What have you had for Christmas?

[lissie123]

Well I’m just happy to have received some much wanted presents.
Earrings
Swimsuit (open water swimming)
A woolly hat
garden centre voucher
mini olive tree
Anyone else?

Some lovely handmade soap
Socks
Riding lessons
A "walking with wolves" experience
Lots of chocolates
Some lovely wine
Shortbread
Gingerbread
Vouchers for my favourite wax melt company
Some lovely scented candles
A festive afternoon tea (we did that last week)
A Christmas beach ride

Ahahaha he isn’t - he’s 26 on 75k!! Honestly he spoils us all. 😭😭

A Dyson airwrap and 3 bottles of chilli sauce from dh!

slippers that are about 3 sizes too small from dd.

perfume, chocolate and socks from mil.

L'Occitane Verbena bubble bath
L'Occitane almond oil shower gel
Tim Spektor Food for Life Book
Two very nice candles
Knife sharpener
Set of moleskin notebooks

Neals yard wild rose beauty balm
Gorgeous Handbag
Coffee machine (yay!)
Books
Perfume
:)

A signed photo of a cast of actors I LOVE! Real signatures. Plus it's my favourite picture of them.

A cosymajig

A film made by my DH. Less than 90 seconds long. Huge impact. Watched it about 50 times today. Very personal and incredibly moving. My favourite gift by far. I will treasure it for the rest of my life.

My favourite sweets from my DD (12)

A pattern for making clothes from my DS (16)

I'm feeling very, very lucky and spoiled. I'm very grateful.

Chocolate
Fluffy scarf
Fluffy slippers
A little handmade cat wire decoration from a Christmas market - it’s lovely and I adore cats which is why it’s a perfect gift
£80 in cash

Slippers from ds1
Hotwater bottles
Pink fluffy hat from dm plus cash
Chanel perfume from ILs
Hush necklace from dh
Coach bag from dh that I'd asked for

Got some more gifts coming tomorrow
Lucky

Books
fluffy socks
Dyson air wrap
chocolates
Neom oils and candles
£250 from PIL

I feel very lucky.

Daniel O'Donnell's autobiography
A bag of pick and mix lindor balls
A ball of sock yarn
A little fairy ornament
A dress.

£50 cash and a tub of roses as family presents.

And a gorgeous sterling silver ring with rainbow coloured stones in my cracker (definitely putting DS in charge of those again, I usually get nail varnish!)

Very very happy with it all.

I am a very happy girl tonight.

I got an (drumroll) Eric Cantona Christmas jumper and a soda stream from DH, a new puffa (live very rural) and a lovely green Gym & Coffee sweatshirt. And gin, new Nike trail trainers and a candle from my mum and step-dad.

Merry Christmas everyone!

I got
friends cookie jar
8x tshirts,
a chelsea fc hoody
money
an Amazon voucher
a looney tunes oodie
Harry Potter lego
harry Potter apron (my last one broke)
Harry Potter light
American candy
classic english candy.
box of ferrero Rochers

I got Ugg slippers and some Jo Malone minis from DS.
A beautiful Ralph Lauren handbag from Dd.
Some New Balance 327 trainers from DH.
I'm a very happy bunny this evening.

I've had some lovely presents:
Sheepskin slippers
An oodie
Perfume
An embroidery set
A scented candle that smells of figgy pudding
New cake tins
A cushion for the sofa
I feel like I've been really spoilt this year.

Estée Lauder big Christmas set,
Estée Lauder lipstick,
chanel perfume
pjs
More makeup from my sister
a sequin shirt
some cash to treat myself

A beautiful sea salt coat
Perfume
Loads of gorgeous candles
Wine glasses (very much needed)
3 x litre Baileys
Prosecco
Hand cream
Those dented stick things
Books
Make your own gin kit (Ooft!!)
Lots of lovely chocolates and other sweet things!

Done very well!! Been a lovely day!

Limited edition Funko Pop figures I couldn't find anywhere
Swarovski crystal animals to add to our family collection
A beautiful mature fiddle leaf fig plant
A giant No7 skincare set
A clip on book lamp so I can read when DH is asleep

I'm very very happy.

My favourite present is a box of chocolates bought for me by DS2 (age 20). He has ASD and a learning disability and this year was the first time he’s ever been interested in buying gifts. He went out with his support worker despite suffering crippling social anxiety, chose and wrapped (completely by himself, took him ages bless him) presents for me, DH and 3 siblings. He even bought and wrote a card for each of us signed with love which is unheard of! The look of pride he had on his face when we opened them completely made my day!

DH got me a seated elliptical trainer which I’m over the moon with. I have really struggled to be motivated enough to go the gym since starting a WFH job, put a lot of weight on and have suffered issues with my back/legs due to sitting at desk. Really delighted with it and keen to start using it.

DD got me some gorgeous fluffy slippers which I also love. Lovely scarf, books, smellies as well.

A box of mince pies.
I told people not to bother buying me presents a long time ago, but if they felt they needed to then chocolate or sweet things would be fine.

The mince pies are great, the peace of mind better.

Ive hosted today so not opened much but my fave gift is a 3 day break to Berlin in Feb half term from DH. He has sorted childcare and everything. We are staying in a fancy hotel and have 3 glorious child free nights.

Am delighted!

Speaker for my drums, two pairs of earrings, cloud nine straighteners, next voucher, two bracelets, money

I love seeing what other people do/eat/get at Christmas, I could read these threads all day. My highlights include:

Some gorgeous and fairly niche coffee table/hardback books on things I'm interested in but didn't realise DP knew I was:
The Bloomsbury Look
Vita & Virginia
from Field & Forest and From Coast and Cove
The Wasteland; A Biography of a Poem

Lovely monogrammed leather bookmarks and a book voucher.

Several Boxes of (all!) my favourite Chocolates.

A swanky food processor ( that I asked for)

A small but lovely antique oil painting I pointed out in a shop months ago that I'll treasure.

Some gorgeous candles and a handy candle lighter

A Harry potter trivia game, even though he bloody hates it, knowing he would be obliged to play and subsequently lose for the same reason.

Lastly some very excellent and very thick tog rated socks for my constantly cold feet.

DP and I don't usually bother exchanging any gifts or celebrating Xmas much but decided to this year as it's just us and agreed to do each other a stocking which was also bags of fun. I've had an awful year health wise and lost most of the year very deep in grief after a loss so was so touched by the presents he gave and the effort behind them.

From DH

Lovely soft lounge wear
A tin of toiletries I love
A new jigsaw (I love jigsaws)
Posh chocolates
A jumper I'd asked for
An address book (I'd asked for a new one when writing Christmas cards)
New cashmere socks
A book I'm sure I'll enjoy

From my parents

Euros for our New Year city break

Plus other lovely bits from wider family and friends.

Feeling very loved and lucky ❤️

My family nailed it this year, after a few years of weirdness. I did give them a bit of a wishlist but they still surprised me.
Some art pens I've dropped huge hints about for months.
Alan Garner's Treacle Walker (also hinted at).
A cheese making kit (surprise and love it as biggest boy clearly put some thought into it).
Japanese style watercolours from youngest child (mid teen, chosen entirely by himself, presented with great and justified pride).
My favourite perfume which I've not been able to afford for years.
My favourite chocolates and smelly things from Lush from middle child, who normally complains that that shop makes his nose fall off when he passes within 30 feet of it.

My DH has been ill with COVID all week and just as he was starting to recover, had a kidney stone. So I decided to buy and wrap myself some books and label them from him.

He actually surprised me - he bought me an individual coffee maker, coffee supplies and a nice mug for my new office space. And a new wedding ring as my fat fingers got even fatter after having three kids and my original one no longer fits. He's in my good books!