Family at Christmas time
on 06-12-2019 09:44
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on 06-12-2019 09:44
My family of dad Roy, mum Olwen and sister Caroline in the family home in West Yorkshire ... lovely holiday at home this time of year ... dad was off work from Christmas Eve to 1 January as it would be then, so he relaxed enjoying his home, well we all did together ... dad loved Christmas = he watched us 3 open our presents on Christmas morning being happy seeing the joy on our faces ... only when all our presents had been opened would my dear dad open his = so we 3 were then happy to see the expression on dad's face.
Family means everything to me, always has ... Christmas time is so special ... we are a small family ... this time of year, when all the stressful stuff has been done, it becomes magical ... well, except the year when mum threw a wobbly and dad volunteered to cook the turkey dinner with help from his 2 daughters ... *Ahem* ... dad stuffed the turkey up the wrong end .
Being married, so then there were 2 of us ... then having my son Alex = so then there were 3 of us for a while ... then me and Alex (after divorce) ... now just me and my cat Marty .
Christmas time often means travelling to family as during my marriage we were regularly moving home around the country with my then husband's career of landscape architect / urban designer ... varying our time with parents and in-laws over Christmas time ... A special Christmas time was when my then husband was working abroad and we lived in the small village of Fleckney in Leicestershire = my mum and dad travelled to be with Alex and me, I loved providing them with hopefully a Happy Christmas ... An extra special Christmas time was when my son and me had our 1st Christmas together here in North Yorkshire.
This Christmas time I shall be with my cat Marty ... my daughter-in-law, a pharmacist, only has Christmas Day and Boxing Day off work ... maybe I shall be able to arrange to visit my son Alex in Leeds going by train.
What are some of your favourite family moments from Christmas time?
on 13-12-2019 21:00
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on 13-12-2019 21:17
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on 13-12-2019 21:17
@Anonymous wrote:
@jonsie wrote:It's already been a disaster for me.....
I'm saddened to hear this @jonsie
I shall be with my cat Marty
However, my son Alex rang me today whilst driving home from work - upshot is he is coming over with his wife Emma on 21 December for a festive lunch at Herriots, which is kind of my 2nd home.
I am really, really looking forward to having their company.
I havn't seen them in some time ... so ... it's a great thing
That's really good to know @Anonymous I hope you have a lovely time
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on 13-12-2019 22:49
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on 13-12-2019 22:49
Great news @Anonymous
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on 13-12-2019 22:55
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on 13-12-2019 22:55
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on 13-12-2019 23:02
Enjoy it have a great day.
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on 14-12-2019 11:08
Thank you all for your kind wishes @Cleoriff @jonsie @Mi-Amigo @TallTrees @Anonymous
I've got used to being on my own Christmas Day and Boxing Day ... it's not so bad ... many people worse off than me at this time of year
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on 14-12-2019 20:37
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on 14-12-2019 20:37
@Anonymous wrote:Thank you all for your kind wishes @Cleoriff @jonsie @Mi-Amigo @TallTrees @Anonymous
I've got used to being on my own Christmas Day and Boxing Day ... it's not so bad ... many people worse off than me at this time of year
Yes indeed. As much as I feel sorry for myself, at least I have a certain quality of life that many other people don't. It's the homeless, the patients in hospitals and the elderly with no family support that I feel more sorry for. We all have to count our blessings. This community provides people with support, friendship and camaraderie so that you are never really alone....
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on 15-12-2019 18:16
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on 15-12-2019 18:16
@jonsie wrote:
It's the homeless, the patients in hospitals and the elderly with no family support that I feel more sorry for. We all have to count our blessings. This community provides people with support, friendship and camaraderie so that you are never really alone....
What @jonsie said ^^^
Waiting to get into hospital, either for scheduled work or for emergency treatment, in the Uk sounds like an ordeal at the moment.
The Trust in charge of our local hospital accident and emergency dept has put out messages like this recently:
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on 15-12-2019 18:41
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on 15-12-2019 18:41
It's only last week that Bolton hospital was on an unprecedented black alert and issued the same notice.
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on 23-12-2019 14:44
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on 23-12-2019 14:44
I have lots of memories of Christmas, some good some bad.
My parents split when I was very young and one year I'd been staying with my father and grand parents and when I returned home a few days before christmas, we'd had a fire in the house and it had burned all our presents and the entire living room. We were a poor family but my family still managed to scrape together a nice christmas for us.
Steve