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What is everyone doing today? ๐Ÿ˜Š

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Christmasiscoming2025 · 24/12/2025 09:53

Weโ€™re going to the cinema to see the Paw Patrol Christmas movie at 1pm so will need to leave the house in just over 2 hours so Iโ€™m going to try and use this time productively to try and finish tidying and wrapping!!

After the cinema weโ€™re going to Toby Carvery for a late lunch/our Christmas dinner and then weโ€™re going to my parents house to exchange and open presents together ๐Ÿฅฐ

When we get home we will make cookies for Santa and open our Christmas Eve boxes and then our 4 year old will get in the bath with Dada whilst I bring all of the presents down and get them ready for the morning ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ’•

Merry Christmas Eve everyone!! ๐Ÿ˜๐ŸŽ„

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Squirrelblanket · 24/12/2025 09:55

I'm roasting the turkey, having prepped all the veg while it was in the oven. I need to rest it, then carve it for tomorrow. Then I'll get myself ready for a festive walk/pub trip. ๐Ÿ˜Š

IAmQueenWenceslas · 24/12/2025 09:57

Well so far today Iโ€™ve โ€ฆ

โ€ฆdone the last-minute Lidl shop,
โ€ฆprepโ€™d the homemade pie we are having for dinner
โ€ฆhugged my favourite neighbour and jabbered excitedly and invited her to lunch as her plans fell through last minute and I have one spare seat

For rest of day Iโ€™m wrapping presents, tidying, cleaning the house, doing a bit of wfh, making the vegetarian starters for tomorrowโ€ฆ yayyy I am so happy it is Christmas 2025 as it has been a very hard and painful year.

We made it!

Wishing you a very happy and peaceful Christmas ๐ŸŽ…๐Ÿผ

Xmasdemon · 24/12/2025 09:58

Merry Xmas Eve ! I'm just dragging myself out if bed after waking up several times in the night after having Xmas nightmares ! Going to finish my coffee and have a bath, get my DC up and do some light cleaning all done for 4 pm. Then will be going to my mum's for a Xmas Eve dinner and present exchange. Will come back at night and then probably get to bed ready for tomorrow. Just considering whether or not to lock the cats out the living room while we're gone, bit paranoid about the string lights on the tree

TheFormidableMrsC · 24/12/2025 10:01

Nothing hopefully. Iโ€™ve been run off my feet for so long, Iโ€™m exhausted. My plan is a long country walk, which fortunately is on my doorstep, sorting out Xmas day outfit, picking daughter up from station and then an easy relaxed evening with a takeaway. Iโ€™m hosting tomorrow so it gives me a chance to recharge a bit! Happy Christmas all!

Happilyobtuse · 24/12/2025 14:44

Still working! Hopefully log off shortly and start celebrating! ๐Ÿฅณ

Natsku · 24/12/2025 14:52

We celebrate today so we've done presents already, Father Christmas has been to visit (he comes in the afternoon here and hands over presents personally after a chat with the children) and now I'm watching DS play on the switch 2 (the present that made this "the best day ever!") while waiting for the ham to cook.

CurbsideProphet · 24/12/2025 15:16

The aim of today has been to tire out our small DC so we have a fighting chance of him going to sleep at a reasonable time! We had a good walk (very cold out though!) and lunch out. I'm putting washing away as Christmas Day and Boxing Day are the only days we don't have the washing machine on ๐Ÿ˜‚
Picnic tea in the living room later. Ideally we will.get to watch a bit of Christmas telly after DC is asleep ๐Ÿคž๐Ÿป

TamarindCottage · 24/12/2025 15:19

Walked to the post office to mail a newly completed baby blanket for a new grand cousin, now in the pub for one (or perhaps two). Chin, chin ๐Ÿฅ‚

soccermum10 · 24/12/2025 15:19

We've just finished our Christmas dinner ๐Ÿ™‚ Now sat with a glass of Bucks Fizz whilst watching Frozen. Tonight we'll all have showers, boys will put their new PJs on and eldest has asked if we can watch the new Superman movie, with some goodies ๐ŸŽ…๐Ÿฅ‚

Maryberrysbouffant · 24/12/2025 15:21

Crikey, what havenโ€™t I been doing today ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™€๏ธ

Iโ€™m cooking for 16 tomorrow (not my idea, got totally tricked into it!) so Iโ€™ve done the Turkey and roasties and made the gravy today, as well as gone for some last minute supermarket bits and cooked some lunch for today for visitors and cleaned the house/done some laundry as we go away in a few days. Iโ€™m pooped ๐Ÿ˜ด

Cappie73 · 24/12/2025 15:25

Just wrapped last present (was looking for something else and found it in the cupboard oops lol) just had to order some more Baileys and Prosecco so Iโ€™m waiting for Just Eat to deliver that because I drank it during the week and too lazy to go out! Finish giving the kitchen a wipe down. Jump in the shower, paint my nails, a few Baileys and the TV.

EmbroideredGardener · 24/12/2025 15:33

Have finished all the prep, apart from my Christmas nails that I'll do later. Collect dc from work then we'll watch the polar express together before bed. Youngest dc (a teen) is excited this year for the first time in a while and is planning to get up early to open pressies so we'll all go to bed at a decent time, I hope!

MrsSPenguins · 24/12/2025 15:40

Merry Christmas Eve everyone!

DH collected the meat from the farm shop, veg and fruit from a different farm shop, cinnamon buns and brownies from the bakers and 2 other click and collect things so we now have everything.

Just about to have the cinnamon buns with a cup of tea. Lovely day here and silkies are wandering round the garden.

TheLightSideOfTheMoon · 24/12/2025 15:43

I went out to buy dog food, had a little tidy up and Iโ€™ve been watching Tattoo Fixers.

Later I need to clean out a tank of crickets, but I canโ€™t face it quite yet.

Holluschickie · 24/12/2025 15:47

I don't do Xmas so am travelling solo in a warm country! Missing the lights though.

mummydoris2006 · 24/12/2025 15:47

After slipping in the bath on Monday night I'm now sporting a collar and cuff and feeling very fragile.
Luckily, it was after the big shop was done! Just me, DH and DD19 for dinner tomorrow and DH has prepped it all. He's done all the cleaning and washing and amazingly just made the homemade sausage rolls which are so tasty ๐Ÿ˜‹.
For the past 25 years ive been the cook but it's down to him this year.
I like to be prepared though so thankfully all presents already wrapped.
Merry Christmas everyone ๐ŸŽ„

Sprogonthetyne · 24/12/2025 17:29

We had a very cold trip to the park. Just finished tea so hoping to persuade the kids to have long baths while I get tidied up, then bed at a reasonable time.

Kids presents are wrapped and in the shed, so just need to bring them inside once they're asleep. Couple of family presents still need wrapping, but don't need to be done in secret.

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