What r u doing on Christmas Day?
G&T (in Australia) 19 Dec 2000 at 22:22 GMT

Just thought I'd ask out of international, queeny curiosity. Both the Curate's parents and mine are
coming, plus his (dyke) aunt, and various other waifs and strays to a total of twelve people.
Mostly clergy - the poor sods have four to six services to take in a twenty-four hour period. On
the menu is a cold spread of ham, turkey, various salads, preceded by hot nibbles (Thai fishcakes,
Italian grilled vegetables, etc) and followed by a fruit course of melon balls and my mother
out-of-law's Christmas pudding. Then we roll downstairs for the Vicar's Christmas dinner at 4 in
the afternoon. The meteorologists are holding off on the weather predictions which probably mean
it's going to be over 30 degrees again.

Re: What r u doing on Christmas Day?
h™ (in the United Kingdom) 19 Dec 2000 at 22:34 GMT

looking for the red shoes?
Whatever; no idea what I'm doing xmas day (or even week) yet.
Planning totally non - existent!

Re: What r u doing on Christmas Day?
adl (in Canada) 19 Dec 2000 at 23:43 GMT

Sadly, I shall have to suffer through several hours with my idiot brother-in-law and my sister. The
man has cancer and simply refuses to die! I am getting pissed off waiting. He's been dying for
years. Because of his presence I'm not laying on anything nice and hiding the good booze - I do not
want to make this a habit! So Christmas Day will be a test of civility. The idiot, my sister,
mother and aunt. We'll sit around looking at each other praying for phone calls from other members
of the family to break up the boredom of me looking at my watch wondering how long before I can
take them home. Grrrrrr!!!!

Re: What r u doing on Christmas Day?
Suiii (in the United Kingdom) 20 Dec 2000 at 01:12 GMT

Delightful!

I will be recovering from severe alcohol poisoning, as per usual. Although I am technically banned
from drinking, by Herr Doktor, Christmas doesn't count, and on Chrimbly Eve myself and my lovely
best mate will drink until we're blind!! Roaring good fun!

Re: What r u doing on Christmas Day?
chinewrde (in the United Kingdom) 20 Dec 2000 at 09:21 GMT

6am-ish, wake up, neck a dozen neurofen, open presents, have a large hair of the dog. arse about for
a couple of hours trying to help.

10-ish, drinks and nibbles party with friends, family and neighbours, get very drunk and be rude to
someone.

2-ish, lie down.

5-ish get up, sit down and have dinner for about 3 hours.

spent rest of evening round someone's house getting more pissed )

excellent

Re: What r u doing on Christmas Day?
Ged (in the United Kingdom) 20 Dec 2000 at 10:09 GMT

Go to gran's house with parents (or meet them there)

7-9 get up watch rubbish on TV or find something to read.

9-10, breakfast. Full english with lots of toast.

10-1030, wash up and rest

1030-1130, unwrap pressies from parents and gran and vice versa.

12 all decamp to aunt and uncles'

1230-1430, chat, drink, laugh, drink, drink drink etc whilst women cook.

1500, sit down for meal. Traditional turkey dinner, roast potatoes, parsnips, carrots, sprouts and
other 'green' things which i don't eat, brandy butter and other things like that. Eat more turkey.
Xmas pudding etc.

1630 stop eating. Retire to drawing room to snooze infront of roaring log fire.

1800 (or whenever enough people are awake), start opening rest of pressies. Drink more. Eat nuts and
assorted snack foods.

1900ish sleep or use presents, depending on what you've got.

2000 smoked salmon, cooked ham, fresh hot bread. Drink more

2100 wobble back to main room and watch rubbish on TV or sleep. Most sleep

2200 think about leaving

2300 Organise people enough to leave

2400 Sleep / pass out.

Ready for boxing day....

Re: What r u doing on Christmas Day?
Lees (in the United Kingdom) 20 Dec 2000 at 11:27 GMT

Hopefully havin a nice happy gay Christmas wiv my lovely friends in Brighton, hopefully not spending
it lamenting my singledom!

Re: What r u doing on Christmas Day?
MalB (in the United Kingdom) 20 Dec 2000 at 11:31 GMT

Home with folks, no smoking, almost no booze, way too much food, crap telly.

I must get my life better organised.

Re: What r u doing on Christmas Day?
paul m (in the United Kingdom) 20 Dec 2000 at 12:20 GMT

All hans round my mums, at about 11, for drinks, snaks and presents.....

1-2 round the pub!!

3 to till whenever round my brothers for a very long lunch!! last year we left the table at about
9!!! after drinking dry a small vinyard!!!

Merry Christmas to one and all

Paul
xxxx

Re: What r u doing on Christmas Day?
M. (in the United Kingdom) 20 Dec 2000 at 14:14 GMT

Don't even want to think about it. I loath Christmas !!

Re: What r u doing on Christmas Day?
Max™ (in the United Kingdom) 20 Dec 2000 at 18:20 GMT

Unlimited Pina Coladas on the Equator!

Re: What r u doing on Christmas Day?
h™ (in the United Kingdom) 20 Dec 2000 at 18:39 GMT

*green*

As the socialising's xmas eve and Boxing Day, probably playing with my laptop!

Re: What r u doing on Christmas Day?
Simon B (in the United Kingdom) 20 Dec 2000 at 19:01 GMT

Wake up, have a drink, open pressies, have a drink, watch a bit of TV, have a drink, have lunch,
have a drink, sit down, have a drink, play inane and stupid games, have a drink, watch more TV,
have a drink go to bed. Repeat until January 3rd.

Re: What r u doing on Christmas Day?
adl (in Canada) 20 Dec 2000 at 19:05 GMT

You get that many pressies?

Re: What r u doing on Christmas Day?
BitterAndy 20 Dec 2000 at 19:13 GMT

Sitting around with family, desperately wishing I was going clubbing with mates.

Re: What r u doing on Christmas Day?
Bee™ (in the United Kingdom) 24 Dec 2000 at 17:28 GMT

Going up to Cambridge to see my grandparents leaving the rest of the family to their debauchery and
taking my grandfather out from the home for lunch.