DAY 1
Win a Bobble & Pip Rocking Horse from Little Bird Told Me
Bobble is a huggable rocking horse who carries his separate little friend Pip, wherever he goes! This gorgeous rocking horse is suitable for babies aged 9 months+ and is available for £85 from Little Bird Told Me. It would make a perfect first Christmas present!
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Nothing exciting just as relaxed as poss
We are going to my parents house to spend christmas day with the whole family.
Spending it with the kids at home
Relaxing at home with hubby and my children.
Hope to have a relaxing time .x
It’s going to be a bit hectic as my mum is moving next week so we’ll probably still be helping her unpack! My husband has managed to get the day off though (he’s a care worker) so hopefully we’ll be following our usual traditions of Stockings before breakfast, main presents before lunch and then getting frustrated opening packaging for the kids!
a big xmas dinner with the family and then with any luck i can slip into my new xmas pjs and slippers and have a relaxing evening 🙂
Get woke up early, watch as the kids get very excited opening their presents then make the dinner and get stuffed eating it all! Then play a few games and watch the Christmas TV whilst the kids play with their pressies.
Quiet chillout day with my OH and son x
spending time with loved ones
Work
I spend Christmas with my kids and parents!
Were spending it at the in laws, lots of good food and fun. This Christmas feels more like my sons 1st Christmas as last yr he was a meer 4 months old and slept through most of it. This year he’s up on his feet so god help the tree lol.
christmas dinner at mum in laws 😀
We are moving next week so looking forward to our first Christmas in our new home just me, other half and the kids, so excited x
We;re off to Butlins Minehead to the Christmas Fantasy. Kids love it and this year there is an outdoor ice rink!
We don’t celebrate it.
A quiet Christmas this year. I missed it completely last year due to flu so we’re not making plans – just in case.
Spending lots of time with family eating yummy food & playing fun games 🙂
spending lots of family time together
Our plans are kind of on hold as we have a baby due who may or may not arrive around Xmas!
We’re spending Christmas Day with my inlaws and Boxing Day with my family. Not the way around I would have chosen, but that’s the way the mince pie crumbles!
spending it with wider family home from overseas
Open Presents , Then To Parents House With Gifts open More Presents , Xmas Dinner With Just Me , My Children & Partner .. Xmas Night Spent with Family & Friends and opening secret Santa Gifts …
Fun with my son
We will be spending Christmas day with our friends, not quite sure who is cooking yet,still working on that one!! 😉
eat drink and be merry
to relax and enjoy the time off work with the kids
Lots of family time at home x
Going to my mums and spending it with all the babies in our family- we have 4 under 3s now so in guessing it will be hectic!
nice family meal then watching christmas films
Having all the family over
We are having Xmas at home, plenty of relations visiting
Relaxing at home with a lovely christmas lunch
Seeing the in-laws christmas day after the kids opening all their pressies
will be likely down at my Dads or sisters in Essex
quiet day with family
staying at home with family
Lots of fun things – we are doing elf on the shelf and we have plans to go to the pantomime and lots of Christmas parties!
Spending lots of family time together, love it! X
Seeing as both me and hubby are actually off this year, I’m doing dinner and my parents and nan are coming. 🙂
just chilling at home this year
Spending time with the family
Going to my mams for Xmas. She’s cooking for whole family
We are planning on spending a nice family day just me my wife and kids, looking forward to the dinner. Then in the evening its round to my inlaws for a few drinks and games.
Just a family Christmas – but doing elf on the shelf this year, so Advent is looking brilliant… 😀
No plans set as yet
Away for Christmas in a lovely hotel in Norfolk.
A family get together
I am putting decorations up, Christmas shopping then closer to Christmas I am going to midnight mass and taking my son for the first time. Opening our presents after Santa has been then seeing my Godfather as he only gets chance to visit once a year on Christmas day and we all look forward to Christmas day because of it.
Very family orientated. Xmas day alone at our house :D. Then visits to and from relatives.
My family are coming down from scotland to spend time with their grand children. Looking forward to having the whole family together
Got to family coming to us this year
At home with the kids! X
And that has to be the sweetest rocking horse I have ever seen!
LOTS of family gathering!
Family time
time with the family xx
spending lots of time with my family 🙂
I plan to spend the day at home with my girls, playing with there toys
Xmas dinner at my mums this year which will be nice x
we’re going to my parents for dinner
I’m very much looking forward to decorating the tree and doing all the cooking. It will be just the four of us, very noisy and jolly
Me and my children always spend the day in our pyjamas and this year we all have matching onesies..
We open our presents in the morning, then settled down to play for a few hours , have our tea about 1pm and then the afternoon we all snuggle down and watch a film together.
Family altogether for christmas dinner, carols , and grandchildrens little christmas panto
A quiet Christmas with winter walks.
As my otherhalf is on leave from 20th until he starts his new job in new year we will be spending lots of time together as a family and maybe visit a national trust place or two xx
Looking after the younger and older members of the family and giving them a festive day to remember
Just take it as it goes
just chillin with the family
Food, fun and festive happiness
staying at my parents x
Family Christmas day with Ma and Pa coming too 🙂
Quiet day with my mum and a couple of my brothers
Spending Christmas at home with my lovely family.
Getting all the family together and eating ’til it hurts! 😉
Just close family together
I am hosting this year, should be good
A quiet one hopefully!
All the family coming to us for Xmas lunch. Very excited! X
I’m happy for time off work! xx
stay at home family christmas
time of uni to spend some family time together. with lots of the usual traditions
time of uni to relax & spend some family time together. with lots of the usual traditions
its our first family christmas in our new home. exciting!!!
Spending it with my husband and our daughter for her first Christmas.
Going round to my in laws house & having a lovely lazy day – it will be my 10 month old daughter’s 1st Christmas so she’s bound to be spoilt rotten!
We are planning to go to my parent’s house for the day.
We will be spending time with all the family
Spending it with the family
This year is the first year I’ll be able to spend with just my husband and children. I am hoping it will be calm and chilled out.
12 for lunch so guess most of the day spen twashing up
spending time with family
My mum and dad and my grandad will join us for Christmas Dinner, we live with my mother-in-law and our three children so it’ll be a nice big table of goodies!
Enjoying a nice Christmas dinner with my family – then hitting the sales on Boxing day!
spending a day at home with my 2 fave boys
i spend the day relaxing with my kids as much as i can through out all the madness lol
Off to my parents with the kids a 3 hour drive, but worth it 🙂
We’ll be going to my parents, no cooking for me, yipee!
spending lots of time with the family 🙂
My grandparents are coming to ours this xmas 🙂
A very quiet one, just me, my husband and the kids 🙂
Will go to Mum’s to spend time with family etc.
Get up early to watch my daughters open their presents,then round to mum and dad’s for dinner and after a short break off to the in-laws for tea. That leaves the night for me and hubby to sit and relax.
It will be special for us as it will be our baby Grandson’s 1st Christmas
our plans are a little up in the air as our little boy is due on 16th Dec. If he goes over we could well be spending it in the hospital! x
LOTS OF FOOD, PRESENTS, FAMILY & FOOD!
Spending it at home
Food, drink and snoozing!!
Having a nice rest just me , my hubby and the kids
Lots of visits lined up from family and friends
with family from Ireland
Spending time with the family and going for some nice walks together
inviting family for Christmas dinner so we can stay at home all-day with the kids so they can play with there new toys
Christmas Day with immediate family, then Xmas II with extended family!!
Christmas at home with my boys and then going to see the grandparents in the afternoon 🙂
My mum and little brother are coming to spend xmas day and boxing day with me for the 1st time, I am so excited to have a real family xmas together!
Lots of family time & parties! We have one little granddaughter having her very first birthday a few days before Christmas, and her big sister having her 5th birthday a few days after Christmas! Let the celebrations begin! Expensive time of year, but so worth it! The loves of our lives. <3 <3
Going to parents for dinner and relax there 🙂
A relaxing Christmas at home with my boys, fiancee, mum, dad and brother x
home with the family hopefully
lots of xmas films 😀
Just a small family Christmas
Going to my parents with all the family together 🙂
Big family Christmas at my parents’ house – very traditional.
Hiding under the duvet until it’s all over – don’t think I’ll get to do it though!
Spending time with the family and enjoying my nieces first xmas
As little as possible. That will be my Christmas treat.
Spending some time with the family.
Spending it at my mums 🙂 nothing like a big family xmas!
Having the whole family round…four generations together!
A nice famly time with good fun and good food xxxx
Just making the most of family time! Enjoying good food and even better company
family time visiting my parents boxing day and my grandchildren will be there too
spending time with family and friends
Large family get together for us
A lovely day with my Husband, son and my mum eating lots, playing lots of board games and having lots of fun xx
A large family get together and my turn this year; there’ll be 7 of us and 2 children. I’m really looking forward to it and spending time with all my loved ones.
Just the two of us, hubby and I. Really looking forward to it 🙂
The usual, Christmas Eve dinner at home with my husband and sons, then to the inlaws for Christmas day, my own parents live abroad unfortunately.
Were having all the family round and I’m cooking dinner 🙂
I have a 1 year old and a 2 year old so it’s gonna be a magical packed day 🙂
watch tv at home!
Big family Christmas
Just have a relaxing day with my husband and my daughters first christmas!
Early morning time is present opening time for me, hubby and our son then cooking dinner for the family 🙂 A nice relaxed, fun-filled family day 🙂
We plan to book a Hotel for a few days of family fun and relaxation xx
family christmas at home :)lots of fun with the kids xx
big family gathering, lots of laughter and mess
To enjoy time with family, children and friends
Starting new traditions as it’s my LG’s first xmas 🙂
Getting up really early for the kids to open their presents before going visiting family and (hopefully) getting back before tea-time so the kids have some time on the evening with their presents.
going to spend the day with Family. :0
hi i have my son my pregnant daughter and her partner coming for christmas 🙂
Most of my family is coming to dinner on Christmas Day so I’ll be doing a lot of cooking!
We are going to my mums like we always do and will be with my siblings and nieces too.
Relaxing at home
Im going to be spending this christmas at my parents. it will be our last christmas as just a couple, as baby is due in Feb and next year i cant wait to have my own family christmas in my house
Watching christmas movies with the family x
As Im currently pregnant we are taking us and the kids up to my Mums for Christmas day so I can put my feet up 🙂
At home with my little family in the morning, Then off to the In-laws for lunch, Got my Mum this year to stay as it’s her first Christmas without my Dad so will be sad for all of us, but we are gonna make it as special as possible and have as much fun as possile
Just to have a relaxing family time.
A quiet and relaxed family day with lots of game playing and very little telly.
To have a fun filled day with the family, opening prezzies, eating, drinking and being merry.
A quiet family xmas with my parents this year
Just going to sit around being as lazy as we can 🙂
Spending the day with all my family – eating, drinking and helping the kids play with their presents
Chilled out day at home with kids, my parents and aunt and uncle. Lots of food, goodies and good old board games!
Staying at home
Quiet Christmas Day then a rowdy Boxing Day with family.
Cooking dinner for my parents and spending time with my boys.
Been invited to my parents so with 4 children in tow it will be lovely to spend it all together
Family Fun 🙂 spending time together getting fat/fatter 😛 x
with my partner n our dogs
Spend all day of Christmas day with my lovely kids and rattling wife then spoernd the night at my in laws
My grandmonster will be coming to stay and wreck my house. ( I do love them really)
Having dinner round my dads with my hubby and kids, first time in years as my dad is usually away for Christmas.
We are going to Edinburgh to stay with family
Nice family christmas good food and fun
Christmas lunch at our house with my parents and then tea at mother in laws.
Spending quality time with my 2 fav men – Hubby & little boy
christmas at home with family for first time in 7 years my niece would get the rocking horse if i was lucky enough to win xx
The family are coming together for merryment and fun and lots of present giving
Big family get together and playing board games and going for a Boxing Day walk
Family christmas, just me and the kids
Christmas lunch out with hubby and the kids
Lots of magic and fun with my kiddies and family, love this time of years and the look of utter surprise and excitement on their little faces 🙂
family home celebrations
Just a lovely day with my family x
This is the first Christmas with my son,
Last year I was the pregnant one,
We plan to have lots of fun,
And I’ll come out weighing a ton
x
No family here this year, so just me hubby and daughters x
spending the day with my partner’s family
Spending Christmas Day and Boxing Day with my sister in law, and then my daughter and her fiance will be joining us on Boxing Day too. Then a big New Year’s party at my house
We are spending the day at home, then in the evening going round to my sisters house 🙂
All the family are coming to our house for dinner
meal out with my new husband and the inlaws
Unfortunately i am going to be working for most of it, so i’ll make sure i make the most of the time i do get with my family
I’ve got the in-laws coming for dinner, roll on next year!
I am cooking dinner for the family plus my mum , step dad and my brother 🙂
all the family coming to our house
Just me and hubby, will have a quiet day ,until the grandchildren wake up in Canada!!! Then it could maybe get a bit wilder on Skype!!! I love it!
I have all the family coming to me including my 2 little grandsons can’t wait
starting lots of new traditions such as homemade gifts
My Mum is taking my family to Butlins for a treat this Christmas. Cooking dinner for 9 is going to be fun!
Waiting for boxing day so I can relax
round my mums and brothers for xmas lunch usually play video games chat and play board games and eat too much
My little girl is 17 months at christmas so should be an exciting and fun filled day spent with the family x
Lots of family cuddles and eating
Traditional Christmas fun with all the family, lots of food, games and panto!
family time
A nice day with my family watching films and eating chocolate x
Will enjoy having all the family at Christmas, including my grandaugther – who will be having her 1st Christmas
We’re planning a big family Christmas, will be my littlest boys 1st too so extra special 🙂
Family dinner with plenty of crackers, stuffing and large turkey 🙂
I’m spending Christmas with my in laws – wish me luck!!
sod all. i hate christmas….
We have it on boxing day because my dad works as a nurse x
This year is so exciting, we have the family over to ours for the first time ever now we have the room for them!
This Christmas we have activities planned for every day of Advent… then we are spending Christmas with my parents and New Year with my in-laws! So all in all we’re going to have a busy and family-filled Christmas – I can’t wait 🙂
Just staying home and chilling with the little ones as the big kids will be away
xmas eve my mums. xmas day cooking for 10 then boxing day entire family round mine for annual boxing day buffett!
Lots of fun with the family. My little boy really gets it this year so he will love every second.
A nice family Christmas at home with fiance, kids and mum 🙂
Watching my little boy open his pressies.
Family and nice food!
Spending lots of time with my family/extended family. It’s always a lot of fun 😀
family time
dinner with the family and lots of r+r
We spend the christmas period with all our family (including grandparents) at a house we rent out for 4 nights to fit everyone in! I love it and think being with my loved ones is the best part of christmas 🙂
Having a full family get together at my house on Christmas day, 4 generations all under one roof!
A family Christmas at the Jessup’s this year with extra guests!
Spending quality time with the family
I’m cooking the dinner, at 36 weeks pregnant it should be interesting to see if I get it right. Having 15 people over.
a quiet family christmas
Christmas dinner with my husband, children and twin sister. So a nice quiet one this year.
eating as much as possible
christmas morning and christmas dinner at my house and then visiting family in thr afternoon
It’s my daughters first Christmas so mainly spending time with her
Hosting Christmas for the first time!
Baby’s due Boxing day… So we’re planning a low key Christmas just my husband and I instead of the big family thing!
taking the children to my parents house and having a lovely day 🙂
I haven’t even got that far with planning yet! But have most presents sorted 🙂
we will be spending lots of time together as a family with lots of days out (weather permitting)
Family time at home 🙂
Going to my FIL’s for Christmas.
It”s a messy one for us with family all over the place. The days surrounding xmas will be very busy – but hopefully Christmas Day will be just Dex, Craig, Bump and I x
travelling back home to be with the whole family
Relax with the family 🙂
Sebbys first christmas
We are having a family get together with my immediate family. Christmas Day is usually chaotic but a lot of fun 🙂
Lots of time with my kids
Helping my sister
A fun filled day with the family!
Spending time Christmas with my mum,having a lovely relaxing couple of days 🙂
A nice and quite day and seeing the family on Boxing Day x
just spending quality family time with my husband and our 3 gorgeous boys:)) it is extra special this year as it is jacks first christmas xxx
we will be having a family dinner with all my children my grandchild and my daughters doggies so it will be rather hectic but great fun
Christmas lunch with the family, then a well deserved nap in the afternoon.
I’m planning a chilled, family only Christmas as I’m back to work from maternity leave in the New Year.
Got the in-laws coming over for lunch then we’re hosting a drinks thingy in the evening.
A lovely big family Christmas
will be enjoying christmas on our own and then off to see family on 27th
Going to Bognor with family
Family day at home 🙂
Getting up at the crack of dawn to open presents then off to my sisters for lunch
Hopefully going to my sons, he’ll be cooking, so I can help little one play with her new toys x
Spending it at my mums house with my little boy, my nan and my brother 🙂
a quiet one!
It’s my grandaughters first Christmas so it’s going to be a very special family day and then on Boxing Day off to my lovely in laws xx
Christmas at my parents house 🙂
A lovely Christmas day with my fiancé, son and daughter and my mam, then on Boxing day my sister, brother in law and their 5 kids (and one on the way!) will be coming to do Christmas all over again! x