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So it might be too early for "normal" people, but there are a few Christmas obssessed BB members out there that I know of...... So if you looooove Christmas as much as we do, come on in & have a chat about your plans, decorations, traditions & anything else to do with Christmas you can think of!!
Thanks for starting our own chrissy thread!!!!!!!!!!
Sarah im not one of those normal people at all!! ive been thinking about christmas for a while lol! ;)
so far, all i've done is start an xmas list.. and stuck it to the inside of one of the kitchen cupboards with heaps of present ideas! oh, and had a browse in the toy sale catalogues!
Actually, i have also just adjusted my Chrisco order- this year i am getting ONLY vouchers. i will have more than enough to cover xmas this year, so im happy with myself there (we cannot save money in any way shape or form, so Chrisco works well for us!)
this year im looking forward to not worrying about money, and focussing more on what xmas is really about! Also i think DD1 will really understand whats happening this year, so that will make it even more special!
I'm so excited, first Christmas with DD!!!!
Im way excited bout Chrissy this year - its our 2nd with Miss B but the 1st one she was only 8wks old so this one she will be almost 14mths - so she will enjoy it heaps more and so will we actually getting to see her open her pressies!
Although both DH and i are shift workers, so i worry that she will never have a "proper" Christmas that is on the acutal day IFYKWIM! instead her christmas will be over 2 days at bth my parents and than the Inlaws on different days -so not on the 25th!!!!
I've started thinking about it too. I want to have our first christmas with all the family here.
Lots of chaos & organization, but I'm excited! Hoping my bro & SIL can come over from Perth.
Also thinking about inviting DH's brother & sister we've only met once, 8 years ago.
I'm a little excited this year as we may or may not have a new addition to the family. Bubs is due 01/01/2010 so it will be a busy but very special time for us. Though it does mean we have had to can the trip to the coast we had planned with my family from SA & will be spending it just the 3 of us.....but that's ok. I always go all out with the deco's, food etc & I'm think Charlie will understand it this year so that will be fun!!!
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:lol:
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 :dance: 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 :)
oh and my baby will be here :pray: ABW .....
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.
Did i mention i LOVE christmas hehe
oh oh I forgot being able to use my outside lights again :dance:
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...
great thread.
now you have got me thinking of hoildays
I am a Christmas FREAK!
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!
Thanks for that STAR! Am looking through the FlyLady's Holiday Control Journal now!!
This thread has made me so much more excited already haha; totally changed my ticker lol :redface:
OMG I thought I was the only one that was getting prepared so early. I have already done up a layby....One at Myer with toys for all the kids!! We will have 5 under 3, yes you read correctly 5 under on the day. I was thinking about putting my hand up for xmas late lunch/early dinner here at our place but that means like a hell of a load of people here. And with a 2 month old, might be a bit hard.
What do you get a 2 month old for xmas?? What about a 1 month old for xmas cause my SIL is due a month after me this year!! I should know this cause DS was 2 months old at xmas but we just bought him clothes cause he was in size 0 by that time and I had nothing cause I didn't expect to have such a big baby!! Lol.
same here I have no idea what to get the baby :lol: he/she will be about 10 weeks ....