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The Fr Ted Xmas Special.
Can almost quote it line for line at this stage, but it's still magic.
Living in Edinburgh now, these lights are incredible, it makes coming to the office in the dark and leaving in the dark easier.
Come December you can't get in the door for lunch, but they go all out there too:
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Funny how Christmas changes when you get married and/or have kids.
Before then, Xmas was going down to the parents' house, do the present thing, drink in hand by 2pm, nibbling on bits of food and watching TV (or playing video games, even in our 20s), then dinner, followed by a bit of TV then poker and/or board games late into the night/morning. Basically drinking and eating a lot and doing fck all.
Then you get married and end up at the in-laws on Xmas day and it's the little things. Like nobody really watching TV before dinner, instead everyone milling around doing stuff. And friends coming over for a drink (which we never really did), with everyone sitting there chatting. Then after dinner there's another lull, no TV, just people milling around. Though the board games still come out at 11pm, except it doesn't last till 4am and nobody gets very drunk. It's not a bad thing, just different.
Then a child comes along and screws it all up again. The person who's driving home can't drink. You constantly have something to do - sitting on the couch watching telly with a drink? Forget it, there's a nappy to be changed and child to be fed, and a constant watchful eye to be kept. Staying up till 4am playing board games and getting drunk? Ha!
The little one is 3 this year now, so I'm looking forward to being able to chill a bit more - she can play happily away with her toys while I watch some crap on TV. Though I'll still be at the in-laws, so I can't properly chill.
This is probably one of the last years we'll go to either parents' house and probably opt to stay at home next year instead. Which will be nice, but all different once again. Then we can make our own traditions that future Christmases won't be the same without
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Funny how Christmas changes when you get married and/or have kids.
Before then, Xmas was going down to the parents' house, do the present thing, drink in hand by 2pm, nibbling on bits of food and watching TV (or playing video games, even in our 20s), then dinner, followed by a bit of TV then poker and/or board games late into the night/morning. Basically drinking and eating a lot and doing fck all.
Then you get married and end up at the in-laws on Xmas day and it's the little things. Like nobody really watching TV before dinner, instead everyone milling around doing stuff. And friends coming over for a drink (which we never really did), with everyone sitting there chatting. Then after dinner there's another lull, no TV, just people milling around. Though the board games still come out at 11pm, except it doesn't last till 4am and nobody gets very drunk. It's not a bad thing, just different.
Then a child comes along and screws it all up again. The person who's driving home can't drink. You constantly have something to do - sitting on the couch watching telly with a drink? Forget it, there's a nappy to be changed and child to be fed, and a constant watchful eye to be kept. Staying up till 4am playing board games and getting drunk? Ha!
The little one is 3 this year now, so I'm looking forward to being able to chill a bit more - she can play happily away with her toys while I watch some crap on TV. Though I'll still be at the in-laws, so I can't properly chill.
This is probably one of the last years we'll go to either parents' house and probably opt to stay at home next year instead. Which will be nice, but all different once again. Then we can make our own traditions that future Christmases won't be the same without
With you on this, except we've agreed that until our kids are out of the santa stage we are not leaving the house on christmas day, so no inlaws traditions to deal with, just ours.
At my home christmas day always ended with a card game, that always ended in an argument but you wouldn't be without it!0 -
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razorblunt wrote: »Living in Edinburgh now, these lights are incredible, it makes coming to the office in the dark and leaving in the dark easier.
OMG - How did I forget about the Christmas lights in the Dome? You might have to beat your way in there with a stick but it's a Christmas highlight. I took the fiance for his first time last year. 0 -
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Doctor Who Christmas special.
We have started having a Martini on Christmas Eve while wrapping and assembling the Santy hauls. It gets us good and happy-tipsy without the hangover at 6am when the kids come barrelling in.
Board games on the 27th with all the pals who are back in town.0 -
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