I adore the festive season and love that we have so many wonderful family traditions in place such as the annual parent trip to Nottingham to soak up the festive feeling in the city and for hubs to secure himself with his fudge.
We also love our Christmas Eve box that Cecil our Elf on the Shelf brings for our family with PJ’s chocolates and festive DVD’s for us to watch as a family.
For Christmas day itself over the recent years we have had our parents visit in the morning and then as a family we have been heading off with our kids to Christmas lunch out at a restaurant followed by fat pants and family time watching films, playing with toys and even getting in a nap.
However this year our traditions are being slightly challenged since we only have Joshua at home this year and I will be 32-33 weeks pregnant we have abandoned the norm and are heading to my in laws for lunch and my lovely Mother in Law is going to be doing the cooking and I my hubs has assured me that I can rest over Christmas time so its all change really.
The last time things went against tradition for us was when we moved in 4 days before Christmas 6 years ago and it would be fair to say with a whole house to unpack and no carpet in the living room it was an *cough cough* interesting Christmas …
So this Christmas we are staying as close to tradition as physically possible, however life does have a tendency to get in the way … so unless it baby related for us I guess the folks at HomeServe have the rest covered for when life throws you a curve ball this festive season.
Fingers crossed that your Christmas goes to plan and is as pain free as possible … and don’t forget a sprout can be for Christmas and not for life .. phew!
Disclaimer: This is a collaborative post.
When things go belly up at Christmas, it always seems so much worse doesn’t it? We’re not having a traditional Christmas this year – it’s going to be weird!
oh wow .. exciting though to have a change! .. whatever you do enjoy lovely x
Wishing you a relaxed and joyeux christmas. Hope you get to rest plenty and get waited upon.
Hope you have a fabulous christmas – all our appliances have gone wrong in the last month so hoping thats the end of it now
Hopefully everyone will have a straight forward Christmas with nothing untoward happening, but it is good knowing you can make sure your covered should the worst happen.
Sounds like a great Christmas very similar to ours. Hope you have a great day
For the first time in 18 of home ownership I am cooking Christmas dinner in my own house. I almost feel like an adult!
I hope you have an amazing Christmas – we always have a very chilled out day and I’ve never cooked a Christmas Dinner yet as someone else has always done it. Let’s hope that continues!
I think that we have to just accept that Christmas can be anything and that if things change we cope with it. I am happy that we will be spending it with family and that is all that matters
Sometimes having a change is good. As it is just the two of us this year, it is something new as we have never done it before.
Meaning to say congratulations for a while now 🙂 Hope you all have a really lovely Christmas x
I’m very glad to be having a nice, quiet, uncomplicated Christmas at home this year.
Hope you’re getting lots of rest and relaxation lovely xxx
I hope your Christmas went well- with no extra surprises! Next year will be different again! Kaz x