We'll probably put the decorations up, but food will be scaled back if we aren't allowed visitors to stay (no-one is close enough to just come for a meal). OH will insist on a turkey but he likes the leftovers, so that's OK.
Not sure at the moment. One day I say I will, the next I wont. Usually go all out with decs but I'm not sure I can summon up the energy to get all the stuff out of the cellar.
No, not this year but we will have a special meal and hopefully, if we are allowed, a walk along the beach in the afternoon. Come home, light the fire and just chill!!
Enjoying this mini snap-shot of the population (some not U.K. too).
I wonder if anyone will postpone the parties and gatherings until the summer, and we will see tinsel and Santa in June?? Perhaps people will just skip a year and hope next year is better*.
*better could actually be a scaling-down and distilling of festivities?. Or is seeing family and friends the real cornerstone of celebrating Christmas??
Family & friends have always been part of our Christmas, but numbers now sadly depleted.
Our most memorable Christmas is still the one when we had a power cut on Xmas morning and we had friends, who doubled as substitute grandparents for our daughter, staying. Turkey had been in the oven for a good while already, so we got out the barbecue to finish it off, all wrapped up warm and we had Christmas dinner round the barbie
My Italian teacher had a sharp idea. She says as this year has been so awful we should have the right on our next birthday not to add a year to our age if we so wish.
My most memorable Christmas was the first year we were married, both working in the hospital with one of us on a run of day shifts, and one on nights. We didn’t see each other (or any other family) for 48 hours plus and I had a fishfinger sandwich for my Christmas Day meal. The camaraderie of working at Christmas is really special, and I would happily work it every year, but it’s better if you can come home to family after the shift.
Our Christmas tree is a pre-lit snowy twig thing. It looks so pretty in the hall that I would hate to not have it. Also love dressing the huge mantle shelf above the log burner with lots of fresh greenery and fairy lights. That and a few candles is the sum total of our decorations but they give a nice cosy feeling to the house. I do it even if we're going to be away on the day. Only takes a (long) afternoon to set up.
We've had many Christmasses when it was just the 2 of us and a few when it was just me when OH was working away. I've never wanted to do big family celebrations. This year will definitely be a quieter one due to sad family events - but I still want my fairy lights and a box of turkish delight🙂
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
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I wonder if anyone will postpone the parties and gatherings until the summer, and we will see tinsel and Santa in June?? Perhaps people will just skip a year and hope next year is better*.
*better could actually be a scaling-down and distilling of festivities?. Or is seeing family and friends the real cornerstone of celebrating Christmas??
We've had many Christmasses when it was just the 2 of us and a few when it was just me when OH was working away. I've never wanted to do big family celebrations. This year will definitely be a quieter one due to sad family events - but I still want my fairy lights and a box of turkish delight🙂