so glad im not the only one!!
christmas last year seemed like such a non event for me, which was sad as its my favourite time of year! but what with jacob being born and having a new baby etc, it just all got away from me and was gone in a blink of an eye.
I have a tradition of always making heaps of yummy stuff for my family and friends, im a bit famous for my gingerbread
I love baking, I will usually make the affore mentioned gingerbread and truffles and those mini puddings etc, last year I only got around to making the gingerbread and i never even iced them! everyone kept telling me I wouldnt be able to do it with a new baby, so it was like I was trying to prove a point to myself that I COULD still do it, but I just had to let it go at midnight christmas eve, when I had taken the last batch out the oven.
mum and I used to get silly on champagne and decorate their xmas tree on christmas eve, with lots of mad dancing around the lounge room to "band of gold" and various abba tunes , good times, but since I have moved an hours drive away sadly we havent been able to do it for the last 2 years.
so my big project this year is going to be trying to make a gingerbread house! hopefully im not being too ambitious! I want to make it all from scratch and not do the kit thing....hmm....we will see how that goes!!
I am so excited as we are staying home sound sweird but we haven't spent xmas here since 2003 I think ... even if Jase is on call I get to decorate and put up the tree cause we will be here cook everything
I LOVE Christmas; last year we werent going to do any lights on the house but DP saw my dads (Dad lives down the road from us; visible from our house) and was like "Nah we can beat that" so went crazy hehe. Was so funny as i had been saying the whole month lets do lights; then the second he got his competitive streak it was on lol. Looked good, DSD loved it.
My step brother was living with us and has recently moved out so ive not put any furniture in his room ive started stacking it with presents hehe. Yep started already!!
Rach i know what you mean about staying home, its relaxing to think about!! We did that last year.
So many ladies expecting bubs around chrissy!! How magical! So jealous hehe.
DD will be almost 10 months at Christmas (OMG!). Was thinking of getting some presents in the sales soon. But I don't know what to get a 10 month old, I've never had one! LOL. If anyone has any suggestions...
I "baggsed" Christmas this year so I will be having 15 adults and 5 kids (4 under 4) at our place for the day. I am already planning the menu because it is either going to be stinking hot (in which case I revert to my make-ahead salad based extravaganza) or tepid (in which case I will do the roast pork/turkey/whatever menu).
Starrysky DH and I made a gingerbread house last year - the homemade ones are so much better than the kits. If you google GB houses you will find entire websites devoted to them - just don't get carried away! Some people make GB castles!!
Flynn will be 3 and a half so REALLY into the whole Santa and presents thing (I have been coaching him all year - every month or so I read him a Chrissy book and he knows the words to "Aussie Jingle Bells" off by heart. Ollie will be just two so the main thing will be keeping him away from the tree!
As for the tree I made the HUGE mistake when I was pg of buying a whole heap of "heirloom" glass ornaments. I had this wierd notion that having "good" ornaments" was a great idea once kids came along. HOW WRONG I WAS LOL!! My advice for the Chrissy-obsessed is wait til your kids are older before lashing out on glass ornaments LOL!
rory- thanx for that!
also, just a hint, 2 years ago I did xmas here, champagne breakfast, lunch, dinner and boxing day lunch! I swore I will never, ever, do that again!
but, I found the flylady holiday organiser (free download) was really helpfull with getting everything sorted, I dont think I couldve coped without it!
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sound sweird but we haven't spent xmas here since 2003 I think ... even if Jase is on call I get to decorate and put up the tree cause we will be here cook everything 
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