Christmas things you miss

[Dan Morinary]

The hope of some Christmas snow

I'm still looking in anticipation at the sledges gathering dust in the shed everytime I get my bike out. Might even let the kids have a go next time!

 

[Dan Morinary]

Mince pies!

I haven't been able to find anywhere local that flogs them, let alone heard of them!

That would improve my Christmas no end! Clever people those Germans.

 

[biggs682]

I'm still looking in anticipation at the sledges gathering dust in the shed everytime I get my bike out. Might even let the kids have a go next time!

last time we went sledging we used a wheelie bin lid

 

[Philh]

What I miss most at Christmas is Santa. He definitely existed when I was a kid

 

[Dan Morinary]

What I miss most at Christmas is Santa. He definitely existed when I was a kid

Still does in our house. Dreading when he doesn't.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Christmas Day at my old mum and dad's house.
My mum and dad
My Grandma and Grandad
Our 2 Corgis
The excitement of getting more toys(Action Man especially)
Home made egg flip
Homemade Christmas cake
Top Of The Pops, when you knew all the records of that year unlike now!

 

[welsh dragon]

I miss the excitement that I felt as a child at everything to with christmas, the tree, tinsel, lights, Santa claus, the food. The waking up at stupid o'clock and going downstairs to see all the presents under the tree.

 

[Markymark]

The fun I was having 2 hours ago before the inlaws arrived.

 

[ColinJ]

[Party pooper mode]
I miss my mum.

The last time I saw her was on Christmas day itself. I sat at her bedside from noon that Christmas Eve to noon on Christmas Day so my sister could spend Christmas morning with her kids.

A choir came round in the evening to sing Christmas carols to the frail old women in the ward. Nurses in Santa outfits gave out presents that they had bought with their own money. I was holding my mum's hand as a young nurse popped her head through the curtains and proferred a card and a gift. I looked towards her and said that it was sweet of her, but my mum was never going to wake up so they would just be wasted. She looked really upset, and I felt guilty for that.

It was all so terribly poignant. I had never been one for making a big thing about Christmas, but now I only have to hear a carol or see a Santa outfit and I am transported back to that Chistmas vigil.

I have spoken to my sisters today, and now I am sitting here quietly by myself.
[/Party pooper mode]

As you were ... tne night is yet young!

 

[Dan Morinary]

The fun I was having 2 hours ago before the inlaws arrived.

Just get the father in law hammered, keep your mother in law sober, get him to chat about ex girlfriends. Fun will start soon enough. Happy Christmas!

 

[Dan Morinary]

[Party pooper mode]
I miss my mum.

The last time I saw her was on Christmas day itself. I sat at her bedside from noon that Christmas Eve to noon on Christmas Day so my sister could spend Christmas morning with her kids.

A choir came round in the evening to sing Christmas carols to the frail old women in the ward. Nurses in Santa outfits gave out presents that they had bought with their own money. I was holding my mum's hand as a young nurse popped her head through the curtains and proferred a card and a gift. I looked towards her and said that it was sweet of her, but my mum was never going to wake up so they would just be wasted. She looked really upset, and I felt guilty for that.

It was all so terribly poignant. I had never been one for making a big thing about Christmas, but now I only have to hear a carol or see a Santa outfit and I am transported back to that Chistmas vigil.

I have spoken to my sisters today, and now I am sitting here quietly by myself.
[/Party pooper mode]

I've got three young kids that looked like they had done a kilo of coke before going to bed, they are so excited!
Now have time to raise a glass to people I miss and the memories they left. Not party pooping to remember loved ones.
Happy Christmas Sir! Cheers!

 

[Mo1959]

I'm like Colin. I miss my mum too. She always enjoyed Christmas but I've never really bothered with itsince I lost her. Afraid tomorrow is just another day for me with nothing planned. Will go over to my dads on Boxing Day and my brother and his wife and kids will be there.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Does anyone still put those crepe paper decorations up on the ceiling? I remember them being popular when we were kids.

 

[Mo1959]

Does anyone still put those crepe paper decorations up on the ceiling? I remember them being popular when we were kids.

Remember the ones that folded out and had bits of cardboard at either end? When you took them down again they were murder to fold back up. Lol

 

[Accy cyclist]

Remember the ones that folded out and had bits of cardboard at either end? When you took them down again they were murder to fold back up. Lol

But they lasted for years! Probably considered a fire hazard now.