how do you deal with christmas,

[Alfred]

With Christmas getting pretty close, and many of us have different ideas regarding the big day it self,  not that long ago my family and i went to the church on Christmas eve, for the Christmas mass,.


do you buy presents, or arrange for a Christmas dinner in a very nice restaurant instead, or do you have Christmas day as  just an ordinary day and plan for some thing nicer after Christmas , some people i know prefer to have a holiday instead  as they can afford it, although its not for everyone , other spend their time with their families,  or friends,


Q; so what are ideas for spending your Christmas, and will you share your thoughts with us,
     my family and i spend Christmas on our own ,

[zoony]

I'll also be on my own Alfred but that's normal for me nowadays. Let those who enjoy it do so with gusto but I don't like people calling me a grouch for not sharing their view.

[firenze]

Zooney you are not a grouch...I find as time passes I don't like the false Christmas jolly either.  It had its place with children present tho' the goggle eyes of years gone by are replaced by something else.  I Like the Carols special on t.v.but mostly because it invokes memories. 

[Traveller]

Now that the children have grown and flown, Christmas is a fairly low key affair.  As atheists, we don't attach any religious significance to 25th Dec., but celebrate the festive period starting with the Winter Solstice. 

We usually have a walk on the beach on Xmas day - give us an appetite for dinner.                                                                                                                 

[Scrumpy]

We love it.. We have many gatherings.. Age doesn’t come into it where I am concerned.. I will always love it.. It’s a magical time..


Each to their own I guess.

[Raven]

 

[GrannyMac]

We're going to our son's, if weather permits. They have lots of room and it's lovely to spend the day with our grandchildren. On Boxing day we'll all get out for a walk with their pup.

[brian54]

We have a doggy walk if we can after everybody has had their presents and then to a restaurant. Both grandparents pay the bill and then to my daughter's houses for a play with our dogs and my granddaughters play with their presents.
We do have a toast to absent friends.

[little bob]

Just the two of us this year for the first time -kids grown up now and live too far away--maybe have a get to-gether over the new year--I may ask Zoony yet

[Diasi]

Christmas is the 7th of January for the Russian Orthodox church.

[zoony]

Schastlivogo Rozhdestva..

[StephenM123]

We have a doggy walk if we can after everybody has had their presents and then to a restaurant. Both grandparents pay the bill and then to my daughter's houses for a play with our dogs and my granddaughters play with their presents.
We do have a toast to absent friends.

If you pass a poor beggar on your Christmas walk will you be charitable rather than tell them to join a pension scheme? And will you be kind to cats?

[Michael Rolls]

I'm dreading it - it will be the first Christmas without Veronica. Her sister is kindly going to stay with me for a few days; in a way I wish she wasn't, then again I'm glad she is.
Last year Veronica was very ill at Christmas and went to a nursing home - and then to hospital - on Boxing Day. She never came back, so Christmas is not something I want to celebrate, especially when I think of how much we enjoyed earlier years.
Mike

[sparky]

Michael, my wife died over the Christmas break 9 years ago, so Christmas is not a good time for us, I am always so glad when Christmas is over and forgotten,

[Diasi]

Schastlivogo Rozhdestva..

My wife says "Спасибо".

Michael, my wife died over the Christmas break 9 years ago, so Christmas is not a good time for us, I am always so glad when Christmas is over and forgotten,

Christmas wasn't good for me for many years due to personal circumstances earlier if my life, but it's ok now, although the memories never go away.