Don't start drinking while the kids open their presents first thing as peeling sprouts later is not fun

Yep cags, it also makes you feel like utter shite late afternoon!  

I did that last year!  Champagne at breakfast (11ish) and I was hanging by 3o'clock!

Don't forget to label the pressies properly...cos the children will not be impressed with a pair of support stockings! meant for Granma!

I always have a dwink or 4 whilst doing the brekkie & putting on the roast!
But then I always do me veggie preps etc on the Eve!..

Don't get more excited than the kids on Xmas eve and tell them they can open one present coz chances are they'll pick the best one meant to be opened last on Xmas day

Good planning slimfern! *makes note* 

I normally do all my prep on Xmas eve too but there is always something fiddly that needs done I forget about. EVEN WITH MY LIST

I gave up on lists Cags.......Have got it off to a tee now!...as in if it goes tits up..so what!!!!!.....It's Christmas...a time for joviality!

Xmas dinner is always fab at mine. Kids get the comedy show too "watch mum trying not to make a fool of herself"  Never works though. I have Xmas songs blasting all day and my Santa hat on

Oooh me too ..hat..earrings...big cheesey grin!....Love it!
The dinner more or less cooks & presents itself...

Baby Lacey cried yesterday when I told her where christmas Turkeys come from.....she doesn't understand the whole "procedure" of meat yet.... bless!

Awwww Lacey! how old is baby lacey?

She's nearly 2!  I felt so bad, I forget how diddy she is sometimes!

Bless her! ...Of course you have to tell her you was just telling her a story & that it isnt true..

dont snog ugly men at your works 'do'

Thought that said 21   *legs it*  

Are you speaking from experience Gyps?

no i thankfully have never dont that , have i ?? *thinks No, im pretty sure i havent

i shouold have said, Ugly / horny / married or desperate men(i.e the boss)  at the works do

  jaysus scary thought!

Don't forget to leave ya mincey pies & sherry out fer Santy Claws!..

Don't let your mother-in-law get to you

Now you come to mention mince pies slim, they were a massive no no for me, I thought they were yuk....but Mr L's dad made me try one the other day and I absolutely loved it.

I have spent the last 20 years avoiding them like the plague because I hated fruit in cakes etc... do your taste buds change when you get older?! It was delish!

lacey...I reckon it depends where ya get em from
of course homemade is best!..with ooodles & oodles of clotted cream!!..

dont get high hopes of watching Dr Who...it seems the older people in the house (no matter where you are) will decide to start talking and wandering about in slow mo in front of the telly as soon as it starts......

it's either my Dad if we are here or my OH's Nan if we are round his parents LOL. always end up having to watch it on iplayer

I was about to say, don't put more than one sleeping tablet in your MIL's drink.

In case she has to stay the night.

dont play 'basketball' using peanuts when your Grandma falls asleep on the sofa with her mouth wide open

 who would do such a thing...

A dreadful thought

i remember when i was little i saw my brother doing it..i was only about 4 or 5 but he was 19 LOL

Don't make lists.

 Classic!


My brother used to make me bark & flap my arms like a seal for sweeties when I was a young'un!!

Actually that is too much info isn't it...

dont buy a complicated tractor to build from scratch

dont buy your kids (grandkids, nethews, nieces, etc) anything to build unless it's something their dad really likes too

Don't be eating brussells if you have plans for the evening......

dont go outside doing the conga on new years eve if there is a lot of ice about  one could end up in A+E from slipping and putting hand/arm through glass door

don't buy anything that needs batteries

Don't overdo Christmas drinks with the neighbours while the turkey is cooking.......my mother did that one year and totally missed Christmas altogether...but she did have a good sleep(lol)

So did I.....*legs it too*

Don't forget to read the boxes to see if you need to buy loads of batteries!