmas Days. Here's hoping next year will be better.

Congratulations HayleyBean on your new arrival.

I'm seriously thinking of going somewhere warm next year too. Been looking at friend's Christmas in Oz photos and I'm envious. Not sure i'll go that far but even a week in The Canaries would do. Both DH & DS are off over Christmas (forced A/L) so it would work fine.

Probably not visit the cemetery next year, but only six months since both my parents died in a car crash.

I’ve had a wonderful one & very grateful for that but I look forward to a cosy & quiet one at home.

Hopefully we’ll have a baby by then so 3 of us & the cat.

Not let ex have the children. They were supposed to back by now, grrr.

I'm going to be more selfish in the run up and do things that I actually want to do instead of being pushed into doing things that I don't want to.

Not buy the cheapest potatoes

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Make 10-min pasta/pizza the main meal and enjoy the rest of the day with my family for once!

Not bring the neighbours bins in. There's two of them + two teenage kids; and one of me. And yet again, the couldn't be arsed to pop a Christmas card in my letter box.

I imagine next year will be much busier as our 1 year old will be a 2 year old 😅

Today has actually gone quite well though :)

We opened stockings and santa presents in bed this morning then we visited dps family. After that we went to my parents for breakfast then we came home where ds had a long nap and me and dp opened presents and watched ELF. Ds is now playing whilst me and DP make buffet food 😝

Different country next year. We decided to go to Salzburg for the Christmas to avoid all the family stress.

It worked out well... Will be repeating!

@Greengr Thank you! Not a bad day considering.

Something very different. Parents insisted on a starter, my sister on 3 million different sides which meant by sister and I spent the whole time in the kitchen cooking and cleaning so the food was crap and the kids didn’t eat it so I had to make them something at home.

I made the mistake of buying and wrapping all the presents. Also buying and cooking all the food. Next year I’m going to a hotel under an assumed name and I’m going to start a new life.

That's the pits, I hope you've had a better day 🎄❤️

Awwww congratulations.

I'm sure they love their Christmas gift and I hope they are all doing their fair share so you're resting?!