Have you had any Christmas Disasters?

knarkypants

So my son asked for a laptop for Christmas and so that's what we got him. Earlier today the other half took it out to get it all set up and put a couple of games on it. I'm not sure what happened next but the end result is the Laptop is dead.

He spent the 3 hours trying to load windows back onto it and various other things to get it to work again but unfortunately nothing worked. Que a very frantic trip to the nearest electrical shop. Luckily he got there just in time and managed to secure a new one!

Not sure what we would have done if all the shops had been closed but thankfully disaster averted...well until the morning at least!!!

So have any of you had any disasters at Christmas and how did you sort it out?

wretcheddomain

Every 25th December is a disaster.

glad you got it sorted out in time

what age is it if he is over 15/16 I'm sure he would of understood until the 26th

always open Christmas gifts if there electronic to make sure there working & put then back in the box

OP a newbie also I see welcome

Chavways

My mother was in a car crash a few hours ago. Car is written off but she's okay. It was a potential Christmas disaster.

PizzamanIRL

Just like that you bought him a new one? I think that's a disaster in itself.

You could have gone without him stuck behind a screen on Christmas Day and got it fixed the next day.

Mint Aero

Yer cool parents OP.

knarkypants

Deleted User wrote: »

glad you got it sorted out in time

what age is it if he is over 15/16 I'm sure he would of understood until the 26th

always open Christmas gifts if there electronic to make sure there working & put then back in the box

OP a newbie also I see welcome

He's 12. I'm sure he knows but still couldn't bear to ruin the surprise!

We bought the laptop a couple of months ago...today he decides to mess with it. :mad:

I asked him to do this a couple of weeks ago. I think the walls heard me but he didn't!!

Oh and thanks for the welcome.

MonkstownHoop

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

Just like that you bought him a new one? I think that's a disaster in itself.

You could have gone without him stuck behind a screen on Christmas Day and got it fixed the next day.

Hello Grinch?

Sunnyisland

Me and the pregnant wife Tried to get a hotel or b&b one time,couldn't get one any where,ended up sleeping in a barn,true story

knarkypants

Chavways wrote: »

My mother was in a car crash a few hours ago. Car is written off but she's okay. It was a potential Christmas disaster.

See that just puts everything into perspective. So glad your mam is ok.

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

Just like that you bought him a new one? I think that's a disaster in itself.

You could have gone without him stuck behind a screen on Christmas Day and got it fixed the next day.

I'm not even thinking about the money at the moment tbh. I'll worry about it next week. Hoping maybe we could get the other fixed and maybe sell it, recoup a bit of the money back that way.

PizzamanIRL

MonkstownHoop wrote: »

Hello Grinch?

I'm no Grinch, just practical.

I'd rather say 'Oh no son looks like it broke, ah we'll get it fixed tomorrow so for now you can entertain yourself with x, y and z.'

knarkypants

knarkypants wrote: »

He's 12. I'm sure he knows but still couldn't bear to ruin the surprise!

We bought the laptop a couple of months ago...today he decides to mess with it. :mad:

I asked him to do this a couple of weeks ago. I think the walls heard me but he didn't!!

Oh and thanks for the welcome.

thank you also , good luck tomorrow merry Christmas

Daveysil15

I got something stuck up the turkey once.

PizzamanIRL

knarkypants wrote: »

I'm not even thinking about the money at the moment tbh. I'll worry about it next week. Hoping maybe we could get the other fixed and maybe sell it, recoup a bit of the money back that way.

Hopefully and hopefully he appreciates it too.

Busted Flat.

Not yet but it's early days.

knarkypants

Daveysil15 wrote: »

I got something stuck up the turkey once.

I'm intrigued...go on do tell....

Dubwat

I always struggle to think of presents to buy for my (retired) parents.

One year, my mother got herself a new car. After a bit of thinking (bad move), I decided to buy her a 'reinflate your flat tyre mechanical type' gizmo. The male part of my brain thought it was a perfect gift but it obviously wasn't. I now know that if my mother has a flat tyre, she phones me...

This year, I've bought her an internet tablet. What could possibly go wrong

Busted Flat.

Dubwat wrote: »

I always struggle to think of presents to buy for my (retired) parents.

One year, my mother got herself a new car. After a bit of thinking (bad move), I decided to buy her a 'reinflate your flat tyre mechanical type' gizmo. The male part of my brain thought it was a perfect gift but it obviously wasn't. I now know that if my mother has a flat tyre, she phones me...

This year, I've bought her an internet tablet. What could possibly go wrong

She could take it with water.

aligator_am

realies wrote: »

Me and the pregnant wife Tried to get a hotel or b&b one time,couldn't get one any where,ended up sleeping in a barn,true story

Jesus Mary and Joseph!

moxin

A laptop probably worth about 400 quid for a kid at Xmas?

Back in my day(yeh yeh). was lucky to get a 50quid pressie from the parents. Poverty back then, oh my.

RayM

moxin wrote: »

A laptop probably worth about 400 quid for a kid at Xmas?

Back in my day(yeh yeh). was lucky to get a 50quid pressie from the parents. Poverty back then, oh my.

Back in my day, I had to get up in the morning at ten o'clock at night, half an hour before I went to bed, drink a cup of sulphuric acid, work twenty-nine hours a day down the mill, and pay the mill owner for permission to come to work. And when we got home, our parents would kill us and dance around on our graves singing 'Hallelujah'.

Busted Flat.

RayM wrote: »

Back in my day, I had to get up in the morning at ten o'clock at night, half an hour before I went to bed, drink a cup of sulphuric acid, work twenty-nine hours a day down the mill, and pay the mill owner for permission to come to work. And when we got home, our parents would kill us and dance around on our graves singing 'Hallelujah'.

It was worse when it was snowing.

Chucken

Busted Flat. wrote: »

It was worse when it was snowing.

Oh don't start me on the snow back then. :eek:

biko

Just a couple of close calls with the cooking. Still edible though, most of it.

xbox360

I'm left behind this year.My new big brother has arrived.


I hate him.Xbox zero in my eyes.


:mad:

neilled

Disasters? Today my Girlfriends house and that next door was robbed whilst they were out. All presents taken. That counts as a pretty big disaster I think.... and as usual the perp's will probably get away scot free

moc moc a moc

wretcheddomain wrote: »

Every 25th December is a disaster.

Well, at least you can look forward to 24 good ones in between.

Annasopra

I bought a restaurant voucher as a present for my Dad this morning and I dropped it somewhere. I think it was on the bus. I rang Donnybrook garage - no sign of it. I went back to shops I'd been in. No sign. Eventually someone in one of the shops said to me - go back and get it cancelled in the Restaurant and get a new one. After waiting for a bus that was 45 minutes late in the bitter cold, I got back to the restaurant. The front was closed. Disaster I thought. I went round the back and it was open. They voided the voucher and gave me a new one.

Odyssey 2005

moxin wrote: »

A laptop probably worth about 400 quid for a kid at Xmas?

Back in my day(yeh yeh). was lucky to get a 50quid pressie from the parents. Poverty back then, oh my.

Did they have Christmas back then .??:eek:

kevc2

2 Years ago I got the other half tickets abroad as a present to be leaving Ireland on the 26th. When we got to the airport I found out my passport was too damaged to fly, it had been in my back pocket every day as I'd use it for ID in the shop.

Got chickenpox today, can't see the family or friends as there's small kids or babies around, kinda sucks but gotta make the most of it. Making my first Christmas dinner tomorrow, should be fun.

Annasopra

neilled wrote: »

Disasters? Today my Girlfriends house and that next door was robbed whilst they were out. All presents taken. That counts as a pretty big disaster I think.... and as usual the perp's will probably get away scot free

Sorry to hear that

moxin

Odyssey 2005 wrote: »

Did they have Christmas back then .??:eek:

Yeh, we had real and pretend Grinches & Scrooges. Ya know you have to have lived it to know what it was really like. :pac:

abff

RayM wrote: »

Back in my day, I had to get up in the morning at ten o'clock at night, half an hour before I went to bed, drink a cup of sulphuric acid, work twenty-nine hours a day down the mill, and pay the mill owner for permission to come to work. And when we got home, our parents would kill us and dance around on our graves singing 'Hallelujah'.

Luxury! Sheer bloody luxury!

michellie

Chavways wrote: »

My mother was in a car crash a few hours ago. Car is written off but she's okay. It was a potential Christmas disaster.

I came across a crash in Waterford earlier, hope it wasn't your mother, it broke my heart thinking imagine dealing with that on Xmas eve.

Annasopra

Had a few back in the day as well.

Years ago when my Dad owned a pub the Turkey was left hanging in the beer cellar. One year the Cat jumped up and our Christmas dinner was a One legged Turkey.

In 1986 my parents bought me some goldfish as a Christmas present - My Mum got up early on Christmas day and they had died. Eerily she told her friends that day - "we had a death in the family today" and told them about the dead goldfish. That night My Nana (her Mother) had a heart attack and died.

Fr_Dougal

I hinted that I'd like a sammich earlier, twice...nobody made me one.

Worst. Christmas. Ever.

Annasopra

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

I hinted that I'd like a sammich earlier, twice...nobody made me one.

Worst. Christmas. Ever.

Are you helpless? Could you not make it yourself?

Fr_Dougal

mango salsa wrote: »

Are you helpless? Could you not make it yourself?

:mad: What's with the victim blaming? :rolleyes:

biketard

Near disaster only.

Got dropped off on Christmas Eve at Bilbao airport for my trip home from the Basque Country in the late 90s.

Went to the check-in desk only to find out the flight had been cancelled ages ago and that someone should have contacted me. Didn't have a mobile phone at the time, so couldn't call my lift back.

Girl at the desk was lovely though and did everything she could to get me home that night, which ended up involving a flight (on another airline) to Heathrow, a bus to Gatwick, another flight to Dublin and a taxi up to Belfast. I think I arrived home about 2 am, very grateful.

Sunglasses Ron

I am fairly sure in the mid to late 90's we went three Xmas Eve and/ or Day in row where the power was cut by storms for at least some period of the 48 hours (I definitely recall one powerless Xmas Eve)

Sunnyisland

Not really a disaster more annoying for other people.

Got a new phone Christmas Eve,just after midnight I thought I would send a few happy Christmas texts to a few friends.

Don't know what I did but I ended up sending everyone in my contact list a text,over 78 of them, not only that I send them four times to everyone.

I got a few wtf reply back and one or two of a more non Christmas variety...

xzanti

My then 16 y/o cousin with Cystic Fibrosis slipped into a coma on Christmas Eve and she passed away on New Years Eve 2006/7.

Her parents have never even put up a Christmas tree since then, and I doubt they ever will again.

Heartbreaking.

Sunnyisland

xzanti wrote: »

My then 16 y/o cousin with Cystic Fibrosis slipped into a coma on Christmas Eve and she passed away on New Years Eve 2006/7.

Her parents have never even put up a Christmas tree since then, and I doubt they ever will again.

Heartbreaking.

Puts a lot of our ;disasters: into perspective.

Daveysil15

knarkypants wrote: »

I'm intrigued...go on do tell....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJMbxiLGdoE

cantdecide

Sunglasses Ron wrote: »

I am fairly sure in the mid to late 90's we went three Xmas Eve and/ or Day in row where the power was cut by storms for at least some period of the 48 hours (I definitely recall one powerless Xmas Eve)

That was '96 or '97?? We had power out over Christmas too. I remember my dad having to drive for hours in bad weather to where his work had a small generator so we could have the basics. I couldn't care less though, I was dying of gastroenteritis.

That's as bad as it ever got for us, though, which ain't very bad at all.

JohnCleary

Spent one Christmas in hospital being told I'd probably never walk again after breaking my spine. I was 17.

And you think a broken laptop is a disaster? GTFO

irelandspurs

Woke up yesterday morning to the sound of our neighbour kicking the **** out of his girlfriend and his 6 kids screaming crying,his daughter hammering on our door to help her mom.I went outside while my wife rang the guards and he came out to me covered in blood,I tried to calm him down while the guards arrived. Had our kids crying, ruined christmas day a little for us.

Frigga_92

JohnCleary wrote: »

Spent one Christmas in hospital being told I'd probably never walk again after breaking my spine. I was 17.

And you think a broken laptop is a disaster? GTFO

Yes, and there are starving children in Africa dying every second who don't even know what Christmas is and probably never will, a young fella died in a crash in Dublin on Christmas Day, there was 2 fellas stabbed in Shankill last night and you think your problems matter??

Everything is relative! I hate this attitude that just because there is someone worse off somewhere that your problems don't matter. There's always going to be someone worse off than you and someone better off than you, that's life.

cantdecide

irelandspurs wrote: »

Woke up yesterday morning to the sound of our neighbour kicking the **** out of his girlfriend and his 6 kids screaming crying,his daughter hammering on our door to help her mom.I went outside while my wife rang the guards and he came out to me covered in blood,I tried to calm him down while the guards arrived. Had our kids crying, ruined christmas day a little for us.

What a fcuking nightmare. Some terrible things can happen in life. Some are within our control and others, not. But to terrorise all of you on Christmas morning is the lowest of the low. I'm sorry your family had what should have been a day of peace ruined by this vermin.

Stinicker

My mam served gone off cheesecake for dessert by mistake yesterday, she bought two cheesecakes in Tesco and the one she served was on its expiry date when she bought it. She was mortified when one of our guests pointed out its sourness but I immediately switched conversation topics to Asian squat toilets and had everyone in stitches laughing whilst the other cheesecake was served. Not a disaster just a funny incident in what was our family's best Christmas day in about 10 years, Home Alone Two capped it off with so much laughing in joy in the house that my man said I haven't enjoyed it this much since Santa stopped when the kids were young.

To the guy with the wife eaten eater neighbour, jeez he is some scumbag those poor children to witness that, I'd have flattened him myself if I saw that happening to any woman, scum like him deserve nothing less.

irelandspurs

cantdecide wrote: »

What a fcuking nightmare. Some terrible things can happen in life. Some are within our control and others, not. But to terrorise all of you on Christmas morning is the lowest of the low. I'm sorry your family had what should have been a day of peace ruined by this vermin.

Was not nice to see,He told us he's getting his family from Cork to sort us out for getting involved.