Christmas Eve Eve-What's on your 'To-Do' List?

[ronandannette]

I'm a little late to this thread - it's now Christmas Eve and I've got things looking pretty merry and bright around here! Shopping (mostly at my front door, thanks to Amazon) is 100% done, including groceries yesterday for our feast, which will actually be on Boxing Day this year. I've got a few things yet to wrap and a stocking to fill much later tonight or early tomorrow morning. I just hit the self-clean button on the oven because there's nothing left to cook or bake - it's been a frantic couple of days in the kitchen so that will need a good tidy at some point later this morning.

We're looking forward to a raucous Christmas Eve service late this afternoon, which is the pinnacle of our Christmas celebrations! Emmanuel - God is with us and we couldn't be more joyful! Afterward we may stop off and eat somewhere nice or just come home and scrounge. There's no shortage of food here.

The main thing I have left to do is to work on my bedraggled self - take a long bubble bath and do something with my hair. I've been whirling around like a dervish since the weekend and it shows.

Merry Christmas to all.

 

[Praying Colonel]

I clean up a little around the house, wrap presents and make some type of stew or soup (this year it's chili) while DW delivers Christmas goodies to friends. We then go to Christmas Eve service and have dinner after. We usually watch It's A Wonderful Life in the evening.

 

[TiggerTrigger]

Wrap ALL of the presents after I finish my work day (have to work until 1)...eat lots of food...make potato salad and prep macaroni for tomorrow...eat more food...make sure cookies become one of my main food groups for the day...drink something fun...watch It's a Wonderful Life...and get in a workout somewhere in all of this (already walked nearly 11 miles).

 

[bobbiwoz]

We host Coast Guard recruits on Christmas. Today I am preparing foods that can be prepared in advance so that cooking is easier tomorrow! We pick the recruits up at 12:15 tomorrow, and we have a Polish food lunch, and we’ll have a turkey dinner around 6. They have to be back at 8 PM. My DSis and a friend help us host, so we have help!

We will go to Mass this evening.

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

1. Take Covid test
2. Get results
3. cancel Christmas plans