Libertine Posted 11 December 2005 Posted 11 December 2005 Take us through your Christmas day routine. What time do you get up? When do you open gifts? Do you have a special family dinner? I usually wake up about 7am. <_< My Mum gets up about the same time as I do, but then we have to wait for my Dad to get up before we can open anything.
SystonFox Posted 11 December 2005 Posted 11 December 2005 7 or 8am ish. get up and open gifts when every1 up (i have 3 young sis though!) have xmas dinner about 1pm - 2pm. chill out all day, although prob visit the missus this yr as i can drive now have a lunch about 6pm and watch the sh1te thats on tv.
filbertway Posted 11 December 2005 Posted 11 December 2005 Wake up about 7-8 am, realatives usually come and go between 10 and 1, dinner at about 2, eat the left overs at about 6 and drink
Guest Posted 11 December 2005 Posted 11 December 2005 Wake up, hungover (tradition since 1991 ) far too early to care. Open pressies. Sit around until it's time to cook Xmas dinner (we share the load in my house). Eat dinner. Discover the benefits of bulimia, then sit on fat arse for rest of day wishing the frigging pub was open.
City Fan Posted 11 December 2005 Posted 11 December 2005 Wake up about 9am, open some pressies, have some dins, chill out rest of day, and then ZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Guest Gist Posted 11 December 2005 Posted 11 December 2005 I wake up about 8 and open my presents then have dinner about 1/2 and watch the poor TV line up for although Toy Story 2 is on
Sophie Posted 11 December 2005 Posted 11 December 2005 i get up about 8 and have to wait for everyone to get up before we can open anything.....then have dinner about 2 and go to my uncles for a big party bout 8
Leicester_Mad Posted 11 December 2005 Posted 11 December 2005 normally get up about 9 and open presents, go fetch my nan and then have dinner around 1/2! Have something to eat again around 6/7 and then just chill out with the family. This year i will most probably be working 10:30-3
Head Honcho Posted 11 December 2005 Posted 11 December 2005 8am Get up 10am A cheeky sherry with the Mother in Law 10.15am Open Presents 11am Down the boozer with the Father in Law 1pm Back home for Xmas dinner 2pm Crack open the first bottle of Baileys 3pm Queens speech 3.15pm Crack open the first bottle of Malt 5pm Friends start arriving for Party 5am-ish Bed. Boxing Day is much of the same except Party is round someone elses house. Niece came up with a good drink last year BMW-Baileys Malibu and Whiskey!!
Muz Posted 11 December 2005 Posted 11 December 2005 Get up bout 9-10 hungover. Open Pressies , Have dinner continue drinking and chill with the family!
Ricey Posted 11 December 2005 Posted 11 December 2005 God knows when I'll get up, depends when my girlfriend does...I'm sure she'll jump on me or poke me or something to let me know shes awake. Then it'll be present time, followed by instruction manual reading session to try and work out how to use the presents, then it'll be family visiting time followed by lovely Xmas dinner...yum. Rest of the day is just having a good time and a buffet type thing for tea.
The People's Hero Posted 11 December 2005 Posted 11 December 2005 My usual these days is not one that I'm particularly proud of but I think it's one that is getting more common these days as I don't really treasure the religious aspect of Christmas. I usually wake up too early, very hungover and stay in bed trying to sleep it off until I'm nagged in to getting up. The next stage is opening presents, revealing 2 alarm clocks, 1 novelty tie, 5 packs of socks, some smellies and chocolate. After that there is lots of sitting around eating and of course drinking, hoping that hair-of-the-dog will work. Which it never does. This year I shan't be in Leicester with all the family but usually there are about 12 of us crammed in to a tiny living room. It gets really hot and I'm forced to sit through about 5 hours of continuous soap opera rubbish. Luckily we all have the prospect of seeing City get beat on Boxing Day.
Thracian Posted 11 December 2005 Posted 11 December 2005 This year will probably be our quietest Christmas ever with one son in America with his fiance, another skiing in the Alps and the middle one with his girlfriend in Paignton. Previously it has been about opening presents with our lads and the grandchildren in front of a roaring log fire and traditional tree but this year it will be centred around dinner at home with my wife, sisters and mother - but hopefully with the tree and fire looking as welcoming as ever. It will be the first time my lads haven't been around but having my wife almost back to her best is a great big bonus. I'd love it to be snowy but either way, we'll probably get up around 9-00 to light the fire before heading for a canalside walk and returning to open presents around mid-morning with the family. My sister's offered to cook dinner this year - though I'm sure my wife will be keen and able to help - and we'll doubtless wash it all down with a Chilean Merlot or a French Sauterne. Afterwards - assuming all are watered sufficiently not to be too critical - I shall try out one of the scripts I'm hoping to use in my new career in comic/after dinner speaking. We might be needing a lot of wine this year cos I'm still very much a novice!!! The evening will doubtless be spent listening to my sister play the piano and singing a few doubtless fairly traditional songs before taking respite with a film, a few last logs on the fire and a nightcap of mulled wine or Baileys. I shall ring my boys (the youngest will be enjoying his first Christmas in New Mexico) and speak to the grandchildren. And, trusting that all is okay I will find time to quietly give thanks for the renewed health of my wife and to spare a thought for all those who are spending their Christmas in hospital or whose joy is tempered by difficult or tragic circumstances either here or abroad and most especially, of course, the desperately poorly children for whom Christmas should rightly be such a special and wonderful time.
Nationwider Posted 11 December 2005 Posted 11 December 2005 I'll be "at home" in Leicester this year....probably the last one for a while though. Lots of family to get through in two days, but I'm fortunate that I get on well with most of them. The day itself...a lie-in and a walk in the morning. Back home to open prezzies, drinking begins and we'll end up having lunch really late as usual at about 3.30pm. I've appointed this Christmas Day as "Real Ale Day" for no particular reason, so i'll be drinking a load of bottles I've been stock-piling for the occasion. Some cold food about 10pm-ish and then I'll start trading bad jokes with my brother and dad when the booze has really set in. The conversation will inevitably turn to football, where the various merits Of City, Cov and AFC Bournemouth will be discussed. The concensus will be that City will beat Millwall 6-3. I don't like Christmas Day TV, so I'll avoid that until late evening when there'll be some cricket on.
Bert Posted 11 December 2005 Posted 11 December 2005 God knows when I'll get up, depends when my girlfriend does...I'm sure she'll jump on me or poke me or something to let me know shes awake. Then it'll be present time, followed by instruction manual reading session to try and work out how to use the presents, then it'll be family visiting time followed by lovely Xmas dinner...yum. Rest of the day is just having a good time and a buffet type thing for tea. If my bird Jumped on me or poked me whilst i was still a-kip i'd stay in bed longer! or tell whats what!!! This year will probably be our quietest Christmas ever with one son in America with his fiance, another skiing in the Alps and the middle one with his girlfriend in Paignton. Previously it has been about opening presents with our lads and the grandchildren in front of a roaring log fire and traditional tree but this year it will be centred around dinner at home with my wife, sisters and mother - but hopefully with the tree and fire looking as welcoming as ever. It will be the first time my lads haven't been around but having my wife almost back to her best is a great big bonus. I'd love it to be snowy but either way, we'll probably get up around 9-00 to light the fire before heading for a canalside walk and returning to open presents around mid-morning with the family. My sister's offered to cook dinner this year - though I'm sure my wife will be keen and able to help - and we'll doubtless wash it all down with a Chilean Merlot or a French Sauterne. Afterwards - assuming all are watered sufficiently not to be too critical - I shall try out one of the scripts I'm hoping to use in my new career in comic/after dinner speaking. We might be needing a lot of wine this year cos I'm still very much a novice!!! The evening will doubtless be spent listening to my sister play the piano and singing a few doubtless fairly traditional songs before taking respite with a film, a few last logs on the fire and a nightcap of mulled wine or Baileys. I shall ring my boys (the youngest will be enjoying his first Christmas in New Mexico) and speak to the grandchildren. And, trusting that all is okay I will find time to quietly give thanks for the renewed health of my wife and to spare a thought for all those who are spending their Christmas in hospital or whose joy is tempered by difficult or tragic circumstances either here or abroad and most especially, of course, the desperately poorly children for whom Christmas should rightly be such a special and wonderful time. Aww this sounds like a really nice day! Hope you enjoy it! My Crimbo day willl be..... Wake up bout 9ish, gerrup and open prezzies. Then i'm gonna take the 10 second walk to the pub with the folks, and after that I'm off to me brothers house for a feast!! When all thats done, i'll be back at home watchin the shocking tv lineup whilst getting intoxicated.
Cobbo Posted 11 December 2005 Posted 11 December 2005 Get up when I want. Open prezzies. Get annoyed with brother. Get pissed with dad. Eat stuff.
Scow Posted 11 December 2005 Posted 11 December 2005 I will probably get woken up at a stupid time (anything before 9 is stupid) Then we're all crammed in to the Lounge (All 7 of us) where a mass present opening session takes place. Watch a bit of TV, normally some DVD's we've got. Drink lots, followed by food. Then drink more until I see double.
Scarby Posted 12 December 2005 Posted 12 December 2005 this year im spending xmas on my own in cold old scarborough!!! maybe have a bottle of irish whiskey for company and too keep me warm however on these cold yorkshire days
Katy Posted 12 December 2005 Posted 12 December 2005 God willing ill be at home with my family and my mum and step dad make it safely from Wales. It will be the first Christmas without my dad being in the country too. Im not overly fond of Christmas to be fair, it makes me depressed and shall be glad when its all over. Its for kids these days now
Phil Posted 12 December 2005 Posted 12 December 2005 get rudely awoekn at about 8 i would imagine get changed and dragged to a present oppening session with my hyperactive younger step sister then play about with my new goodies for about half an hour, watch some tele of some sort until 12 when relatives come round for dinner eat dinner then more festive tele then get pissed with my older step sister her boyfriend and sneak my younger brother a few drinks then bed time.
cisono Posted 12 December 2005 Posted 12 December 2005 Usually get up around 8am and drive down to London to visit relatives. Lots of small kids jumping around there and opening presents, lots of food, no drink (as we need to drive back). Another long drive back and then attempts to get rid of headache acquired during the day. Pretty boring really. Not keen on this standard Xmas day with that big cloud over London at the moment, though!
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