Christmas Crisis or Christmas Crackers?What are YOU all doing....or not?

[SaharaS]

Just pondering really and wondering what everyone will be doing over the festive season..or not doing because of their animals...there will be those up to their eyeballs in too many family/visitors that really they would love to be spending it alone...or quietly...and those who will be the exact opposite & will be on their own...wishing for a little bit of festive commotion.. & those bah humbugging to their hearts content!

Winter & Christmas absolutely used to be the best time of year for me, but lost my Dad on my birthday in early december 8years ago and he was buried on the 17th Dec..so its kind of knocked the stuffing out of it for me,but I still try to be festive. This year I've managed to feel festive early because of all of you lot & HHO SS.. we just need some decent frosty crisp (ok hard ground, no rain /mud) and I'll be even merrier!

I'll be staying home with dog & horses ..then not for Christmas but at some time thereabouts, Mum will be appearing at some point before or after around her work(she looks after an elderly man with dementia so will make sure he isn't alone as he lost his partner last year).

I love getting to spend every day with my animals but couldn't bare not to see them on Christmas Day so they get pestered more than usual...and the polar bear & I will have a huge (dog friendly) mega roast..he'll probably have turkey & duck with veggies & I'll eat that & all the naughty bits he can't have(onions etc)..I also make him wholegrain oaty carrot cakes instead of Christmas pud...and organic wholemeal liver pies to have when i have mince pies...just that he has natural yoghurt on his & I have brandy butter on mine...please God I don't get mixed up after a few!


Is anyone on their own & not looking forward to it?or are you overrun & plotting your devious escape(after donning the Santa outfit are you sneaking in the field to prepare some fencing job creation for Christmas day?



brandy snaps with blueberry & vanilla icecream dipped in white truffley chocolate sauce(well perhaps not as much as there may have been...I got peckish!)

 

[JFTDWS]

Will just be me and the mothership at home, with the Wolf and the cats and degus this year. Naturally will be out to see the horses (as much as possible!). I can't stand not seeing my lads at Christmas

Also feeling very festive. Cracking on decorating some shot glasses - rather proud of the one with a likeness the Wolf on for mother dearest, with Christmas music playing, at the moment.

 

[SaharaS]

Will just be me and the mothership at home, with the Wolf and the cats and degus this year. Naturally will be out to see the horses (as much as possible!). I can't stand not seeing my lads at Christmas

Also feeling very festive. Cracking on decorating some shot glasses - rather proud of the one with a likeness the Wolf on for mother dearest, with Christmas music playing, at the moment.

they sound lovely...i do hope you are making the edges suitabley sugary alcoholly chrystally dipped...because it really looks like snowy frosty stuff!(perhaps this will make the weather follow suit!) Not quite got the festive music yet..tho I like the chrsitmas tv bits between films..that helps if I'm not yet..house is for sale so am going to rebel & put tree up on Dec 1st...haha
very grateful for HHO SS tho last year I was a bit slow on getting into it!

 

[Ibblebibble]

we were supposed to be going to my aunts to have dinner with all the family but hubs said 'do we have to' and kids said 'do we have to' so as i wasn't fussed either way i said 'no we don't' and they all said 'yayyyyy' so it looks like we'll be staying home have told my parents and they're fine and are going to come up boxing day, now all i have to do is tell my aunt big sis says i am going to suffer much frowning upon lol, oh well never mind