18-12-2017 16:22 - edited 18-12-2017 16:23
18-12-2017 16:22 - edited 18-12-2017 16:23
Hi everyone! I hope you had a nice weekend.
It is day 5 of our 12 days of Christmas celebration!
As we mentioned earlier, one random lucky participant in each of these 12 topics will receive a £15 Amazon voucher. We'll announce the winners in the Christmas Day topic so you have lots of time to take part in each of the topics until then!
Today's question is below, and you can find yesterday's one here if you haven't taken part yet.
Looking forward to your replies!
------------
Do you always catch the Queens speech? Or have that special Christmas jumper that has to be worn on Christmas day? What is your favourite Christmas tradition?
on 18-12-2017 17:48
18-12-2017 18:15 - edited 18-12-2017 18:17
18-12-2017 18:15 - edited 18-12-2017 18:17
@jonsie wrote:
Interesting @Marjo because I spent one Christmas with my son and his girlfriend's family in a little village that was once part of olé East Germany. The tradition there was to open Christmas presents on Christmas Eve which was very alien to me and that was preceded by everyone in the village attending the small church. The service was quite long and it was freezing as there was no heating.
Christmas Day consisted of a massive family meal in the morning with no traditional turkey and then the rest of the day was spent relaxing. Nothing was open and no beer allowed. God that was a long afternoon spent touring the village. It was honestly a total of 9 homes, a church, a shop and a large village green which the houses and church sorrounded.
In the evening everyone in the village gathered at the house at various times and played games with unwanted and useless gifts as prizes.
I remember it well. It was my first Christmas alone and my son bought me airtickets to his home in Berlin to make sure I wasn't on my own. So both my best Christmas gifts involved my youngest son.
I do remember also being in a church during Christmas time as a child @jonsie. I was in the children's church choir and remember my teeth clattering while singing. Also I've never had Christmas turkey. It was always ham. Once the ham was so big that it didn't fit into the oven so my dad had to saw it in half. We always made lots of dishes and shared with friends of the family.
@clivityuk chocolate or plain calendars? Or something more exotic like something I saw advertised earlier, a coffee advent calendar with different types of ground coffee varieties for each day...?
18-12-2017 18:23 - edited 18-12-2017 18:35
18-12-2017 18:23 - edited 18-12-2017 18:35
@Marjo chocolate...the ones with little doors that give you a treat each day. Remember those and Xmas crackers from my childhood here before sadly moving to the US as a child.
But am now back where I belong, 40 years later
And I now need to go pick up an advent calendar hehehe they really were a cool memory tho
on 18-12-2017 18:44
on 18-12-2017 20:35
Putting up the Christmas tree ...
From when a kid, my mum would go into the top cupboard to get the Christmas decorations ... & ... dad sorted out the multi-coloured lights
When I was married, I trimmed up the tree
& then later ... with my son Alex trimming the tree up ...
Lovely Christmas memories
on 18-12-2017 21:28
on 18-12-2017 21:28
on 19-12-2017 00:11
on 19-12-2017 00:11
When my parents and in-laws were alive I used to have to drive 10 miles and 18 miles respectively to pick them up around lunchtime whilst my wife tried to set out the table whilst cooking the spuds carrots peas and the awful smelly sprouts all the time watching the boys kill each other. Around 10pm I got to do it all again so no alcohol for me with Christmas Dinner.
All so worth it. I would give up my life to do it again one last time to have them all including my wife. I'd even eat the dreaded sprouts.....
on 19-12-2017 10:23
on 19-12-2017 10:23
For my family it's a collective nap after lunch them back to eating for the rest of the evening
→ COVID-19 support - Help and support from O2 during the lockdown
→ Access for You: Registration - Find out how to register for our Access for You service.
→ Just joined the community or thinking of registering? Check out this handy starter guide!
→ Have a query about your account? login to My O2 for help
If you'd like to take part, why not register?
19-12-2017 14:22 - edited 19-12-2017 14:35
19-12-2017 14:22 - edited 19-12-2017 14:35
I thought everybody's favourite tradition would be opening their prezzies
That and the tons and tons of lovely food
Whats quickly becoming a tradition with us is the trip to the pub on xmas eve afternoon for a few hours
on 19-12-2017 15:23
on 19-12-2017 15:23
@welshsteve76 All about the food for me!
→ COVID-19 support - Help and support from O2 during the lockdown
→ Access for You: Registration - Find out how to register for our Access for You service.
→ Just joined the community or thinking of registering? Check out this handy starter guide!
→ Have a query about your account? login to My O2 for help
If you'd like to take part, why not register?
User | Count |
---|---|
3 | |
2 | |
2 | |
1 | |
1 |