Christmas 2012 / New Year 2013

[Nicolette]

What are your plans over Christmas / New Year this year?

Are you celebrating or not? Family and friends or a quiet one at home? Going anywhere special?

Is there something you'd really like to receive as a gift for a loved one/friend/family one? :inlove:

Do you have a surprise for someone? :sneaky:

Are you going to a 2012 New Year's Eve Party? Will you be able to stay up that late? :sleep:

Please do share if you would like. :)

 

[Nicolette]

For me this is the first Christmas/New Year where I will not be working even partially for 2 whole weeks... first time in about 12 years. Exciting but scary to let go of work for so long. I have put proposal plans forward to clients for payroll over this period with plenty of notice. I really need to switch off and just RELAX - it's been a tough 1.5 years health and work wise as my health has impacted on work.

I am looking forward to seeing the New Year in being in party mode rather than watching the clock with Anthony over the past few years and then going to bed. We are going to be away and I am excited to go somewhere warm for a change... Yeah! :D

 

[Deleted member 12723]

I am not sure for Christmas yet. Either we will go over to our daughters house or they will come over here. If they come over here, we will do grinders with the works. It is a bit of christmas tradition, we just munch and graze all day. We will decorate our house and for New Years we will be staying at home. My husband is too sick to go anywhere. It is quiet but it is something to do. We are going to give stockings this year. I have some beautiful stockings and we will fill them up with stocking stuffers. It will be fun shopping and wrapping it all up. Good idea for a thread Nicolette. Thank you.

 

[discarded]

I am not yet ready to make Christmas plans. It will be a tough one for me this year, the first without my Mum who pased away in January and the first as an exwife. I have spent Christmases without my husband before when he has been on deployment but I was still his wife. At least I have 4 wonderful children, 3 with great partners, and 4 gorgeous grandchildren to spend the holidays with. I work with Australia Post so it is the silly season for us right up to Christmas Eve and I love it.

 

[amethist]

Christmas is sorter here.

Christmas day morning we go to see our grandchildren with there presents. Come back home around mid day and hubby has a rest.

We will eat our Christmas dinner late afternoon.

Boxing day, my other daughter is coming here for a few hours.

Apart from all that, nothing our time is our own.

 

[Red Feather]

My mother is probably going to come. And my kids too. I am hoping there will be no explosions. :eek: We are going to have a real christmas. I haven't got plans for New Years. I think my kids will go back to their father by then, I am not sure. Christmas is a really hard time for me usually. In the past I've been alone because my kids were with their father. And also it is the time when a bad part of the abuse happened. And my son's is birthday on the 24th. I am glad I will have family with me this time. We are definetly gonna get a tree and celebrate really proper...:D

 

[Britt.f7]

We usually celebrated Christmas Eve with my mom and sister's family. Last year we had it at my Dad's house to help with the healing from her death. This year we will be home with just the four of us, as we are celebrating it with my dad and family on the 23. It will be strange to have no where to go on the 24.

On the 25, my FIL comes over here to watch the boys open their gifts. Not as fun as when they were little, but nice all the same. Then we have a small brunch. Watch movies and, usually have stir fry in the afternoon. That has become something of a tradition since the year I bought my husband a wok for Christmas. Pretty slick of me. ;)

New Years my husband usually works at the restaurant and I generally fall asleep. Last year we bought champagne, but didn't end up drinking it until our anniversary in June. We buy the boys sparkling juice. We don't do much then that.

 

[angel2write]

We're spending our holidays with our newly-widowed mothers this year. Thanksgiving with my mom and Christmas with Bear's mom. But my husband has decreed there shall be a tree and other Christmasy nonsense at our house, too.

I'm actually excited about presents this year. We have a small budget and I've bought my first present. I got my daughter a pair of boots she was sighing over that were too expensive for her pocket money. They are hidden in my closet and I feel gleeful! :sneaky:

 

[KP the nut]

My brother always comes and spends Christmas with us and this year is no exception to that.

I spoke to my youngest daughter last night. She will come home on Christmas Eve but has to be back in work at 12pm on the 27th. At least we will see her. My eldest was waiting to see what her sister was doing so I think she will also be home with her boyfriend over Christmas. So it looks like a full house at Chez KP :inlove:.

Christmas Day, is a snuggle day, presents, food, dog walk and a movie. Boxing Day is watching the Morris Men in Ironbridge, lunch at the pub and board games and buffet in the evening. This years new game is 'Pointless'.

New Year is just H and I clock watching, sad old b*ggers that we are :roflmao:

 

[amethist]

If the last few new years are anything to go by, hubby will be in bed snoring his head off and I will see in the new year with friends online.

I actually enjoy that as they get to celebrate twice, once with me then their own when it arrives. :D

 

[KP the nut]

My eldest was waiting to see what her sister was doing

Spoke to my eldest. She and her boyfriend will arrive on Christmas Eve and leave on Boxing Day. Soooo, in a change to tradition, games night will be on Christmas Day as well.

 

[amethist]

I have had my daughter here this afternoon and she conned her way into coming round with her partner on Christmas eve.

I cant complain too much though, as they are bringing food with them. :D

Funny the same thing happened last year. :roflmao: