Our First Family Christmas At Home

It was great, the whole day really centred around the girls opening their presents and making sure they had a fun day, my wife’s cooking was great and the whole day was stress free as we didn’t have to go or be anywhere but at home, the only thing was I had to take the tree down as I didn’t want to tell the girls off any more for pulling the decorations off.

My Only Christmas Eve Tradition

Well I finished work at lunch and now I am going down the pub for a few hours to play cards and see my friends and then I will come home and get all of the presents ready for the girls tomorrow which I am quite looking forward to.

The Santa Clause Connection

We went early because the big guy was in demand this time of year and I didn’t want to queue up for ages so there was a ride on the sleigh, lots of Christmassy lights and fake snow and then they met him and they were a little nervous but no crying, he said it was the 40th set of twins he had seen this year, everyone came away happy with a pic, a present and a baby xmas tree :)

And Relax

I have a glass of whiskey to hand, I feel chilled out, I am going to go to bed and have a restful sleep with no interruptions and I am going to wake up in the morning full of Christmas spirit ready to spend a day with my family with a cameo from Santa in the morning.

Santa Meet The Twins, Twins This Is Santa

I have a day off on Friday and we are taking the girls to see Santa and It will be the first time they have met in person (we have shown them the big guy on TV) so I am wondering, will they get on, will he freak them out so much that they will fear Christmas from that point on, we shall see.

This Morning

I was early this morning, the boss came in with gifts for us all , I got a small bottle of Jack Daniels which is ok I suppose but I knew he wouldn’t be taking us all out for dinner this Christmas.

Christmas Movies

It is tradition in our house to give ourselves a little push in the right direction to get us into the Christmas spirit so that means listening to the Christmas music (I like fairy tale of Yew York) and watch festive Hollywood movies, so far it has been home alone 1 & 2 (3 & 4 are rubbish but I will end up watching them anyway) and the Santa Clause 1 & 2 (3 to come), doesn’t that show just how non religious and commercial my life is (I like it that way).

The Day After The Night Before

Well the Christmas party went well, I behaved myself throughout the night and came home with no scars which was good but I had no sleep because the girls kept me and my wife up most of the night although I still ended up with the mother of all hangovers this morning.

First Contact

The Christmas Tree Is Up

Yes the tree is up and the task fell to me once again to untangle the Christmas lights although it wasn't to bad this year but this is the first year with a tree and a couple of inquisitive mobile toddlers (I will give it a day before it topples for the first time).

Christmas Wars

December the 1st and war has began to get all the Christmas presents in time but this year I’m all done already so I can sit back and watch normal, nice people get very angry that the toy they promised their little child is out of stock from every retail store and there is one left on eBay for twice what it costs in shops, he he he.