@NoCheesesForUsMeeces I think by simple Christmas I mean both presents and also activities.
I think I organise lots of things and make us too busy. Last year we went on the little train Christmas light tour twice - once with each set of grandparents. But after school/work it was a bit of a rush, and we probably should have done it once. Along with the normal brownies/dance/swimming lessons, it was another evening where we were busy. We also went on a local charity light walk, another day saw Father Christmas. DH would say it was too much. But I love all those things.
We are going to Lapland this year with both sets of grandparents, at the end of Nov, so definitely need to have a less busy December. All it takes is the kids to get ill and a couple of weeks has passed quickly.
Present wise we probably have too many. I had so many presents to wrap, loads of evenings spent doing an hour of wrapping here and there. We tend to have more less expensive presents. Like FIL will have a puzzle book, chocolates, golf balls etc. Rather than one present. I’m filling a stocking for my Mum this year, which already has a number of small presents. So there probably will be a lot of presents again - maybe I’ll just aim to wrap in November!
Now I’ve seen an advent calendar for DC3 which is wooden animals. I know he would love the chocolate one. And yet I’m still thinking about the animal one. Complete hypocrite!