How will you be spending Christmas day?

I'll be at work from Christmas Eve at 7:00PM to Christmas Day at 7:00 PM, and then back again that evening at 7:00 PM.

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I suspect me and the missus will be at my daughter's home. She lives in Houston. Probably be there for dinner. Then we will be home to spend the rest of the time together, alone.

OK. I'll go first, if you like:

Some of you will know (from another thread here) that my mother was placed in an aged care facility earlier in the year. And that "relations" with my sister (who took "liberties" with her finances while they lived together for a while) are somewhat strained ....

So I've been wondering how the hell we "celebrate" this time?

Well it turns out that the facility holds an Christmas dinner/lunch each year & that each person there can have a maximum of two guests attending. So (being one of the two. My sister will not be attending.) I think I have a rather unusual Christmas day in store! For starters, it'll involve 5+ hours of travel there & back (it's in country Victoria). Apart from that, I have an open mind on what to expect. I think that may be the best way to go!

ill be at home smoking some chronic and hoping i dont have to see any of my family.

i got a bottle of tanqueray rangur

and limes

and limon jarritos

and limeade from my mom woot. lime is the bomb.

Diest & edgar beat me to it!

That was quick, you guys!

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Hey, Olga - that sounds really interesting. Shame you have to travel so far on the day, though.

Not at all! I wrote an interesting minutely detailed account, Og!

...Um, how do the rest of your family feel about you avoiding them over Christmas? Or perhaps they don't know yet?

i dont care, they wont either, they might wonder why didnt i come but eh..

when they can keep a clean house ill show up, thats the tip o the iceberg, but if they can get that far i will be satisfied.

I think "full of surprises - be prepared for anything" might be a more accurate description, Endy!

And you?

Is that by choice, Diest? You feel OK about this?

Well don't you go getting yourself all maudlin & miserable on over-doing the plonk, Og! I hear this has been known to happen!

,... I'm speaking generally hear, Og. Not specifically about you, OK?

pretty quiet here

probably just my mom and me

i usually grab a dvd collection to watch, vicar of dibley, lord of the rings, maybe all 6 star wars

I always say quiet is better (every time!) than chaotic*, djjd!


Having experienced a few of that sort! I speak from experience!

Someone in the UK, please enlighten me:

Do all of you really watch the queen's TV address after Christmas lunch? We here (in Oz) have been led to believe that this is so.

well, we watch in canada, or at least i do

You're a royalist, djjd?

nope, but you never know when your gonna get an annus horilibus speech

Yep. I'll have already celebrated with family and I'll get double pay that day.



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