How was your Christmas? I took a week
off blogging to get ready for Christmas and to spend some time with
my family. It was a lovely Christmas so I will share with you some of
my Christmas highlights.
My Christmas started at 8:30pm on
Christmas eve when I finished work. I excitedly cycled my legs off as
fast as I could for the just over 2 miles to my mums house where I
was able to see my brother, Zach and his girlfriend Amber, who had
travelled from Holland just for 2 days to spend Christmas with us.
Amber also brought her dad with her who
we had never met but we didn't want him to be alone at Christmas. He
spoke reasonable English but we had Amber there to help with
translations as he had a few miss-communications (when mum mentioned
the Bucks Fizz I thought alcohol but he thought Eurovision!)
Traditionally we go to midnight mass on
Christmas eve so I was hoping to get a small nap in the evening
before church, however when I got home I realised it was like
Piccadilly circus with everyone there and there was no chance of
getting any sleep! So we sat and chatted before heading off to
church.
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| Church Selfie |
Because we only got back about 2am, we
all hoped for a lay in the next day however out of everyone, it was
my mum that decided to wake everyone up early! So we all got up and
after having our traditional mince pie for breakfast, we opened a
small mountain of gifts.
I must have been on the nice list this
year as Father Christmas was very generous and I got some really nice
gifts. One of my favourites was a picture of the stars as they were
over the place I was born on the day I was born.
After the gifts were opened, we pulled
out the table however where was so little space that once we were sat
down that was it we were trapped in! Mum made an amazing Christmas
lunch with so much we could feed a small army!
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| Tilly and her evil rabbit |
Sadly I had to leave for a few hours to
go to work and sadly I missed Doctor Who (thank god for BBC
IPlayer!). So I had a bit of a dilemma when I got home, do I watch
Doctor Who or do I spend more time with my brother? I compromised and
played a Doctor Who board game with my family instead! But no need to
panic, when everyone had gone to bed I sat up and watched Doctor Who.
I loved it.
Sadly Zach and Amber went home boxing
day morning so we spent most of the day eating left over food and
playing games with my mum and sister.
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| Tilly tried to cheat at Doctor Who frustration |
Overall it was really a good Christmas
and I loved that there were so many people around. Although the house
was packed and we were falling over each other, I loved it. Hope your
Christmas was as good.
My Xmas was amazing just really chilled and plenty of time as a family 😊😚
ReplyDeleteLooks like a great christmas, we play board games as well.
ReplyDeleteIt was mad as I was in charge of a local A&E by night and hell on boxing day night.
ReplyDeleteLooks as though you had a really great time over Christmas
ReplyDeleteChristmas is a wonderful time catching up with family and having lots of fun
ReplyDeleteSounds like you've had a wonderful Christmas. Have a great 2017.
ReplyDeleteLooks like you all had a great time. Our Christmas was an ok one. I cooked dinner for all the step kids and step grandkids and all went without a hitch . Bonus
ReplyDeleteour Christmas was great seeing all the family
ReplyDeleteGreat fun pictures of you all looks like you had lots of fun
ReplyDeleteChristmas is a lovely time to get family together
ReplyDeletechristmas is a good time to meet up with all the family
ReplyDeletesounds like you had a wonderful christmas and what lovely pressies too
ReplyDeleteAhh! It looks like you had a wonderful Christmas...
ReplyDeleteHappy new year! Wishing you all the best for 2017 x
Aw sounds like a lovely family Christmas! Ours is always hectic cause we have that many people to visit! We Usually don't get back home until about 8pm. Next year I've decided that people should come visit Us so we don't have to go out! We had a lovely day anyway, I love how excited the kids get at Christmas!
ReplyDeleteHappy you had a good time even if you had to work. Happy new year 2017.
ReplyDeleteAhhhh! Not keen on that Evil Rabbit haha! I love your cutlery covers. Looks like you had a good time, we had a nice quiet one. We ate far to much then struggled ot get on the Sofa!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed our family Christmas this year, we all opened our gifts at my mums house it was so nice! x
ReplyDeleteYour Christmas looks lovely full of fun, family and laughter. I had an equally good Christmas and was spoilt rotten by Santa and his happy little elves. I'm already working on Christmas 2017 though!
ReplyDeletelovely pictures you look like you all had lots of fun we have played lots of boardgames as well
ReplyDeletewe love family games in the evenings too, it really helps get the teenagers off their blinking phones
ReplyDeleteLooks like you had a lovely time.. we had a very chilled Christmas but really enjoyed it!
ReplyDeleteIt looks like you had a fab Christmas! We had a great time with friends and family too. Best wishes for 2017!
ReplyDeleteSounds to me like you deserve a long break to get over Christmas.
ReplyDeleteI loved this Christmas, just finishing off the tidying of the house and one last nightly sherry before back to the evil of work in the morning. Roll on next year.
ReplyDeleteLooks like you had a lovely Christmas - smiles all around! We enjoyed ours too though I am worn out now!
ReplyDeleteWe play board games, mostly on the evening, too much excitement during the day
ReplyDeleteSounds like you had a lovely Christmas, I love the cutlery holders!
ReplyDeletewe had a quiet christmas watching christmas movies and eating too much x
ReplyDeleteGlad you got to spend some time with your family.. the Christmas episode was great!
ReplyDeleteMy Christmas was spent visiting family and then going home to prepare the Christmas dinner.
ReplyDeleteMy Christmas was lovely and so enjoyable with the family, and even had Christmas dinner cooked for me too.
ReplyDeleteWe love playing board games , where did you get the evil rabbit love it
ReplyDeleteLooks like you all had a great Christmas :-) We had a lovely Christmas and we get to have a late Christmas get together with my partners family in a couple of weeks as we didn't get to spend much time with them over christmas
ReplyDeleteGlad you had a great Christmas. We had a really good time.
ReplyDeleteHad a lovely Christmas despite being hit with a cough and cold. Son was home from uni, daughter came round with our three grandchildren so it has hectic x
ReplyDeleteLooks like you had a lovely Christmas time! I love a full house too & board games are a must!
ReplyDeleteWe had a wonderful Christmas too! It was perfect! Lots of family time together x
ReplyDeleteYour Christmas sounds lovely and that starry night present sounds amazing!
ReplyDeletelove your santa suit that holds knives and forks.I had a lovely christmas with family.Thats what its all about really x
ReplyDeleteWe had a lovely Christmas thank you - hope you all did too and a Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteI probably had the quietest Christmas of my life but had a few lovely days with my family xxx
ReplyDeleteMy Christmas was probably the quietest ever but I spent a few days with my lovely family x
ReplyDeleteWe have a great Christmas, my 4 yr old said she wishes it was Christmas all the time as no one has school and we can spend loads of time together doing fun things
ReplyDeleteSounds like you all had a fab Christmas!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely time you had. Always helps to take some time out
ReplyDeletelovely family pics! i cant believe its all over for another year
ReplyDeleteLooks like you had a very happy Christmas! All the best for 2017!
ReplyDeleteChristmas was lovely this year. Mums dinner was the best ever and sadly the last Christmas we would all spend together as a family so it was bittersweet but perfect! Lots of memories made and so much fun!just perfect!
ReplyDeleteLooks like you had a great Christmas, we did too - having a hard time getting into the swing of it now!
ReplyDeleteSounds like you had a great Christmas, with lots of family time and fun, we too celebrated in a similar way and Christmas Lunch at my parent's house. All the best for 2017.
ReplyDeleteIt's lovely to catch up with family over christmas, sounds like you had a good one.
ReplyDeleteahh what a lovely christmas, we had a good one too, can't wait for a bit of sun now ;)
ReplyDeleteI love the pictures, it looks like you had a amazing xmas.x
ReplyDeleteLooks like a lovely christmas, ours was very quiet as we opened all our presents boxing day so all the family could be together
ReplyDeleteAh lovely. My Christmas was really lovely but if I'm honest, really stressful too! We cooked Christmas day, Boxing day and two days after that for different family members so it was full on but really lovely to see everyone and spend some quality time in between cooking!
ReplyDeleteChristmas was lovely but I unfortunately ate too much cheese so the fitness plan is in full force
ReplyDeleteaww lovely looks like you had a wonderful Christmas
ReplyDeleteI took some time off blogging too and have decided to give it up altogether - I really never saw that coming.
ReplyDeletethat little santa cutlery holder is adorable. I am in denial that its back to the grind now, its gone so quick
ReplyDeleteMy husband, young son and myself spent this year at home and it was bliss to have a quiet Christmas together
ReplyDeletei love the cutlery santa suit! hope you had a great Christmas, and good luck in the new year!
ReplyDeletewe had a lovely family christmas this year, all tucked up at home and only leaving the house to take our dogs into the woods
ReplyDeleteI got given a kenwood mixer. I mentioned to my fella how I could do with a little electric whisk. You have to be really careful what comments you make around christmas haha
ReplyDeleteLooks like you had a great xmas xx happy new year x
ReplyDeleteSounds like a lovely family Christmas. Can't beat a few board games - until someone gets overly competitive!
ReplyDeleteAww it looks like you had a great Christmas! I am kinda sad it is all over! :( There is always such an exciting build up and now it is over I feel deflated!
ReplyDeleteThis Christmas was good it was very relaxed with my family watching tv and enjoying fine food and drinks :)
I also had a great Christmas, first time with my brother in law hosting us all, he did a great job too :-)
ReplyDeleteI had to record Doctor Who for some relatives over Christmas - we played games and I insisted they join in so said i'd record it! :D
ReplyDeleteMy Christmas was hectic with four grandchildren all aged 3 and under visiting on the big day but I wouldn't have changed it for the world
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice Christmas, mine went way to fast!
ReplyDeleteSuch a shame you had to work so much over the christmas period but i bet it was lovely seeing your brother etc, family time at christmas is lovely
ReplyDeleteWouldn't be Christmas without everyone falling over each other! Love it :)
ReplyDeleteSounds like the perfect family Christmas! I still haven't got round to watching the Xmas day doctor who episode
ReplyDeleteBy the looks of your fantastic pics....you all had a brilliant Christmas
ReplyDeleteSounds like you had a great time over Christmas
ReplyDeleteSounds like you all had so much fun.
ReplyDeleteLovely photos from what looks like quality family time spent at Christmas.
ReplyDeleteLynsey Buchanan
Unfortunately we were all sick or recovering from sickness. Quietest Christmas I have ever had. We did get to play one board game this year and that was all! Not even the traditional Monopoly!
ReplyDeleteSo glad you had a lovely Christmas and Santa was good to you. My Christmas was nice but painful. I have Fibromyalgia, ME, Arthiritis and Epilepsy (among a few others) and I was running low on my B12 too ... so I was in a lot of pain and was VERY tired too xxxx
ReplyDeleteIt wasn't my best Christmas as I was unwell and so were some other family members. Fortunately my three year old was too young to pick up on that and I think he enjoyed every minute.
ReplyDeleteNOOOOO I missed Doctor Who!!!! :( :( :(
ReplyDeleteSounds like a fabulous Christmas! We played 'guess that song' which my husband loves doing for us at any get together. I was on my own against my in-laws and despite the songs being mostly their generation I won (if only by 1 point, lol). xx
Sounds like you had a nice and jolly Christmas day
ReplyDeletewe had a very quiet christmas and my 14 year old daughter had a typucal teengage meltdown
ReplyDeleteSounds like you had a lovely Christmas! :) Ours was so lovely & chilled! Sadly it was our last Christmas as a family in this house as my Sisters moving out this year so my Mum was a tad emotional for the day! Apart from the tears, it was lovely!
ReplyDeleteWe went skiing in Austria over Christmas and even snowed on the day
ReplyDeleteChristmas was lovely and warm with the family even though it was freezing outside!
ReplyDeleteI had a lovely Christmas spending time with my family in Switzerland, sadly no snow so we couldn't do any skiing. The New Year party didn't quite turn out as planned though as we all ended up getting the flu
ReplyDeleteFamily fun! Cant beat it! :) My young boys love playing board games too, we are constantly playing something hehe :) xx
ReplyDeletelooks great, i had my grown up children over and my grandaughter, was fantastic x
ReplyDeletei love christmas time its lovely to spend more time with friends and family
ReplyDeleteLooks like you had a good one. We stayed at home for the first time in years and it was lovely!
ReplyDeleteLooks and sounds like you had a fantastic time
ReplyDeleteI love the build upto Christmas.te excitement in the home is always so nice,a nice quiet Christmas for us and the kids is always nice
ReplyDeleteLooks like fun was had by all, Christmas really is a special time of year.
ReplyDeleteah sounds nice always good to sit and catch up with family!
ReplyDeletehope you all had a great time. we stayed at home this year and it was relaxing! x
ReplyDeleteI had a lovely Christmas with my husband, daughter and the dog! We had a lovely time eating far too much. Hope everyone else enjoyed their Christmas festivities.
ReplyDeletesounds like a fab christmas, I really want one of the trddys for my kid x
ReplyDeleteglad you had such an awesome Christmas, it sounds fab xx
ReplyDeleteGlad you had a great christmas :) x Mine wasn't so great, alot of health issues, but hopefully next year will be better x
ReplyDeleteSounds like you had a fab time, all the best for 2017 x.
ReplyDeleteI love the Santa suit for cutlery :) fab idea
ReplyDeleteLooks like you had a great time at Christmas. So many happy faces.
ReplyDeleteChristmas is such fun with all the family; it is something I miss now that I live away from my brothers and other family. As children we had huge (50+) people on Christmas day, thankfully it is summer in Africa so it was outdoors.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like you had a lovely Christmas! Hope you have a great 2017 xx
ReplyDeleteWe had a fab Christmas, and sounds like you guys did too!
ReplyDeletelooks like you had a lovely christmas :) I hope you and your family are having a great start to the new year. I know my new year has been pretty good so far :)
ReplyDeleteSounds like you had fun. Shame you had to work! We had a good Christmas it was very relaxing.
ReplyDeleteSounds like you had a wonderful time, our Christmas was equally as good, lots of quality family time...priceless :-)
ReplyDeleteLooks like you had a great xmas. We did too. Love the little father christmas cutlery holders. So cute! x
ReplyDeleteOur Christmas was good too, thank you and the grandchildren being around always make it very special for us.
ReplyDeleteSounds like you all had a really lovely time. I hope 2017 is all you want it to be. x
ReplyDeletesounds like you had a terrific time
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear you had a lovely Xmas, ours was great although I'm still trying to find space to store endless toys!
ReplyDeleteHope you had an amazing christmas, it looked fun!
ReplyDeleteSounds like you had a magical time! Mine was manic but magical too
ReplyDeleteits so nice to get the family together at christmas, yours sounded lovely!
ReplyDeleteSounds like you had a fantastic Christmas! I had to wake my 6 Year old up think I was more excited than him lol Was my little girls first Christmas so I was super excited but she didn't have a clue what was going on lol x
ReplyDeletesounds like you had a really nice and lovely christmas all the best for 2017 x
ReplyDeleteSounds like you had a wonderful Christmas!! We also thoroughly enjoyed ours. Watching the children's faces open their presents and the family round made all the hard work and preparation worth it. Lots of special memories made!! All the best for 2017!! Emma B xx
ReplyDeleteSounds like you all had a wonderful Christmas! We also thoroughly enjoyed ours too! Watching the children opening their presents and the family round, made all the hard work, stress and preparation worth while! And lots o special memories created! All the best for 2017 xx
ReplyDeleteHad a great xmas day and night at my sons, I left his dad at home miserable git I hope he had a corned beef butty for his dinner
ReplyDeleteSounds like a lovely family Christmas. A mountain of food is compulsory
ReplyDeleteLooks like you had a great time x
ReplyDeleteSo glad you had a great christmas. I didn't celebrate it after leaving home and before having kids. They have definitley brought the magic back for me it's lovely seeing them enjoy opening their gifts and playing with family.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your Christmas. I absolutely love that evil rabbit!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a nice time. Mine was nice spent with family too.
ReplyDeleteSounds like you hada lovely Christmas, have a happy 2017
ReplyDeleteLooks like a lovely family Christmas together! We love board games too, we also had Speak Out this Christmas which was absolutely hilarious!
ReplyDeleteLooks like you had a fab Christmas hope you have a prosperous new year xx
ReplyDeletesounds like you had a lovely day! i had a great christmas with my dad and my daughter, a little quiet to be honest!
ReplyDeleteHappy Christmas! Looks like you had a great time!
ReplyDeleteWe had a big fry up instead of Christmas dinner this year.
ReplyDeleteLooks like you have had a good christmas. Have a lovely new year
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your busy Christmas, mine was much quieter, which was fine.
ReplyDeleteOmg!! The evil rabbit...I've forgotten what they are called...but I NEEEEED one for my son, I love how all your pics show the little details, which, to me, make Christmas special! I'm already looking forward to next Christmas hahahaha
ReplyDeleteOur Christmas was lovely, we had a nice quiet family one x
ReplyDeletePleased you had a great time. Ours was different this year. Just hubby and I on Christmas Day so we packed a rather nice picnic and went out walking on an RSPB reserve on the shores of The Wash. Amazed at how many others were there at lunch time too! :)
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like a lovely christmas despite having to work but at least you could catch up with Doctor Who later.
ReplyDeleteI love Christmas, I wish we could have it over again!
ReplyDeleteHad a great Xmas too... extra family time with loved ones we only get to see at xmas time
ReplyDeleteYou have a lovely family and had a great Christmas, just as it should be.
ReplyDeleteLooks like you enjoyed a lovely Christmas with your family. We had a quiet one me hubby, kids and inlwas it was nice xx
ReplyDeleteSounds like a lovely day! I was very happy this year as my brother who lives in Jakarta was home for Christmas - made the day very special!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful way to spend Christmas :) sounds perfect, as far as I'm concerned!
ReplyDeletei had a lovely christmas with all my family we traveled 3 hours to be with them :) x
ReplyDeleteSounds like you had a lovely Christmas! I spent mine with my family too and it was wonderful :)
ReplyDeleteAhh it looks like you all had a super fantastic lovely Christmas. Happy new year!
ReplyDeleteLove is like you all had a great Christmas, hope you have an amazing 2017
ReplyDeleteGlad you had a great Christmas!! Tilly looks happy!! :)
ReplyDeleteLucie
Great fun at Christmas! We also had a very good time especially spending time with the kids. Happy 2017
ReplyDeleteIt looks as though you all had a great Christmas, we did too, roll on next year!
ReplyDeletelove Christmas, sad when it's all over but then it will start again for another year!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a lovely family Christmas - we had my sister, her husband and my father to stay with both sons turning up on various days to stay too - loved it!
ReplyDeleteSheila Reeves @CakeReev
Wow that looks like a fun Christmas Day in your house!
ReplyDeleteAww! So glad you had a wonderful Christmas! Magical time of year!
ReplyDeleteAw fabulous! I really enjoyed reading this! Glad you had a lovely Christmas!
ReplyDeleteyour christmas looks a lot like ours, busy yet fun, with all the family around
ReplyDeleteoh I love christmas, it sounds like yours was fun and full of family, just how it should be
ReplyDeleteLooks like you had a wonderful Christmas - goes too fast though!
ReplyDeleteLooks like a fun time. Ours was very quiet this year but that was lovely actually.
ReplyDeleteWe went back to basics this year after feeling a little underwhelmed last year, we focused more on time together rather than gifts bought and running about visiting people, we stayed at home, played board games, laughed, did jigsaw puzzles and we had a lovely much more relaxed day as a family.
ReplyDeletei love xmas and 2017 x,mas will be even better ill have had a little boy by then who will be 8 months
ReplyDeleteLooks like you had a great Christmas with your family hope you have a brilliant 2017
ReplyDeleteChristmas was magical thank you! Santa was very generous to us
ReplyDeleteWow, hectic Christmas, much like ours, 5 kids, 6 adults, it was exhausting but great fun .x
ReplyDeleteOh wow - Looks like you had a lovely Christmas! We had a great Christmas too! but it could have been better in relation to 'not enough money' but the kids were happy and that's all that counts :)
ReplyDeleteAw looks like you had a fab Christmas! Family time is so important. We also had a good Christmas but I couldn't celebrate as much as I had work the next day and being pregnant, tired me out.
ReplyDeleteWe made a 4 hour journey to be with our family at Christmas...forgot just how good we had been as the journey home in the car with all the presents was like fitting an entire house in with us Pahahaha well worth it though christmas is all about family.
ReplyDeleteLooks like you all had a fab Christmass. Ours was pretty decent too!
ReplyDeleteWe always spend Christmas with extended family which is lovely, hectic and noisy x
ReplyDeleteLooks and sounds wonderful. Such happy faces and happy memories. Lovely.
ReplyDeleteWow would so Love to win really I really hope I am Iucky today ☘️
ReplyDeleteAw, it's great that you had a good time. It's always nice to have family around you.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you had a lovely family Christmas. We also had a wonderful time. We spent Christmas at home, altogether as a family, which was lovely. We had visits from lots of family and friends, played lots of board games, had lots to eat and drink and made wonderful memories.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds lovely! We're Doctor Who fans - the game looks great!
ReplyDeletelovely christmas, hope you had a great time
ReplyDeletelooks as though you had a lovely christmas, ours was quiet with just 5 of us but still lovely
ReplyDeleteSeems like you all had a great Christmas!! Here's hoping you have wonderful New Year x
ReplyDeleteGlad you had a nice Christmas. ours was good too
ReplyDeletelooks like you all had a fun time, we just relaxed at home
ReplyDeleteIt all seems like a bit of a distant memory now doesn't it? Looks like you had a fab time.
ReplyDeleteLooks like you had a fun Christmas. The best time of year :-)
ReplyDeletelooks fun, mines was great just relaxing with family, just what Christmas should be about
ReplyDeleteWe had a good Christmas here as well, lots of fun and games and plenty of food.
ReplyDeleteChristmas was lovely, watching the kids opening and then playing with their presents is priceless. They enjoyed themselves so much.
ReplyDeleteI love Christmas its my favourite time of year.
ReplyDeleteWe had a lovely Christmas with family around
ReplyDeleteWe had a really good Christmas but I prefer the build up and the time after Christmas when there's less pressure and you can just relax and play board games with the kids x
ReplyDeleteSounds like a great day. All the best for 2017
ReplyDeleteThat bunny looks very angry lol x
ReplyDeleteloks like you have had a christmas we had a good time
ReplyDeleteLooks like you all had a fab time! Our Chrimbo was great...all the family together...it's the little things!
ReplyDeleteI was ill at Christmas so the day just passed in a blur.
ReplyDeleteWe had a lovley quite Christmas went for walks and had lots of fun
ReplyDeleteAfter all of us feeling ill last year we decided to make the most of it this year and pushed the boat out a bit.
ReplyDeleteYour christmas looked fun! My christmas was fab spent it with the family can't wait till next year when my little boy is even older he was only a year and 4 months so next year he will be able to see his presents and play with them he only wanted toast on christmas morning
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely Christmas, I love Christmas, but am looking forward to some sun now!
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you had a great Christmas! I (for the first time ever) was ill all over Christmas and had to cancel everything. Never mind, I made up for it at New Year :)
ReplyDeleteGlad your Christmas went well! We had 18 of us round an extended table at my mum's house! It was a day of family madness! Loved it!
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