So how was your Christmas? I can’t believe it’s all over already. So now I find myself mulling over mulled wine and whether we could have done anything better. Are you already missing it or have you already put all the decorations away and got straight back to normal, albeit a lot poorer? There does appear to be two types of people in the world – those who love Christmas and those who don’t (and we can’t simply divide them into children and adults)….
We had a spectacularly fun day – starting with literally no one around but a sleeping mother, to having 12 of us dancing in my kitchen. It was an all day marathon eating and drinking-fest but I have learnt over the years that if I am hosting, but don’t really like standing over a hot stove for hours or peeling potatoes that I need to make it as easy as possible. This year I bought so much M & S stuff it took me about an hour to unwrap it all and put it in all the right containers so it looked as if I’d done it all myself (tee hee). Foodies out there will be horrified and yes, I know that you would have been able to tell but I DON’T CARE.
Kids all loved it and whilst I still find it heartbreaking that they have to drive from one parent’s house to another, at least they do benefit from two sets of presents and that is the one big advantage of being children of divorce (probably psychologists would disagree with me, but hey there has to be some positives). They all arrived from their father’s house around midday and off we went….bucks fizz and blinis, followed by present opening and more champagne, followed by more family arriving and then wine, mulled wine, any old alcohol including Jaigermeister shots courtesy of my son and Baileys, courtesy of me.
So it got messy. It usually does in my house:-
The family that dances together, stays together:-
Our Christmas pudding flame – impressive:-
My cute little visiting Father Christmas guest:-
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It has gone very fast this year. I normally would have taken down my decs by now but this year I have left them up. We didn’t really get going properly this year, no games and laughter. I must try harder next year. It does seem to be my job to fire up the spirits and I didn’t do it so it didn’t happen. Oh well. As sure as eggs is eggs it’ll be back some time around September next year and I’ll get to try again! Looks like you had lots of fun.
I don’t mind no games….but laughter…..hmmm – that sounds like a shame. Shouldn’t be just up to you though should it? Lx
Exhausting! But good. As part of the post-divorce – and now re-marriage – care-for-the-kids plan, my holiday included hosting a last-minute Christmas eve dinner with my 8- and 10-year old kids, my new 25-year old stepson and his girlfriend, my mother, my new brother-in-law, and my husband. This was lovely, but since stepson is struggling with the whole situation it was emotionally taxing, especially since it all came together so late that I had to scramble to put together a meal. It also included hosting a Christmas morning brunch with my kids, my ex, my ex parents-in-law, my mother, and my husband – the in-laws were included only after I learned they were in town on Christmas eve afternoon, so more last minute scrambling. We topped it off with my new husbands’ traditional hosting of family and friends on Christmas evening – I think we had at least 60 guests!
Husband and I have been battling the flu for the last week.
Happy New Year!
Happy new year to you too!!! Sounds very difficult but hope lovely as much as possible Lx