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Title: Christmas Rituals
Post by: TheBoy on 18 December 2012, 21:34:00
Over the holiday period, we have to sit and watch the 4 Die Hard films.

What do you all get up to with any time you may be lucky enough to have off?
Title: Re: Christmas Rituals
Post by: sassanach on 18 December 2012, 21:47:48
easy one,the one time of year when one can truly relax,ie no customers hassling you,nothing to go wrong leaving me free to pursue my lifelong mission to rid the world of cheese and onion crisps and lager. :y
Title: Re: Christmas Rituals
Post by: ozzycat on 18 December 2012, 21:49:33
i like nothing but to have all my family around me that is heaven as far as im concerned
Title: Re: Christmas Rituals
Post by: TheBoy on 18 December 2012, 21:52:57
easy one,the one time of year when one can truly relax,ie no customers hassling you,nothing to go wrong leaving me free to pursue my lifelong mission to rid the world of cheese and onion crisps and lager. :y
I think Porky Scratchings are more worthy ;D
Title: Re: Christmas Rituals
Post by: Vamps on 18 December 2012, 21:53:34
We have a rather tiring visitor and visiting routine on Christmas day, relax on boxing day..... :y :y :y
Title: Re: Christmas Rituals
Post by: Broomies Mate on 18 December 2012, 21:57:30
Apart from Christmas Day, I'm hoping all past Rituals will be non-essential and I can get my feet up, watch some TV (of which I will complain about ("Chrimbo TV used to be good when we only had 4 Channels"))

Essentially, anything Bah-Humbug........ I'm down with that!
Title: Re: Christmas Rituals
Post by: grain.ben on 18 December 2012, 21:57:43
Family, drink and food, good times  :y :y
Title: Re: Christmas Rituals
Post by: Abiton on 18 December 2012, 22:03:49
Some free time to crack on with car jobs.  :y

Good food and wine, good times.

Family, irritating times.  ;D
Title: Re: Christmas Rituals
Post by: tigers_gonads on 18 December 2012, 22:10:51
Normally have to wake the house up because of the amount of booze that gets drunk on christmas eve about 9 o'clock in the morning.
Get the kettle on.
Walk the daft mutt.
Put 7 year old head on and start opening pressies before the other lazy gits get downstairs.
Get a bollocking for above. ::) ;D
Play with pressies while the missus gets mashed on sherry in the kitchen while cooking christmas dinner  :y
Eat and drink too much and fall asleep on the sofa while the lad washes the potts.
Wake up for a while then fall asleap on the sofa again after more booze  ::)
Wake up and start to get tea ready for whatever visitors we have coming round.
Turf them out before midnight then off to bed.

Wake up with a blinding hangover.
2 ibrufin, large mug of very strong coffee and a nice greasy bacon and sausage butty then sit down until I can face the day  ;D
 
Title: Re: Christmas Rituals
Post by: Del Boy on 18 December 2012, 22:16:49
Normally have to wake the house up because of the amount of booze that gets drunk on christmas eve about 9 o'clock in the morning.
Get the kettle on.
Walk the daft mutt.
Put 7 year old head on and start opening pressies before the other lazy gits get downstairs.
Get a bollocking for above. ::) ;D
Play with pressies while the missus gets mashed on sherry in the kitchen while cooking christmas dinner  :y
Eat and drink too much and fall asleep on the sofa while the lad washes the potts.
Wake up for a while then fall asleap on the sofa again after more booze  ::)
Wake up and start to get tea ready for whatever visitors we have coming round.
Turf them out before midnight then off to bed.

Wake up with a blinding hangover.
2 ibrufin, large mug of very strong coffee and a nice greasy bacon and sausage butty then sit down until I can face the day  ;D

You've got it sorted by the sounds of it  ;D ;D.
Title: Re: Christmas Rituals
Post by: r1 on 18 December 2012, 22:43:33
christmas day
wake up to the smell of a turkey cooking
all phones off house phone unplugged,no computers or game consuls allowed to be switched on
get up and but a christmas hits cd on
bit of breakfast ,kids eat all the chocs in there stocking
we then go into the front room to see if santas been
cook christmas dinner and play with presents
eat big dinner then we all wash up
sit down in front of telly and watch the queen and a film
take dog out for a walk
come back have christmas cake and a drink
watch some more telly,eat some nuts,open the christmas biscuits
then at 10 oclock we stop and have a couple of minutes silence and think of people who are not as lucky as us and rember people who are no longer with us.
Title: Re: Christmas Rituals
Post by: feeutfo on 18 December 2012, 22:56:28
Wake up.
Santa sacks on bed, shout "he's been, he's been" very loudly.
Take sack down stairs, bucks fizz and toast. Tea coffee. Etc
Play with Santa prezzies while everyone gets ready for
Xmas dinner.  Smoke salmon starter
Turkeyhamstufgingbreadsaucesausagesroastbedeeders and maybe some veg. Must be with cracker hats on!
Xmas pud
Then....

...the under tree presents. :y

Tipples, queens speech.
Turkey sandwiches.
Games, trivial persute, then an oddball new game of anybody's choosing. Only winner is the one that cheats the most. ;D
Then either, bed, or drive to inlaws and do it all again the next day. Wahaaaay. :)

Should add, it's been the same since the first Christmas I can remember, and I wouldn't change it for a thing. (Well, maybe a vxr8)  :y
Title: Re: Christmas Rituals
Post by: feeutfo on 18 December 2012, 23:00:07
Over the holiday period, we have to sit and watch the 4 Die Hard films.

What do you all get up to with any time you may be lucky enough to have off?
So I think your a bit hard done by tbh. ...? 4 films, is that it? ;)
Title: Re: Christmas Rituals
Post by: Terbs on 18 December 2012, 23:03:07
Always have stockings in this house, adults and kids...Christmas is not Christmas without the stocking.
Then down for coffee, get house ready for any other visitors and dinner.
After dinner, sleep while females wash up...then pressies....
Buffet tea.... then a special supprise presents to grandchildren from Grampy...family traddition from years back, before my time
Then silly games till bed
With plenty of booze to fill all the gaps :y
Title: Re: Christmas Rituals
Post by: albitz on 18 December 2012, 23:07:58
This year - possibly but probably not Christmas dinner early afternoon,then watch some shite on tv for a while until 6.30pm,then off to work for 12 hours. ::)
It used to be magical and wonderful when the kids were young,apart from getting to bed at 2am and them waking us up 2 hours later to say that Santa had been. ;D
Title: Re: Christmas Rituals
Post by: feeutfo on 18 December 2012, 23:10:05
Always have stockings in this house, adults and kids...Christmas is not Christmas without the stocking.
Then down for coffee, get house ready for any other visitors and dinner.
After dinner, sleep while females wash up...then pressies....
Buffet tea.... then a special supprise presents to grandchildren from Grampy...family traddition from years back, before my time
Then silly games till bed
With plenty of booze to fill all the gaps :y
Damn right, unless we've been naughty of course. But I was always a goodboy.  :D
Title: Re: Christmas Rituals
Post by: dazzle72 on 18 December 2012, 23:17:55
Biggest kid in the house gets up 1st - me!! Make as much noise as possible to wake kids up, get a bollocking from her. Open pressies, have breakfast, figure out how the kids new gadgets work, fail dismally then watch as they show me. Drink some beer, watch telly, wash up after dinner then cabbage on the sofa and probably fall asleep. This year we are going nowhere either xmas day or boxing day, so plenty of beer drinking time. 
Title: Re: Christmas Rituals
Post by: Vamps on 18 December 2012, 23:25:45
Wake up.
Santa sacks on bed, shout "he's been, he's been" very loudly.
Take sack down stairs, bucks fizz and toast. Tea coffee. Etc
Play with Santa prezzies while everyone gets ready for
Xmas dinner.  Smoke salmon starter
Turkeyhamstufgingbreadsaucesausagesroastbedeeders and maybe some veg. Must be with cracker hats on!
Xmas pud
Then....

...the under tree presents.
:y

Tipples, queens speech.
Turkey sandwiches.
Games, trivial persute, then an oddball new game of anybody's choosing. Only winner is the one that cheats the most. ;D
Then either, bed, or drive to inlaws and do it all again the next day. Wahaaaay. :)

Should add, it's been the same since the first Christmas I can remember, and I wouldn't change it for a thing. (Well, maybe a vxr8)  :y

In my family we always did this after the Queen, a way of differentiating between Santa and family, since I got hooked up with swmbo, no way all in the morning till we go off to visit her family for tea..... :-\ :-\ :-\
Title: Re: Christmas Rituals
Post by: Terbs on 18 December 2012, 23:34:25
Wake up.
Santa sacks on bed, shout "he's been, he's been" very loudly.
Take sack down stairs, bucks fizz and toast. Tea coffee. Etc
Play with Santa prezzies while everyone gets ready for
Xmas dinner.  Smoke salmon starter
Turkeyhamstufgingbreadsaucesausagesroastbedeeders and maybe some veg. Must be with cracker hats on!
Xmas pud
Then....

...the under tree presents.
:y

Tipples, queens speech.
Turkey sandwiches.
Games, trivial persute, then an oddball new game of anybody's choosing. Only winner is the one that cheats the most. ;D
Then either, bed, or drive to inlaws and do it all again the next day. Wahaaaay. :)

Should add, it's been the same since the first Christmas I can remember, and I wouldn't change it for a thing. (Well, maybe a vxr8)  :y

In my family we always did this after the Queen, a way of differentiating between Santa and family, since I got hooked up with swmbo, no way all in the morning till we go off to visit her family for tea..... :-\ :-\ :-\

Isn't it strange how so many families use this discription.....was in our house, and was same in swmbo's when I met her, home from home.
Mind you, in those days, our top presents, were spinning tops, and hoop-la's etc ;D ;D
Title: Re: Christmas Rituals
Post by: Terbs on 18 December 2012, 23:36:25
Time to Fess up chaps....how many of you, honestly, get swmbo's present.....or do you do like me,  enlist the daughter !!!!!!!! :)
Title: Re: Christmas Rituals
Post by: Vamps on 18 December 2012, 23:37:36
Wake up.
Santa sacks on bed, shout "he's been, he's been" very loudly.
Take sack down stairs, bucks fizz and toast. Tea coffee. Etc
Play with Santa prezzies while everyone gets ready for
Xmas dinner.  Smoke salmon starter
Turkeyhamstufgingbreadsaucesausagesroastbedeeders and maybe some veg. Must be with cracker hats on!
Xmas pud
Then....

...the under tree presents.
:y

Tipples, queens speech.
Turkey sandwiches.
Games, trivial persute, then an oddball new game of anybody's choosing. Only winner is the one that cheats the most. ;D
Then either, bed, or drive to inlaws and do it all again the next day. Wahaaaay. :)

Should add, it's been the same since the first Christmas I can remember, and I wouldn't change it for a thing. (Well, maybe a vxr8)  :y

In my family we always did this after the Queen, a way of differentiating between Santa and family, since I got hooked up with swmbo, no way all in the morning till we go off to visit her family for tea..... :-\ :-\ :-\

Isn't it strange how so many families use this discription.....was in our house, and was same in swmbo's when I met her, home from home.
Mind you, in those days, our top presents, were spinning tops, and hoop-la's etc ;D ;D

I will have you know I got a Big Trak one year and an Action Man another, but then I am a few years younger than you.... :D :D :P
Title: Re: Christmas Rituals
Post by: Lazydocker on 18 December 2012, 23:41:29
Time to Fess up chaps....how many of you, honestly, get swmbo's present.....or do you do like me,  enlist the daughter !!!!!!!! :)
She gets it herself normally ::) This year she's already had them too! :o
Title: Re: Christmas Rituals
Post by: Vamps on 18 December 2012, 23:44:27
Time to Fess up chaps....how many of you, honestly, get swmbo's present.....or do you do like me,  enlist the daughter !!!!!!!! :)
She gets it herself normally ::) This year she's already had them too! :o

How do you get round that for Christmas morning? similar here, only I told her she can't have it till Christmas, which still means I have to go out and buy some surprises..... ::) ::)
Title: Re: Christmas Rituals
Post by: Lazydocker on 18 December 2012, 23:50:49
Time to Fess up chaps....how many of you, honestly, get swmbo's present.....or do you do like me,  enlist the daughter !!!!!!!! :)
She gets it herself normally ::) This year she's already had them too! :o

How do you get round that for Christmas morning? similar here, only I told her she can't have it till Christmas, which still means I have to go out and buy some surprises..... ::) ::)

TBH we don't do presents for each other for any of the "big" days... Just buy them throughout the year if we want to :y If I see something small I'll grab it :y
Title: Re: Christmas Rituals
Post by: Vamps on 18 December 2012, 23:56:45
Time to Fess up chaps....how many of you, honestly, get swmbo's present.....or do you do like me,  enlist the daughter !!!!!!!! :)
She gets it herself normally ::) This year she's already had them too! :o

How do you get round that for Christmas morning? similar here, only I told her she can't have it till Christmas, which still means I have to go out and buy some surprises..... ::) ::)

TBH we don't do presents for each other for any of the "big" days... Just buy them throughout the year if we want to :y If I see something small I'll grab it :y

Yes, that's what she told me..... :D :D :D
Title: Re: Christmas Rituals
Post by: Lazydocker on 18 December 2012, 23:59:07
Time to Fess up chaps....how many of you, honestly, get swmbo's present.....or do you do like me,  enlist the daughter !!!!!!!! :)
She gets it herself normally ::) This year she's already had them too! :o

How do you get round that for Christmas morning? similar here, only I told her she can't have it till Christmas, which still means I have to go out and buy some surprises..... ::) ::)

TBH we don't do presents for each other for any of the "big" days... Just buy them throughout the year if we want to :y If I see something small I'll grab it :y

Yes, that's what she told me..... :D :D :D

Best keep your trousers on then :-X ;D

No presents isn't that big an issue for us as we haven't got kiddies to think about. The other year when we had little Charlie here we went all out ;) :y
Title: Re: Christmas Rituals
Post by: Terbs on 19 December 2012, 00:03:45
My present from swmbo came today....after all the hassle you've seen from my other thread...4 days after I paid for overnight delivery >:(

Anyhow, I was allowed to try the headphones...fan..bludy...fastic.....then they was whipped off my head, with a  'You are not having them till Christmas'.. and whoosh...they was gone :( :( :( :( :( :(
Title: Re: Christmas Rituals
Post by: Vamps on 19 December 2012, 00:08:14
Time to Fess up chaps....how many of you, honestly, get swmbo's present.....or do you do like me,  enlist the daughter !!!!!!!! :)
She gets it herself normally ::) This year she's already had them too! :o

How do you get round that for Christmas morning? similar here, only I told her she can't have it till Christmas, which still means I have to go out and buy some surprises..... ::) ::)

TBH we don't do presents for each other for any of the "big" days... Just buy them throughout the year if we want to :y If I see something small I'll grab it :y

Yes, that's what she told me..... :D :D :D

Best keep your trousers on then :-X ;D

No presents isn't that big an issue for us as we haven't got kiddies to think about. The other year when we had little Charlie here we went all out ;) :y

She said she would not say anything.... :P :P :D :D :D
Title: Re: Christmas Rituals
Post by: the alarming man on 19 December 2012, 00:24:56
Wake up.
Santa sacks on bed, shout "he's been, he's been" very loudly.
Take sack down stairs, bucks fizz and toast. Tea coffee. Etc
Play with Santa prezzies while everyone gets ready for
Xmas dinner.  Smoke salmon starter
Turkeyhamstufgingbreadsaucesausagesroastbedeeders and maybe some veg. Must be with cracker hats on!
Xmas pud
Then....

...the under tree presents.
:y

Tipples, queens speech.
Turkey sandwiches.
Games, trivial persute, then an oddball new game of anybody's choosing. Only winner is the one that cheats the most. ;D
Then either, bed, or drive to inlaws and do it all again the next day. Wahaaaay. :)

Should add, it's been the same since the first Christmas I can remember, and I wouldn't change it for a thing. (Well, maybe a vxr8)  :y

In my family we always did this after the Queen, a way of differentiating between Santa and family, since I got hooked up with swmbo, no way all in the morning till we go off to visit her family for tea..... :-\ :-\ :-\

Isn't it strange how so many families use this discription.....was in our house, and was same in swmbo's when I met her, home from home.
Mind you, in those days, our top presents, were spinning tops, and hoop-la's etc ;D ;D

I will have you know I got a Big Trak one year and an Action Man another, but then I am a few years younger than you.... :D :D :P


me and you vamps must be about the same age as i got those as well lol :y
Title: Re: Christmas Rituals
Post by: ozzycat on 19 December 2012, 00:33:58
Always have stockings in this house, adults and kids...Christmas is not Christmas without the stocking.
Then down for coffee, get house ready for any other visitors and dinner.
After dinner, sleep while females wash up...then pressies....
Buffet tea.... then a special supprise presents to grandchildren from Grampy...family traddition from years back, before my time
Then silly games till bed
With plenty of booze to fill all the gaps :y
Damn right, unless we've been naughty of course. But I was always a goodboy.  :D  ;) ;) yea yea yea ofcorse you were chris ;) ;) ;)
Title: Re: Christmas Rituals
Post by: Gaffers on 19 December 2012, 00:56:17
Unfortunately Xmas traditions in our house involves a sad trip locally, but once we get home and the wine gets flowing things cheer up :y
Title: Re: Christmas Rituals
Post by: omega3000 on 19 December 2012, 05:55:36
My present from swmbo came today....after all the hassle you've seen from my other thread...4 days after I paid for overnight delivery >:(

Anyhow, I was allowed to try the headphones...fan..bludy...fastic.....then they was whipped off my head, with a  'You are not having them till Christmas'.. and whoosh...they was gone :( :( :( :( :( :(

 ;D

Still nice to have something to open xmas morning even though you know what it is  ;D

I like to watch the old classics comedies they tend to put on the box over xmas , cant beat morcombe & wise .. and i hear the royale family has a xmas special so looking forward to that ... my bloody ass  ;D  ;D
Title: Re: Christmas Rituals
Post by: feeutfo on 19 December 2012, 07:56:20
Always have stockings in this house, adults and kids...Christmas is not Christmas without the stocking.
Then down for coffee, get house ready for any other visitors and dinner.
After dinner, sleep while females wash up...then pressies....
Buffet tea.... then a special supprise presents to grandchildren from Grampy...family traddition from years back, before my time
Then silly games till bed
With plenty of booze to fill all the gaps :y
Damn right, unless we've been naughty of course. But I was always a goodboy.  :D  ;) ;) yea yea yea ofcorse you were chris ;) ;) ;)
honest I was! ;) ;D
Title: Re: Christmas Rituals
Post by: STMO123 on 19 December 2012, 08:00:11
Always have stockings in this house, adults and kids...Christmas is not Christmas without the stocking.
Then down for coffee, get house ready for any other visitors and dinner.
After dinner, sleep while females wash up...then pressies....
Buffet tea.... then a special supprise presents to grandchildren from Grampy...family traddition from years back, before my time
Then silly games till bed
With plenty of booze to fill all the gaps :y
Damn right, unless we've been naughty of course. But I was always a goodboy.  :D  ;) ;) yea yea yea ofcorse you were chris ;) ;) ;)
honest I was! ;) ;D
You never thanked me for the sexy santa Chris. I'm deeply hurt :(
Title: Re: Christmas Rituals
Post by: feeutfo on 19 December 2012, 08:04:21
Always have stockings in this house, adults and kids...Christmas is not Christmas without the stocking.
Then down for coffee, get house ready for any other visitors and dinner.
After dinner, sleep while females wash up...then pressies....
Buffet tea.... then a special supprise presents to grandchildren from Grampy...family traddition from years back, before my time
Then silly games till bed
With plenty of booze to fill all the gaps :y
Damn right, unless we've been naughty of course. But I was always a goodboy.  :D  ;) ;) yea yea yea ofcorse you were chris ;) ;) ;)
honest I was! ;) ;D
You never thanked me for the sexy santa Chris. I'm deeply hurt :(
bloody scousers, that was a present from Skruntie! ...to everyone. Bless him. ;D
Title: Re: Christmas Rituals
Post by: STMO123 on 19 December 2012, 09:04:14
Ohhhhhh no. I think you should look at my sexy santa thread. You will love it :-*
Title: Re: Christmas Rituals
Post by: Auto Addict on 19 December 2012, 11:51:06
Over the holiday period, we have to sit and watch the 4 Die Hard films.

What do you all get up to with any time you may be lucky enough to have off?

Haven't you forgotten Mama Mia ;)
Title: Re: Christmas Rituals
Post by: feeutfo on 19 December 2012, 12:39:09
WAAAAAHAHAAAAAYYYY :-X
Title: Re: Christmas Rituals
Post by: TheBoy on 19 December 2012, 21:24:51
We tend to get up, take the stockings downstairs that santa has left, and quickly open them, then get ready for the usual onslaught.

Often don't get around to main pressies until 27th, sometimes later  :-[.

Must think about getting the tree up. Actually, must think about getting her a pressie. Actually, I must think about what I want ;D
Title: Re: Christmas Rituals
Post by: Terbs on 19 December 2012, 23:46:17
Flippin 'eck Jamie...after all the help from the guys on here, you STILL are not sorted....SHAME ;D ;D
Title: Re: Christmas Rituals
Post by: feeutfo on 19 December 2012, 23:56:51
iPad mini. Sorted.
Title: Re: Christmas Rituals
Post by: ozzycat on 20 December 2012, 01:06:54
Always have stockings in this house, adults and kids...Christmas is not Christmas without the stocking.
Then down for coffee, get house ready for any other visitors and dinner.
After dinner, sleep while females wash up...then pressies....
Buffet tea.... then a special supprise presents to grandchildren from Grampy...family traddition from years back, before my time
Then silly games till bed
With plenty of booze to fill all the gaps :y
Damn right, unless we've been naughty of course. But I was always a goodboy.  :D  ;) ;) yea yea yea ofcorse you were chris ;) ;) ;)
honest I was! ;) ;D
of corse you was chris i belive you thousands wouldny ;) ;) ;)
Title: Re: Christmas Rituals
Post by: cam2502 on 20 December 2012, 09:35:35
I have to watch a version of a Christmas carol every year. Love it.
I'm working Christmas day, as I did last year, so we have our Christmas dinner on boxing day.
Title: Re: Christmas Rituals
Post by: TheBoy on 20 December 2012, 17:44:23
iPad mini. Sorted.
Not enough out of the closet yet.
Title: Re: Christmas Rituals
Post by: TheBoy on 20 December 2012, 17:44:58
I have to watch a version of a Christmas carol every year. Love it.
I'm working Christmas day, as I did last year, so we have our Christmas dinner on boxing day.
Great Escape. I have to watch the Great Escape. Even if its not a Xmas film....
Title: Re: Christmas Rituals
Post by: redelitev6 on 20 December 2012, 21:05:44
 :y On Boxing day it has to be a nice fry up of all the leftovers , cold turkey , pickles  :y