OT - What's your favourite thing about Christmas??

I love ALL those films too!

Also love Miracle on 34th Street.

My favourite thing about Christmas apart from my kids faces on Christmas morning has to be spending time with loved ones and (relatively) guilt free choccie scoffing!

Yes the films are fab, i just love everything to do with christmas, the build up is great, decorating the tree, our local radio station also has a christmas appeal every year, its a whole day of auctions in aid of local charities the lots are amazing, but its the spirit they all get into, we normally listen to it all day and put the christmas tree up at the same time, late night shopping too when all the lights in the towns etc are on, i love going to the midnight mass too, not this year though as im on a night shift (who says santa doesnt exist!! lol ) The look on all the kids faces has to be the ultimate in bringing 'christmas cheer' x

Ok after my dramas today xmas is really the last thing I wanted to think about (issues with the catalogue and decorations at work, don't ask.....)

But:

1. Time off work!!!!!!

2. Food!

3. decorations, lots of candles everywhere, etc etc...

I don't see my Family at xmas (they are abroad) , so that side of it is something I don't like as I miss them very much...

Ooo wedding princess, where have you been!!??

I love christmas, and my favourite thing about christmas is my OH! He loves it more than anythng in the world! I love how excited he gets about christmas music, and films and family days, his excitement is the best natural high ever!

Oh please please Baby Jesus I hope we're not going to MIL2B this year... It just dawned on me!

Candles

Snuggling under a fleecy throw on a big soft sofa

Winter TV is the best!

Mum's cooking

Having all the kids in one place!

hee hee mine lives in South Africa so never have to worry about that! Altough, having said that i always worry, they are the type to spring a 'suprise' visit! So i never quite relax!

sounds really selfish but I sooo need a break, would love to just stay hope with OH and have an anti-social xmas this year.

Tango i totally understand and its not selfish at all!

Anyway back to happy times - mullered wine anybody?

Oooohh Yes please...and a Mince Pie!! Mmmmmm

I love Xmas day itself, we have a bit of a tradition, smoked salmon and scramble egg brekkie with a glass of bubbly, open pressies to each other and baby's pressies, then do our visits, then we will be preparing dinner this year. We always have our starters and main, then open our family gifts, then have desert and all chill out to some xmas tunes. In the eve when everyone has gone and baba is in bed, we have a big glass of vino and snuggle up to watch some xmassy films.

Love it, can't wait.

(Feels like putting an xmas cd on).

Yum! make that two!!!

Oooh sound lush Nicola! I just love Christmas soo much. I am seriously like a child! We are going home to my family in Lincoln this year so will get to see my Niece and Nephew open their presents which I cant wait for .

Christmas dinner at Mums and then a little party at my sisters with Dad and his OH...cant wait!

Anyone started shopping yet??

I love Christmas, all the build up and everything is so pretty! and I love the films and the music. I always put a couple of Christmas films on and have a day drinking and wrapping and writing cards, love it!

Unfortunately I hate Christmas day. We have to visit all our families or someone will take the hump which means visiting my family which is always loud and frustrating, and his dad+dad's wife+stepsister+ neice and nephew and also his mum. We don't get to have much of a Christmas together as we have to keep everyone happy and we have to drive to each family so can't drink and we don't even get a moment just the two of us. I know that sounds totally selfish but noone ever says we'll come and see you!

I've started shopping, I have bits and pieces for about 6 people, but no big gifts yet.

Have got engagement party, my b.day and baby's b.day to sort out before then too.

Don't have to buy for h2b this year cos we've decided to go away on boxing day as our pressy to each other instead - yey!

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I'm sorry but WHAT?????

H2B off work and spending the evenings when the children are in bed snuggled up knowing a late night wont kill us!
The boys pinching chocolate off of the tree and when asked 'have you been eating the chocolates again' they will look hurt by the accusation - with chocolate all over the sofa and their little mouths.
The amount of food i can consume knowing that its the festive period so its expected and oh yes the glasses of warm mulled wine from the hob! Yum Yum.

Also everyone will hate me but i nearly have all my christmas presents already - and this year we will be writing our invites for the wedding!! Exciting stuff.

Michelle x

I like the time off work, all the decorations and eating what you want for a few days without feeling (too) guilty about it.

Also love to watch Bad Santa and Elf at XMas time so will be digging them out soon!!!!

Hi Gillsy, I hate 'bad Santa'..... santa is not supposed to swear and smoke.... ? He is a nice jolly man, not 'getting his jollies' with all the dept store staff...!! ?....!! But Elf is a great film.

I love Xmas for all the time off work, candles and fairy lights (my tree lights are on first thing in the morning), late night shopping (when shops arent busy), visiting family. This year we will be traveling down to my Mum on Xmas day - Its the first time I will have seen my Mum on Xmas day since moving to scotland (6 years ago) - I'm really looking forward to it! And also looking forward to not hosting christmas at our house - running out of fridge and freezer space, having to queue up for the shower, spending a fortune on stuff that wont get eaten....

Not long now tho...! ?

I do exactly the same, I like to make a big thing of decorating the tree and wrapping presents. Last christmas I had a 90 day free trial for love film, and I ordered loads of christmas films, it was great. x

Oooh i love the good smushy christmas films like love actually. i really love miracle on 34th street, its my ultimate christmas film. I also really like watching the snowman.

My other favourite bits of christmas are snuggly time with mr delish on christmas eve in front of our little xmas tree that we decorate in his room and drinking a bottle of wine and chit chatting.

I get really excited by christmas cards and the pretty pictures on them (i'm not simple i promise)

I love ALL christmassy food. The big expensive luxurious food shopping trip is the BEST. I love pate, and stuffing, and christmas pudding with brandy sauce, and christmas cake with a cup of tea. Stuff i don't normally allow myself at other times.

I like opening presents and seeing people's faces when they open a gift i've put a lot of thought into.

Generally i just love all of christmas. I think the only thing i don't like is how long the day is!

ETA: i especially love love love wrapping christmas presents and co-ordinating all my papers and ribbons and stuff, it appeals to my OCD side ?

I love going on a drive around to see decorated houses.

There was one house near us that used to do theirs every year and have a collection pot for charity. Neighbours have now complained about the traffic in the road and the council have ordered them to stop. How uncharitable!

I love love love Christmas songs! Mariah Carey's All I Want for Chrstmas, Wham!'s Last Christmas, Merry Xmas Everyone, Wish it Could be Christmas everyday... The list goes on!

Im exactly the same! OH doesnt dare wrap presents in case he wraps them wrong! Im such a perfectionist with my wrapping, each present has to look special! lol!

Thats exactly the same with mr delicious! he doesn't dare touch them. his mum had a go at me last christmas because i wrapped his presents for his family for him!

Lol! I always do all the presents from OH, him and my family would expect no less!! OH actually finds it funny now how possesive i am about the wrapping! I love it though, and you get to make everything look so nice and purrfect!

Although, I do let him occassionally wrap the dogs present - the dog loves ripping off layers of paper and as she doesnt appreciate my ribbows and bows and sparkly bits its only fair to let OH do that one!

God I sound crazy!

My fav parts are;

After finally getting the kids to bed on Christmas Eve, getting all their presents down and laying them out into their own sections!!

Doing up a snack for FC and Rudolf with milk, cookie and carrot sticks! Also like sprinkling a bit of flour around the tray and making hoof prints!!!

Getting the yummy dinner prepared and cooking!!!

Decorating the house!!

Bad parts are;

Rubbish everywhere - all the time

EVERYTHING needs batteries................... Note to self; stockpile of batteries needed, hate trying to find a garage thats open to pay £10 for 2 batteries on Xmas Day!!

Excited now yippeeee!!

X

Baileys

Christmas carols

Vintage Christmas hits.

I look forward to having children so that I can have a proper family christmas. Something I've not really had before....i've had other families christmases lol but not really one of my own (mum doesnt cook/drink/eat meat or like to go out usually) in a few years time, there will be no visiting others and having others round to us.....

I know its not everybody's favourite but I like alternative things and its a nice story in the end up (was going to say 'a touching story' but then thought that was inappropriate in reference to this movie...lol)