[Pyramid*]

I'm not remotely religious so I'm afraid much of Christmas does come down to the commercial side of it all for me. It's now snowing here and I'm starting to get the festive spirit in me !

I've been buying bits n bobs for a few months, bought a load of Christmas bags, and spent the last wee while, mooching through all the pressies I've bought: deciding who should get what, and putting into gift bags.

Now I've got that sorted out, I'm can individually wrap all the goodies inside the individual bags.......

Now...that's what I love about Christmas. I love having spent time thinking about who would like what, then seeing all the pressies starting to pile up - and wishing it was time to hand out the gifts.

That's the bit I really enjoy most, as well as when the time comes: getting all the niceties of twinkling lights, garlands etc all put up.

Have already got a really nice tree for the work and plan on going in one Sunday on the QT with all the pressies for my staff, get the tree up, place the pressies underneath.......as a total surprise for them coming in - they've been told they can't put the tree up until the traditional 12 days before, but that's to allow me to do the surprise!.

I love it!

So...what do you love about Christmas and why!

[Marc]

Family, Food, Alcohol, Games, Cold Weather

[Malza]

Cold weather and christmas markets

[Kerry]

The main day (early start, daughters face, dinner, wine, TV and snoozing). Outside that the lights twinkling at night on the tree, good atmospheres, snow (when it does) and going out for walks and seeing everyones houses lit up

[Stacey.]

Presents The christmas snacks aswell.. like the only things you have at christmas time.

Don't really care about seeing family and things, I could live without them.

[Vicky.]

Family and the chance to eat and drink twice as much as usual

[Kerry]

I actually hate the family stuff. It's so hypocritical. If you care about people you should see them all year round no matter what

[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by ~Kerry~

I actually hate the family stuff. It's so hypocritical. If you care about people you should see them all year round no matter what

I do, I just rarely see them all together...like all aunties and cousins and stuff

[Lee.]

I love my kids excitement re Santa, the nights out, social gatherings with friends and xmas nibbles and mulled wine, sitting at night with all the lights out except the xmas tree, wrapping pressies on xmas eve with my OH and a glass of baileys and xmas music on, xmas dinner with my family and my sisters boxing day gathering with the whole family... I don't know how my sis does it to be honest. She's cooking a sit down meal for 19 people this boxing day

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

Originally Posted by Stacey.x

Don't really care about seeing family and things, I could live without them.

[Jords]

The decorations and good spirits of it. Bit of bubbly and nibbles, cold weather and Christmassy films.

[Lee.]

Originally Posted by simonsays

Oh welcome back Pete

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

it is weird when you get family around your house at christmas that you dont even know :/

last year some bitch hugged me and i was like bitch dont touch me who are you and it was my uncles wife :/

i had seen her before just not for years since i was like 5 or something coz they moved to portugal

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

Originally Posted by happyland

Oh welcome back Pete

[Kerry]

Oh a silly one but buying the Xmas TV guide It's not Xmas until the TV mags out

[Princess]

The atmosphere,all the decorations and eating all the food. People wishing you a Merry Christmas,buying presents for people,spending time with people I love. Heat Christmas special,The Late Late Toy Show,Christmas movies. Loads,I love Christmas.

[Jordan.]

The build up, the presents and the food.

[keithafc]

The build up is amazing, the christmas music when going into shops, the presents but by FAR the best is getting up early and putting on the christmas turkey and making a brilliant meal for the family.

We don't get visits by uncles, grandas etc. Just the family.

[Shasown]

Nothing

[Shaun]

- the decorations. My mum and I go waaay overboard and basically turn our living room into Santa's Grotto.
- presents. let's be honest.
- the christmas dinner...OMG and leftover turkey sandwiches best. thing. ever. I say this about a lot of things, but seriously, pickled onions, cranberry sauce + cold turkey = the next 3/4 days being fantastic.
- how everyone comes back from Uni/whatever. Mass meetups to watch movies, have a drink, etc.
- only time of the year my mum will buy booze.
- log/coal fires <3
- lots of movies on television.
- family socialisation that I really don't do for the other 364 days per year.
- advent calendars <3

[KG.]

Alcohol, family, food, friends.

Pretty much what makes up anything else that's good.

[InOne]

Originally Posted by Shasown

Nothing

This

[GypsyGoth]

The cold
Decorating the tree with my mom
Xmas dinner
Family
TV shows

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by Shasown

Nothing

Originally Posted by InOne

This

I love being able to say, "Bah Hambug" !!!

Flopping out on the sofa after Xmas dinner, watching the rubbish on telly and dozing off, s'great!

Like Shaun, I also like all the left over food, turkey sandwiches with a roasting hot cuppa - hard to beat. And as others have said, the actual build up, Christmas songs everywhere.

Plus, pig in blankets someow seem to taste different, taste better, at this time of year.

Sigh...... I just love it.

[Lee.]

Originally Posted by Shasown

Nothing

Scrooge!!

Where the hell have you been?? You've been reported as AWOL!