my christmas (My Perfect Christmas)

Member Name: shelldanielle

Product:	My Perfect Christmas
Date:	27/11/08 (131 review reads)
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Advantages: great family fun

Disadvantages: missing loved ones

I still live at home with my mum and son Joshua so tradition is left up to my mum but id do things differently if i had my own house just to add my touches.
We normally put our Christmas tree up 12 days before Christmas and we hang candy canes on the branches for the kids when they visit as well as all the fancy decorations.
We have started to get real tree's as they smell nice and its great going choosing your own.

Since meeting my boyfriend Anthony we have gone up to north wales to visit his parents just before Christmas.They have a lovely cottage on farmlands in the middle of no where and if you look carefully you can see the sea.
The house is gorgeous and they have a real fire which we roasted chestnuts on there last year they were delicious.
I wont be taking josh though as they don't have heating and it can get cold so i am thinking that is why he wouldn't settle last time we went.We normally stay 2 nights then drive home Christmas eve,last Christmas we drove home singing Christmas tunes and stopped off at little chef for our breakfast.

Since my sister has got her own house we spend Christmas eve at hers until about 8pm as i need to get josh in bed ready for Santa.
We normally have a buffet tea as this saves cooking and we can throw away paper plates.
I get josh into bed and tell him that he has to be good for Santa even though he might not understand what i say as he has special needs i like to think he understands who knows maybe he does but just cant show it yet.
My partner stops over Christmas as he lives in a flat a few miles away,this will be out second Christmas together.
We wake up in the morning last year i had to wake josh up he was sleeping in it was my turn for all the mornings hes woken me up,haha.I get more excited than josh,but he doesnt really understand you could spend loads on him and he would still spend hours playing with the wrapping paper.
We spend all morning playing with toys whilst mum slaves away in the kitchen on the full English breakfast,we do offer help but she thinks things would be done quicker if we didn't help charming!
A nice full English with a bucks fizz is what you need to start the day.
After breakfast we like to go for a walk so we go and see if there are any ducks out that need feeding which is nice.
Then my sister comes round with her boyfriend and her two kids and we open presents then sit down for a proper Christmas dinner.My mum likes to do a starter,Christmas dinner then Christmas pudding.

We then play party games with the kids and get them tired out for bedtime and then we stay up till late playing loads of different games, i love playing buzz on ps2 and were having a go at singstar this year so that should be fun.

Boxing day mum normally makes a turkey curry with the leftover turkey and we normally have ham sandwiches for dinner as she loves to cook a leg of ham.

This Christmas i am going to get josh to make christmas pies and decorate some decorations for his bedroom as i am going to make it feel more christmasy.

I love Christmas time its not about the presents its about having your family around and even the kids appreciate that more if you bring them up not spoilt they will understand the true meaning.

We always toast to love ones that have passed away so they are not being forgotten.

Summary: great time to meet family who havent seen in a while