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I get roast turkey microwave meal from iceland and write out Christmas cards to myself and pretend like someone else sent them.
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Probably bored out of my skull wishing it was all over with ASAP so I can get back to work.
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Yes i am joking i only shop at asda.
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Sage and onion stuffing cooked with sausage.
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The build up involves Muppet Christmas Carol as we put the tree up with port and mince pies.
Depends where we are for Christmas itself.
Go to missus' family in Ireland and it's a week of playing games and drinking while keeping small children away from the lemonade bottles. Usually at least 20 people in the house.
If we go to my parents, it's pretty much what others have described but as we are getting older, everyone is asleep by 10pm. Had my son last year so he got elbow dropped for not being awake at 6am. There are rules after all.
This year is on our own so lots of gaming and chilling. Full on 5 course dinner is something I'm looking forward to.
Depends where we are for Christmas itself.
Go to missus' family in Ireland and it's a week of playing games and drinking while keeping small children away from the lemonade bottles. Usually at least 20 people in the house.
If we go to my parents, it's pretty much what others have described but as we are getting older, everyone is asleep by 10pm. Had my son last year so he got elbow dropped for not being awake at 6am. There are rules after all.
This year is on our own so lots of gaming and chilling. Full on 5 course dinner is something I'm looking forward to.
Midnight mass usually on Christmas Eve.
A nice lie in and lazy morning.
Start cooking / helping to get ready for food - it's never turkey though, that's our tradition, not having turkey for Christmas
Eat too much.
Be in a state of foodcoma in the lounge playing board games, or something "en famille". If in France we'd go for a walk in the mountains, build a snowman or something like that. Keep away from the TV - not a fan of TV anyway, so it very much stays off. It want to spend time with loved ones, not some rubbish on TV that I can watch any time I want.
Opening gifts can vary though invariably it is after lunch/dinner.
I hope you don't let your protein intake slip?!
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I havent done this for 2 years as Ive been having Christmas here with my partners family but every year my dad would cook the ham during the night as it takes long time to cook and my mum would make the rice porridge ready for morning. So on 24th that we celebrate Christmas all our friends/family would go to my parents for breakfast which would be the porridge with one almond in it for tradition (if you get it you will have good luck for next year), warm just out of the oven ham and some cold smoked and gravlax salmon with christmas bread. Oh and ofc my mums homemade cheese and the homemade christmas mustard. This has been the tradition for as long as I remember and was their way of saying happy christmas to everyone as the dinner is just the family.
Its also a lovely one cos all I had to do was show up to the table when I woke up and eat as much as I could and my mum would try to make me stay away from the cheese so I wouldnt steal all of it for myself
It is the most amaizing cheese in the world though...
Its also a lovely one cos all I had to do was show up to the table when I woke up and eat as much as I could and my mum would try to make me stay away from the cheese so I wouldnt steal all of it for myself
It is the most amaizing cheese in the world though...
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Wake up early > Open ALL presents > Get dressed and visit parents > Back home and cook christmas dinner > watch TV
Pretty much the standard since i left home
Pretty much the standard since i left home
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hah! No but then I don't have THAT much protein, well balanced food is where it's at!
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Fat ****!
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Bucks fizz and bacon sandwich for breakfast, then open presents. My wife insists on this.
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You mean that's not what Christmas is all about!?
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I'll probably wake up around 7am, have a shower and get dressed (christmas jumper of course ) then wait for the girlfriend to pop over. We will exchange presents and she will go back home to her mums, as she prepares the food.
I will head over to the ex-wife's to drop off some presents to my daughter and make the trip over to my mums where my brothers and everyone will be gathered. We tend to let the children open all of their presents in a frenzy whilst the adults potter about. When the fuss has died down the adults will open their presents and then it's usually time for dinner.
Inevitably my dad will play a prank (last year he slipped £10 in to a cracker and said "Oh, this must be those posh crackers - que everyone pulling crackers
) and we will have a few drinks.
After dinner we will open presents from under the tree and get a board game or some family activity out. The rest of the evening is usually spent drinking whilst staying the night at my mums.
) then wait for the girlfriend to pop over. We will exchange presents and she will go back home to her mums, as she prepares the food.I will head over to the ex-wife's to drop off some presents to my daughter and make the trip over to my mums where my brothers and everyone will be gathered. We tend to let the children open all of their presents in a frenzy whilst the adults potter about. When the fuss has died down the adults will open their presents and then it's usually time for dinner.
Inevitably my dad will play a prank (last year he slipped £10 in to a cracker and said "Oh, this must be those posh crackers - que everyone pulling crackers
) and we will have a few drinks.After dinner we will open presents from under the tree and get a board game or some family activity out. The rest of the evening is usually spent drinking whilst staying the night at my mums.
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At Christmas I allows myself the guilty pleasure of drinking Baileys!