lighthearted christmas day has snowballed from

[issey6cats]

myself and my daughter were just going to have a nice quiet sophisticated ploughmans type lunch on christmas day and somehow it has now grown into, oldest son on his own cos his ex has the kids, so hes coming over for dinner, youngest son ,girlfriend and thier two kids coming for dinner, daughters ex and her two kids(kids live with him) for dinner so my one day off is going to be doing a big dinner for all at least it will be lively in mine anyone elses christmas day turned out better than they thought it would, hehe the joys of being a mum

Sounds like you'll have a lovely day! Better than the other way around, when you think you're going to have a big family Christmas and end up with a ploughman's lunch on your own!

Hmm I have just discovered that my lovely DM has planned for me to do the evening meal at hers on Boxing Day. We are having lunch there for 24 (!) and I am taking the starter and will be washing up for hours.
Now she tells me I volunteered to bring supper over At least there will only be 20 there in the evening! I think I have been tricked as I would remember agreeing that surely unless she drugged me and brainwashed me

SUPPER! I think you should take over a couple of loaves and you can all have Xmas dinner sandwiches