What is your usual drill at Christmas?

falinn merking

Turkey and ham dinner rubbish on the TV people calling in.:rolleyes:
Still it is a relaxing day off.
However it has never been the same since Santa stopped coming to me the mean old fart.:D

Am I just dull and miserable?

Well is Christmas a dull and boring day or is it the greatest day of the year and what is the typical Christmas day like for boardies?

MilesMorales1

It usually ends up being a massive pain in the arse, I find. So the drill is to make it as much of a lack of a pain in the arse as possible.

Allinall

Can't beat Diwalt.

xabi

Most boring day of the year.

mad m

Make sure no obstructions are in the way of our downstairs loo for my movicol loving mother in law...:rolleyes:

McMurphy

Allinall wrote: »

Can't beat Diwalt.

DeWALT''s are better imo.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Up early for a light breakfast. Mass then friends call round to us for coffee, minced pies, cake, pudding etc.
We'll then head over to one of our kid's homes for some fun with the grandchildren, gift exchanges, photos, and craic.
Dinner followed by a hour or two watching a movie or playing a board game.
We'll head home then, light the fire, pour a few drinks and settle down to something or other on the TV - there are dozens of channels so we'll find something to watch - stuff our faces with sweets and crisps and relax.

It's a bit of rinse and repeat over the few days after that, with the venues changing and a few long family walks thrown in, if the weather allows.

Spanish Eyes

Just another day with two empty chairs now.

So go through the motions for X hours or so and heave a big feckkin sigh of relief that it is all over.

A lot of it is false jollity just because it is expected. Think about it.

McMurphy

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

Just another day with two empty chairs now.

So go through the motions for X hours or so and heave a big feckkin sigh of relief that it is all over.

A lot of it is false jollity just because it is expected. Think about it.

Captain no craic here.

Dr Crayfish

Small family and no kids so my mam cooks too much food and then the 4 of us sit around depressed and we're so full we can't even get drunk to beat the boredom. I actually find it such a depressing day and am delighted when it's over, I can understand why people with kids would like it.

OldMrBrennan83

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Spanish Eyes

Our family meet up multiple times a year and we love that.

Christmas is a false thing. You HAVE to be happy, nope you don't have to be on the day, too many loved ones missing. But we do our best.

It's an age thing. I get that younger folk cannot comprehend the loss but there we are.

Atoms for Peace

I'm single with a small family so it's an utter ordeal for me, If I could work that day I would.

Dr Crayfish

Atoms for Peace wrote: »

I'm single with a small family so it's an utter ordeal for me, If I could work that day I would.

Same. And I'm always hungover on Xmas day which makes it far far worse. I really need to try not to be this year, it'd be a lot easier to deal with then.

Are Am Eye

justfillmein

i think if you have a family you actually like being around, it must be a nice day.
I loved the lead up to christmas, but I always hated the actual day itself when i was growing up because we hadn't any family, it was just our bunch stuck with each other til our friends became available to relieve us.

I've my own kiddo now and it makes it much more enjoyable:)

Hugh Jampton

Black and Decker. It’s hammer time!

Itssoeasy

mad m wrote: »

Make sure no obstructions are in the way of our downstairs loo for my movicol loving mother in law...:rolleyes:

The plumbing not the best ?

diomed

Learning that 300 years of French and Saunders is on TV at 22:00 on Christmas Day has cheered me up.

Itssoeasy

diomed wrote: »

Learning that 300 years of French and Saunders is on TV at 22:00 on Christmas Day has cheered me up.

Why 300 years ?

ednwireland

Sds

diomed

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Why 300 years ?

It is their 30th anniversary show,
although it might be a reference to what it will feel like if you watch the Michael McIntyee Show earlier in the night.

Danbo!

Up at 6am and do the santy thing with the little one.

Search high and low for batteries. Never learn.

Down to her aul pair for the traditional middle of the day dinner. Say we won’t eat too much. Never learn.

Up to my aul pair for a later-in-the-day dinner. Still so full so say we won’t eat much. Never learn.

Veg on couch with stomach cramps, milling into a box of roses, making it worse. Never learn.

Everyone into the car and down to the aunties for a night with the extended family. Reminisce on the way down about fun times and Christmas spirit with family. Watch uncles drink far too much and talk ****e. Never learn.

Wouldn’t have it any other way.

Herb Powell

Getting locked on Belgian ales usually features strongly. Generally a good time!

Dr Crayfish

Itssoeasy wrote: »

Why 300 years ?

mad m

Itssoeasy wrote: »

The plumbing not the best ?

You said it, its like waiting on a volcano to erupt.

andekwarhola

Up harrowingly early with the kids for Santa. Coffee and presents. Sneak off for a quick nap mid-morning. My parents and sister (and her family) arrive. More presents. Family dinner and drinks. When everybody leaves and the kids are in bed, sit in front of the fire with wife and cat, browse TV and try some wine (wife) and Imperial stout (me).

Noveight

Pull myself out of bed around 9. Dinner with the family around 12-1. Spend the evening in a food coma while eating Heroes, Quality Street or whatever is within arms reach

Gwynplaine

Up around 9. Big breakfast around 10.30. Maybe a walk, open a few presents, dinner around 3.30. I don't know how people a dinner any earlier in the day tbh. Watch telly, graze on sweets and crisps. Then, the best parts of the day, fresh white loaf, real butter, mayonnaise, Turkey, ham, and stuffing, with a big mug of tea. Bed early.

Flibble

Before Dinner:
Up at stupid o'clock even though we're all on the wrong side of 25
Find the capri sun and chocolate santa in our stockings
Open all the gifts, spend a few hours tinkering with whatever we got
Usually on the alcohol by 11 or 12
I go help me ma with dinner prep, but most of it is done the night before
We usually have a TV show on in the background and people just wander around drinking and eating shíte until dinner

After Dinner:
We crack out the board games & buckfast as soon as dinner is over and pretty much play board games until the wee hours of the morning, MAYBE taking a break for a film of some sort. Parents usually give up on the board games by midnight. We might keep going until 4 or 5am depending on how the alcohol & food has sat with us. Lots of cheating, lots of yelling, lots of rules being made up on the spot, and penalties for breaking rules that never existed until it suited someone to exist.

JupiterKid

No immediate family left in Ireland and parents both gone so family Christmas is not an option anymore. Gone to my sister and her family in Holland the past few years. This year will be going away to spend the day with friends in Cork. Growing up, it was a full house with grandparents, auntie, my 2 older sisters and my mum and Dad.

Far too much food and drink, dinner served about 4pm. By 7pm open presents (us kids got our Santa pressies in pillowcases when we woke) for the rest of the family but everyone comatose. RTE and BBC would show the big film that was in the cinema 2/3 years previously.

Too many silly expectations about the day. Best to just chill out. Of course if there are kids about, it makes it special.