what to do you do on christmas eve.

[wideeyes]

On christmas eve my sister comes around and we will watch a christmas DVD before DD goes to bed and we open a bottle of champagne and have some nibbles.

 

[mandymouse]

This Christmas Eve we're going for a meal at Frankie & Benny's and going to the cinema to see either 'The Holiday' or 'The Santa Clause 3'

 

[emily1982]

Well i go to church christmas eve for an early service, i tried to ask my mom about maybe watching a christmas film, like starting a tradition or something but she says shes going to the pub with her friends...so im at home, as usual.

 

[Pawpaws]

If we're not visiting friends, DH and I usually either go out for a meal at a cottage pub near us, or get a curry takeaway, and I have a Babycham (this is tradition!). When we've been to USA we've usually got back to Coventry very near to Xmas Eve, so twice I've put up the Christmas tree on Xmas Eve despite the jetlag! It's just the two of us (we don;t have kids) so it's usually a quiet Xmas, and I see my mother sometime during the holiday period, although this year I'm working between Christmas and New Year. On Boxing Day we're going to see "Night at the Museum" at the cinema in Solihull, and have a pizza afterwards.

 

[Sunny Soph]

I usually sit and wait .... Oh and sort out all of my christmas presents

 

[pokemon_master]

Two words: Watch Telly..

And and we always watch the SA sing outside our door. It is so nice that they make the effort to come despite the fact that we are outside the village. Mind you, having a car helps..

 

[Cyrano]

Grannie and grandad normally visit to see how high the troops are and see them lay out a carrot for Rudolph and a drink for Santa.
We'll then have a few drinks and sort out the final wrapping

 

[BRobson]

During the day we take the kids out for a walk to help tire them out In the evening we watch The Grinch then put the kids to bed and wait for them to fall asleep. DH sits back with a beer and i have a well earned glass of wine.Out come the pringles and dips (well it is Christmas)

 

[Minniespal]

We're going out with friends for lunch and some drinkies. In the evening we are going to stay with my parents, have a chinese takeaway and some champagne. Then I like to sit down and watch National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

 

[Queenie]

We'll be sitting in together and seperating out Christmas presents for the Lincoln Brigade (Scott's half) which will be delivered on Xmas Day and for the Stockport Crew which will be staying home for a second christmas on the 27th.

 

[Shane]

Although not always, we like to go and see a film at the cinema, if not its usually watching something on the TV with the nibbles and drinks

 

[Goofyish]

DW, DDs and MIL are going to see Happy Feet during the day - I'm just going to vegitate in front of the TV

 

[UKDEB]

Our Christmas Eve traditions have changed over the years. When I was little, we always spent Christmas at my Grandparents. We'd arrive there for Christmas Eve tea and then my brother and I would be desperate to go to bed to make Christmas Day come faster. I'd then lay awake all night too excited to sleep.

In my late teens and early twenties, my boyfriend (later first husband), brother and I would spend the evening in a packed pub full of school friends home for the holidays. By this time, Christmas had moved to my parents' house (and my Grandparents would join us there on Christmas Day). We'd all roll in drunk in the early hours much to my Mum's chagrin. One year my boyfriend/husband (don't remember whether or not we were married) left the pub to walk home whilst my brother went with his friends to the local 'rec' to play midnight rugby with his mates. He arrived home shortly after us and my Mum opened the door to him. He was covered from head to toe in mud and Mum burst into tears, blurting out, "Debbie's in the bathroom being sick, Gary's in the cloakroom being sick, AND YOU'VE BEEN IN A FIGHT! WAAAAAH!"

When our girls were little we continued to spend Christmases at my parents, together with my Grandparents and brother and his wife (then girlfriend). The girls then enjoyed the Christmas Eve tradition of tea and early to bed that I had done at their age. Once they had left sherry and a mince pie for Father Christmas and were safely tucked up, the adults would eat Quality Street and play games which would result in the traditional row! We still laugh about the 1988 karaoke row now.

My girls are now 21 and 19. I would love to have a Christmas Eve of family fun, but I suspect they will go to a packed pub to meet with school friends home for the holidays and roll in drunk in the early hours...

 

[Beth__WDW23/6/02]

We are having take away, watching xmassy films.
And sorting out pressies.

 

[Joanne UK]

We always go to a Christingle service at 4pm and every year without fail while we're out one of Santa's elves pops in with a present of new pyjamas for the children!

We then have a take-away and once the girls are in bed just relax and watch tv.

 

[cheryl.UK]

We go to my mum's around tea time to deliver flowers as it's her wedding anniversary. (We still do this even though Dad died 13 years ago, it's still a day to celebrate for her) Then we head home, wrap the presents we have bought for each other and settle down to watch Die Hard (The best Christmas film ever made!) with nibbles and Champagne from M&S.

 

[Scottish_Maleficent]

Usually I'm getting the last few bits and pieces that I need, but this year I'm super organised, so think we'll have a relaxing day - having Christmas dinner at my mum's this year so no turkey to prepare, but I do need to make MIL's nut roast.
In the evening it's Midnight Mass (at 8pm not midnight...!!) then home, kids leave out the mince pie and glass of milk and off to bed, warned not to get up before 7. DH and I then usually watch a bit of telly with some refreshments and then 'do the Santa thing' before going to bed. I'm usualy as excited as the kids and lie awake all night waiting for them to get up!

 

[natalielongstaff]

we are going out for a family meal at lunchtime and then later its a case of waiting for the kids to fall asleep and then bringing down the presents

 

[gilld]

Everyone arrives for our traditional Christmas Eve lunch of homemade soup and rolls - butternut squash and lemongrass this year - then we all pitch in to peel the vegetables ready for the morning. We have a takeaway in the evening and the development we live on, always has carols in the central square at 6.30 and we like to try and get to those if possible.

Then DD1(27) DD2(26) and DS(24) will probably go to the pub with old friends while DH, DMIL, FIL and I watch TV. We never eat any Christmas food like chocs etc until Christmas Day, to try not to get too full.

 

[Lizzybear]

Not too sure yet.. Probably will be here (going to my parents for Christmas Day) so i'll just do some housework, watch some films and and have a takeaway for tea. Going to a friend's house on Christmas Eve 'Eve' night which i've done every year for the past 5 or so