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who will be in your thoughts on christmas day?

44 replies

kerryk · 23/12/2008 14:54

this will be my 6th year without my gran and i still miss her loads. christmas day is not the same without at least 15 of my family crowded into the tiny little bedroom in the care home.

also dh's friend who was killed in iraq during the summer. this will be the first christmas his dw and dc spend without him

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JODIEhadtoomanymincepies · 23/12/2008 14:56

I will be thinking of my Best Friend who lost her daughter this year (still born) and it would have been there first christmas as a family

JODIEhadtoomanymincepies · 23/12/2008 14:57

Sorry their not there...

sleepyeyes · 23/12/2008 14:57

My granny who died suddenly this year at the age of 62.

And a good friend of mine who will be finding it hard being the only one out of five sibblings at home as the rest are all in war zones.

LadyOfWaffle · 23/12/2008 14:58

My DHs cousins DS. He died on Christmas Eve (5 months old - first day out of hospital) and was only a few months younger than my DS1. He should have been an excited toddler...

wilkosroastingonanopenfire · 23/12/2008 14:58

my dad who died in november. we never knew that christmas 07 would have been his last

TheTwelveDAISYofChristmas · 23/12/2008 14:59

My mum who died of cancer on 12th January ; last Christmas was shadowed by her illness but we made it what we could, and my Dad who died almost four years ago now.

santasinmywaistband · 23/12/2008 15:01

All the relatives that used to make my Xmas, Mum, Grandpa, Grandad, who have sadly passed

All those who have to spend Xmas without their families

And those facing Xmas as single parents for the wrong reasons( MB, OJ as well as others from here who have lost their DP's this year)

HensMum · 23/12/2008 15:02

My grandad who died on Christmas Eve last year and his wife, who won't be having much of a Christmas this year.

A friend who is currently in the middle of a nasty divorce and has had to move out of her family home with her kids as her bastard of a husband won't go.

TheTwelveDAISYofChristmas · 23/12/2008 15:03

ladyofwaffle

Weegle · 23/12/2008 15:08

My very much loved, and missed, grandmother who was more like a mother to me who passed away on the 4th. I'm still grieving with tears most days and it just doesn't feel right to be festive, despite making an effort for the children in the family. Plus all the family were only together last week for the funeral, so it all feels too similar to that.

southeastastra · 23/12/2008 15:15

my mum, christmas definitely not the same

Hassled · 23/12/2008 15:17

My mother, and my father - who I saw for the last time at Christmas 6 years ago. He got us all tipsy on Rum, and I will raise a glass this year to him.

Nemostwonderfultimeoftheyear · 23/12/2008 15:19

My uncle charlie who died of a heart attack 2 nights ago.
My gorgeous nan who died in march 2007

all families who have loved and lost someone

XmasLollipopViolet · 23/12/2008 15:35

My good friend Becky and her mum, who are facing their first Christmas since losing their aunt/sister respectively. Also all the residents in the care home my mum works in, spending Christmas alone.

Smithagain · 23/12/2008 15:58

My grandmother, who did on Christmas day 1986. And my dad who never mentions it but must find it a hard day every year.

And the lovely mum from my antenatal group who lost her daughter aged two. She should have been the same age as my DD now (six) and I don't even know what they are doing now .

LouMacca · 23/12/2008 16:04

My friend whose full term baby daughter was born asleep last year. She now has a lovely baby boy that brings comfort to her and has made her smile again.

My friends sister and her DH who lost their beloved only child aged 7 months in June. RIP Sam x

queenrollo · 23/12/2008 16:09

My Grandma who was the most precious person in my life until my son was born. Three years without her and i still miss her so much.
Several friends who were too young to die.....

needmorecoffee · 23/12/2008 16:11

my eldest daughter who still lives elsewhere. She left at 14

SixSpotBurNativity · 23/12/2008 16:11

My paternal grandmother who died 10 years ago this Christmas. I was pg with DS1 at the time. I'm so sorry they never got to meet, but at least I was able to tell her I was pg before she died.

She was a huge influence on me - much more than I realised at the time!

I still feel her loss quite badly.

And everyone else who has lost a loved one in the years past.

dooneygirl · 23/12/2008 16:17

My MIL. She died Dec. 1, 2006 from a very painful bout with cancer that spread throughout her entire body. Christmas was her birthday, too.

Unlike a lot of people, she was a very wonderful MIL, and one of my closest friends.

bananaknickers · 23/12/2008 16:17

I will be thinking of my son's friends parents.He was run over by a car in Feb and this is the first Christmas without him. I don't know how they will cope .

My dad is waiting for his test results to find out whether his cancer has returned. I will be thinking of him too. Hopefully, we will get the results tomorrow.

Fimbo · 23/12/2008 16:18

My friend's little boy who died from meningitis when he was 3 months old, he should have been 5 now.

PavlovtheRedNosedReindeer · 23/12/2008 16:20

I will be thinking of my mother, who is no longer with us, and my FIL who is also not with us this year.

I will also be thinking of my friends in UK who we usually see over the festive period and who will miss this year abroad.

paolosgirl · 23/12/2008 16:25

My FIL who died 2 weeks ago. He'd been very ill for a long time, but it's still been a shock and the family is not the same without him

PavlovtheRedNosedReindeer · 23/12/2008 16:29

paolosgirl - I am sorry for your loss, thoughts are with you.