I watch the carols & hopefully wrap presents but it all depends on DD last year she was up with me.
We sometimes have the IL's here or family friends, but we don't go anywhere
when i was a kid we'd go over to who ever was hosting christmas day (so our place or my aunts) and watch the carols well try to while my dad drank and started getting shirty with ray marton
its pritty much the same now - but we have kids in tow and my 90 year old nanna joins in with dad hanging it on who ever is on!
We always spend Christmas Eve with my Mum and brothers because Christmas day is always with DH's parents and family. But this year that will be up in the air so we will just stay home this year at this stage. Because Mum lives in town we would always drive around the Christmas lights after tea and the kids loved that.
we have no set way to spend Christmas eve - kinda depends on what we're doing for Christmas day! if it's at our place we do the last of the table set up etc so that christmas day is stress free (well, as stress free as it can be with people turning up late with food that needs to be heated etc lol). when it's not at our place, we finish off the food we need to cook for the next day (our family all put in to take pressure off the hosts), then just chill. we may have carols on, we may not.
this year we will be wrapping presents and setting up play gym for DD outside and waiting on the arrival of a special BB friend who is going to spend Christmas with us! yay!
This year, I'll be going to church with a special friend and family, then into the car for a drive to go visit another special friend & their family who I will be spending Christmas day with (alcohol involved so will be going home on Boxing Day).
we head to church for a wonderful family service, then have some drinks ( not me this year!) and spend some time with friends.. drive home looking at christmas lights get kids to bed and play santa! I love Christmas xx
We usually listen to carols, have dinner, then go for a walk to check out the Christmas lights. Once the kids are in bed, we put all the presents under the tree.
The last few years we have taken DD to see a house near us that has a huge light display after dinner (we just walk around the corner). THey have a sausage sizzle and Santa and give out goodie bags to the kids. It's really lovely.
This year though that's thousands of kms away so not really sure. DH could also potentially be sent out bush this week, so we aren't planning anything.
I always watch carols though and let DD stay up late, and then I stay up much later to be Santa. Those are my favourite few hours of the year. I wrap pressies and set up toys, and leave out reindeer dust and chewed up carrot. Am panicking this year, because Santa is bringing a trampoline and if DH goes out bush I may have to erect it on my own.....
Usually go to my parents, for dinner, Mum has Sinatra and Bing playing. We then watch the carols on TV or go for a walk around the corner to the lights.
Watching Carols by Candlelight, eating mince pies and cooking! Usually involves drinking champers, but not this year! lol
Also making cookies for the Fat Man, and doing the first tray for santa with Charlotte this year, I am sooo excited!
Like Lu our Christmas Eve also usually involves Elvis, Bing Crosby and Frank, a bit of Dean Martin and Judy Garland and right before bed, I will read Charlotte the very special copy of The Night Before Christmas my mum bought for her that she can no longer read for us.
My sis will be over from Melbourne, and Daryl will be home from work, so really looking forward to it this year
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