WARNING - this is gonna be a long one.
With a 2 year old - get up around 6.30ish (Grandson doesn't surface until around 7.45 - 8.00). Shower, etc in peace. Actually spend time doing hair (only day of year that I can be bothered). Dress in something other than yesterdays tee-shirt with god only knows what stains on. Go downstairs and get everything ready for nice leisurely breakfast. Make sure everything's tidy (may be last time for a couple of weeks). Nice cuppa ... in peace. Grandson surfaces, see if son wants to surface (15 years old - may want to hibernate til next week).
Back downstairs to see expression on grandsons face when he sees what a nice collection of wonderful boxes and pretty crinkly wrapping paper he has (pity about the toys, etc inside). Wait until he empties everything and DS has opened all his pressies (by which stage DS will have gone back up to his room on the pretext of playing his x-box games, etc ... in reality to return to disturbed hibernation until stomach rumbles and body needs sustenance...usually around mid afternoon). Collect majority of rubbish together, fighting with grandson for most of the boxes that he is convinced are the most wonderful pressies ever.
Do brekkie, feed grandson whilst he sits in largest box surrounded by pretty (now shredded wrapping paper). Dress grandson...managing to completely wash and dress him without parting him from his box & paper. By now only 8.30ish ... but it's Christmas day, so start on buck's fizz (or similar beverage- fruity but gets drinker sloshed over the day (only day of year that I get a chance to have a drink).
After one or two drinks (or three or four)make a start on christmas dinner. Around 11ish, brother and his family arrive. Sister-in-law justly feels a need to be supportive, so has brought lots of fizzy adult pop for the two of us to share...feel obliged to demonstrate full appreciation of her gift...so pass her a glass and we do just that.
Self and sister-in-law soon lay claim to a sofa each in the living room and sit laughing and giggling very loudly whilst two 2 year olds (one hers, one grandson) and a 6 year old play quite happily, giving us strange but happy looks every few minutes.
For some reason, by this stage, brother and DH feel an urgent need to take over cooking of Christmas dinner. And what an excellent job they do. Generally a fabulous lunch, sister-in-law and self obviously slightly intoxicated and couldn't possibly do dishes. Once again DH and brother suddenly feel urge to take over. Self and sis-in-law generally fall asleep to the distant sound of dishes being put away and children playing very happily in the background.
Come round at approx 4.30ish to discover DH and brother have taken all children to local park (including 15 yr old DS). Very thirsty, disappear into cellar to retreive liquid sustanence for self and sister-in-law.
All arrive back home, play with kids until lillte ones go to bed between 6.00 to 7ish. Maintain alcohol levels, topping up as appropriate to ability to remain vertical (once fall over - time to stop). Brother and family go home, we go to bed and suddenly it's boxing day - trouble is , I can never remember what happens on Boxing day...seems to pass in a haze...wonder why?