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[DLPdaft]

I agree Joolz.

Kids these days click on to Christmas at younger ages each year and I want to make it as magical as I can for Kyra untill she clicks on and realises that Santa isn't real and that Mickey is a man in a suit.

I actually had to think on my feet regarding Santa being at DLRP after Christmas Day - DD asked why he was there until January? I believe I said something about he loved it so much there he took his holidays there

 

[mommy2ash]

I totally agree that Christmas is for children - I drive 350 miles home to Scotland every Christmas, just so my DD can have a family christmas with all our relatives.

We all get up at stupid o'clock in the morning Christmas Day, congregate at my sisters house, and have all the pressies ripped open by 10am . The kids spend a couple of hours playing together (usually until the first toy gets broken ), then we all retire to our respective corners for a bit of peace and quiet. Move onto Mum's for dinner at 5pm (she's had 14 folk sat round the table in her living room before now ) then after a gut-busting dinner, the kids run amok upstairs while the adults sprawl out wherever they can and watch some crappy film on telly.

For us, Mickey and Minnie couldn't top that

sounds like a lovely christmas

 

[Bolanette87]

I totally agree that Christmas is for children - I drive 350 miles home to Scotland every Christmas, just so my DD can have a family christmas with all our relatives.

We all get up at stupid o'clock in the morning Christmas Day, congregate at my sisters house, and have all the pressies ripped open by 10am . The kids spend a couple of hours playing together (usually until the first toy gets broken ), then we all retire to our respective corners for a bit of peace and quiet. Move onto Mum's for dinner at 5pm (she's had 14 folk sat round the table in her living room before now ) then after a gut-busting dinner, the kids run amok upstairs while the adults sprawl out wherever they can and watch some crappy film on telly.

For us, Mickey and Minnie couldn't top that

10am?! We've normally got them all open by 7:30am!!

I shall use last Christmas as my example of Christmas (Including Christmas eve as I love Christmas eve!)...

Christmas Eve:

-Pick Robert up from work at 1pm....
-HOPEFULLY THIS BIT WON'T HAPPEN THIS YEAR: Notice steam coming from car bonnet, ring AA, speak to clueless person, Wait for ages, but eventually get a lovely repair guy who fixes the problem very quickly. Wish him a Merry Christmas and come home.
-Help prepare bits for the Xmas dinner/tea
-Open Christmas PJs (Early pressie). Have a bath, change into aforesaid PJs (And if you're me, reapply make up as people always show up on Christmas eve!).
-Put Sainsburys party food in oven, arrange other snack food on table.
-Mum starts dishing out the party food onto the table, Robert arranges the DVD player so my 'Muppet Family Christmas' DVD isn't performed in German... (I love 'Muppet Family Christmas'.... It never fails to make me smile!).
-Eat party food, watch MFC, then insist on singing along with the Christmas CD!
-Put up stockings.
-Conor goes to bed, frantic present displaying begins...
-Feast on leftover party food, drink cocktails... Some years we've been known to order pizzas at about 11:30pm....
-Get sent to bed by Robert for being too excited....
-Spend several hours tossing and turning until Robert finally gives in and lets me open my Christmas stocking from him...

Christmas Day:

-Wake up 5am. Wake Robert up, drive him insane by saying: "It's Christmas!!" over and over again until he eventually gets up.
-Open Santa Stockings.
-6:45am I begin flushing the loo, setting off alarm clocks outside doors, "accidentally" fall into my Mum's bedroom door making a loud noise.
-7am everyone gives and gets up.... Everyone opens stockings (Which I have carefully repacked). Then go downstairs and open Santa presents.
-7:30am- Breakfast of Bucks Fizz (Fizzy orange for the non drinkers) and bacon sarnies....

Rest of day- Visitors come round, eat too much, fall asleep early on in the evening....

Bob xoxoxox

 

[cap'njack.]

I've just spent my lunch time writing my pre-trip report

 

[joolz1910]

I like the sound of Elaine's Christmas.

I have had a couple of conversations with my eldest (age 8) that go like this:

Her: Mum, is Father Christmas real?
Me: Yes.
Her: You can tell me the truth, Mum. Are you telling the truth?
Me: (Big intake of breath) Well, nobody has proved that he doesn't exist. So I guess that means he does.
Her: Are you sure?
Me: Pretty sure, but I don't want to take the risk of not believing in him, do you?
Her: No.
Phew.

I'm not lying to her anyway because I think I still do believe in him...

I just wish he would deliver all of the presents.

 

[mummyal]

Christmasses are usually quiet for us (which is how we like it) - just the 4 of us. I only have my brother & family here in the UK (and also DH's bro & his family) and we meet up either on Boxing Day or day after that. On Xmas Day, we get up, take our time, I get the camera ready before the kids come into the front room, we open a few pressies, have brekkie, then open the rest of the pressies and spend the rest of the day lazing about and eating and watching telly and playing with the new toys and lazing about and eating some more. Perfect lol.

Ohh and I'm a happy bunny now. Have just ordered one of Adam's Xmas pressie from Disney Store online (Handy Manny Interactive toy/tool set). They didn't have it in the store here (they did a month ago) and Ema even checked the store in London for me but they said it's better to order it online. I also ordered a Christmas CD.

 

[thelittlemermaid83]

I'm back!

Some old geezer had a go at me for not wearing a coat....its not even cold outside. He was proper shouting at me lol.

 

[DLPdaft]

I have had a couple of conversations with my eldest (age 8) that go like this:

Her: Mum, is Father Christmas real?
Me: Yes.
Her: You can tell me the truth, Mum. Are you telling the truth?
Me: (Big intake of breath) Well, nobody has proved that he doesn't exist. So I guess that means he does.
Her: Are you sure?
Me: Pretty sure, but I don't want to take the risk of not believing in him, do you?
Her: No.
Phew.

Gawd I'm terrified of having that conversation with my DD - I might just print that off Joolz and keep it on my person as an example of how to handle it.

 

[thelittlemermaid83]

I actually had to think on my feet regarding Santa being at DLRP after Christmas Day - DD asked why he was there until January? I believe I said something about he loved it so much there he took his holidays there

Oh he is there after Christmas! Fab...I was going to get Kyra to make him a thankyou card

 

[joolz1910]

Gawd I'm terrified of having that conversation with my DD - I might just print that off Joolz and keep it on my person as an example of how to handle it.

I'm sure she'll accuse me of traumatising her when she's older. She'll end up with trust 'issues' or something. It's just that I want the magic to last for as long as possible. I'm sure she knows but I refuse to confirm it.

 

[thelittlemermaid83]

I like the sound of Elaine's Christmas.

I have had a couple of conversations with my eldest (age 8) that go like this:

Her: Mum, is Father Christmas real?
Me: Yes.
Her: You can tell me the truth, Mum. Are you telling the truth?
Me: (Big intake of breath) Well, nobody has proved that he doesn't exist. So I guess that means he does.
Her: Are you sure?
Me: Pretty sure, but I don't want to take the risk of not believing in him, do you?
Her: No.
Phew.

I'm not lying to her anyway because I think I still do believe in him...

I just wish he would deliver all of the presents.

I'm with Elaine here, I'm going to use this conversation as backup for when Kyra asks.

 

[thelittlemermaid83]

As far as i'm concerned this year that as soon as Boxing day is over i can do my SDD!

 

[mummyal]

I like the sound of Elaine's Christmas.

I have had a couple of conversations with my eldest (age 8) that go like this:

Her: Mum, is Father Christmas real?
Me: Yes.
Her: You can tell me the truth, Mum. Are you telling the truth?
Me: (Big intake of breath) Well, nobody has proved that he doesn't exist. So I guess that means he does.
Her: Are you sure?
Me: Pretty sure, but I don't want to take the risk of not believing in him, do you?
Her: No.
Phew.

I'm not lying to her anyway because I think I still do believe in him...

I just wish he would deliver all of the presents.

Yeah, am gonna keep that in mind too lol.

I had a similar conversation about tooth fairies with DD a few weeks ago. She took me by surprise when she asked that. Didn't see it coming at all. We were just in the car and all of a sudden, she just asked whether they really are real. I just told her yes, of course they are - we haven't seen any because they like to come in the middle of the night (like Santa) when everyone's asleep coz they are actually very very shy. Think she bought that??! lol. (DD's 6 and is dying for her first wobbly tooth. All her friends have lost at least 2 already).

 

[cap'njack.]

I'm back!

Some old geezer had a go at me for not wearing a coat....its not even cold outside. He was proper shouting at me lol.

Sounds like my Grandad! He did that to me on Sunday although all I did was get out of a heated car into a heated house

 

[ukstitch]

As far as i'm concerned this year that as soon as Boxing day is over i can do my SDD!

Ours coincides with Christmas Day itself

 

[thelittlemermaid83]

Kyra is forever telling me she believes in Fairies.

We all know Tinker Bell is real

 

[thelittlemermaid83]

Sounds like my Grandad! He did that to me on Sunday although all I did was get out of a heated car into a heated house

I thought he had a bloody cheek...then again in Chatham you always get random people shouting at each other

 

[cap'njack.]

I thought he had a bloody cheek...then again in Chatham you always get random people shouting at each other

Don't you just I had to go into Chatham on Saturday, I seriously hate the place that much, maybe I'm too posh

 

[thelittlemermaid83]

Ours coincides with Christmas Day itself

Only because your going a day before me lol.

Don't you just I had to go into Chatham on Saturday, I seriously hate the place that much, maybe I'm too posh

Oi i live there!

 

[cap'njack.]

Oi i live there!

It's just the High Street not the rest of the place. I live in Gillingham which isn't any better (and prehaps worse)