Christmas 2020
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We will go to my wife's cousins this year for lunch. Should be 40-odd people there, they have a pool and its usually hot, so that's the kids amd their cousins sorted. Food is divided out, this year I have the pork duties again, so will be a 5kg rolled loin with gravy and stuffing, no pressure!
Kids get heaps of presents, not so much for the adults which I'm totally fine with.
Morning before lunch is spent at home - our actual fucking home! - which will be awesome. Small presents for the kids, brekkie, a swim etc.
Cant fucken wait
Oh, and if anyone has any present ideas for a wife of > 15yrs, please shout!
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@voodoo said in Christmas 2020:
We will go to my wife's cousins this year for lunch. Should be 40-odd people there, they have a pool and its usually hot, so that's the kids amd their cousins sorted. Food is divided out, this year I have the pork duties again, so will be a 5kg rolled loin with gravy and stuffing, no pressure!
Kids get heaps of presents, not so much for the adults which I'm totally fine with.
Morning before lunch is spent at home - our actual fucking home! - which will be awesome. Small presents for the kids, brekkie, a swim etc.
Cant fucken wait
Oh, and if anyone has any present ideas for a wife of > 15yrs, please shout!
Xmas morning sex? Or is that actually a present for you?
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@canefan said in Christmas 2020:
@voodoo said in Christmas 2020:
We will go to my wife's cousins this year for lunch. Should be 40-odd people there, they have a pool and its usually hot, so that's the kids amd their cousins sorted. Food is divided out, this year I have the pork duties again, so will be a 5kg rolled loin with gravy and stuffing, no pressure!
Kids get heaps of presents, not so much for the adults which I'm totally fine with.
Morning before lunch is spent at home - our actual fucking home! - which will be awesome. Small presents for the kids, brekkie, a swim etc.
Cant fucken wait
Oh, and if anyone has any present ideas for a wife of > 15yrs, please shout!
Xmas morning sex? Or is that actually a present for you?
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@canefan said in Christmas 2020:
@voodoo said in Christmas 2020:
We will go to my wife's cousins this year for lunch. Should be 40-odd people there, they have a pool and its usually hot, so that's the kids amd their cousins sorted. Food is divided out, this year I have the pork duties again, so will be a 5kg rolled loin with gravy and stuffing, no pressure!
Kids get heaps of presents, not so much for the adults which I'm totally fine with.
Morning before lunch is spent at home - our actual fucking home! - which will be awesome. Small presents for the kids, brekkie, a swim etc.
Cant fucken wait
Oh, and if anyone has any present ideas for a wife of > 15yrs, please shout!
Xmas morning sex? Or is that actually a present for you?
She likely gets the same feeling as @voodoo does when he gets more socks. “Bloody hell. Not again. I don’t even like socks.”
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@Catogrande said in Christmas 2020:
@canefan said in Christmas 2020:
@voodoo said in Christmas 2020:
We will go to my wife's cousins this year for lunch. Should be 40-odd people there, they have a pool and its usually hot, so that's the kids amd their cousins sorted. Food is divided out, this year I have the pork duties again, so will be a 5kg rolled loin with gravy and stuffing, no pressure!
Kids get heaps of presents, not so much for the adults which I'm totally fine with.
Morning before lunch is spent at home - our actual fucking home! - which will be awesome. Small presents for the kids, brekkie, a swim etc.
Cant fucken wait
Oh, and if anyone has any present ideas for a wife of > 15yrs, please shout!
Xmas morning sex? Or is that actually a present for you?
She likely gets the same feeling as @voodoo does when he gets more socks. “Bloody hell. Not again. I don’t even like socks.”
Sorta. But more like a mini chocolate bar though, one of those 1-bite jobs - "Oh, that tastes (feels) ok I guess - hey, WTF, is that it? Fucken really??!!!"
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@voodoo said in Christmas 2020:
@Catogrande said in Christmas 2020:
@canefan said in Christmas 2020:
@voodoo said in Christmas 2020:
We will go to my wife's cousins this year for lunch. Should be 40-odd people there, they have a pool and its usually hot, so that's the kids amd their cousins sorted. Food is divided out, this year I have the pork duties again, so will be a 5kg rolled loin with gravy and stuffing, no pressure!
Kids get heaps of presents, not so much for the adults which I'm totally fine with.
Morning before lunch is spent at home - our actual fucking home! - which will be awesome. Small presents for the kids, brekkie, a swim etc.
Cant fucken wait
Oh, and if anyone has any present ideas for a wife of > 15yrs, please shout!
Xmas morning sex? Or is that actually a present for you?
She likely gets the same feeling as @voodoo does when he gets more socks. “Bloody hell. Not again. I don’t even like socks.”
Sorta. But more like a mini chocolate bar though, one of those 1-bite jobs - "Oh, that tastes (feels) ok I guess - hey, WTF, is that it? Fucken really??!!!"
Takes a big man to own up to his limitations
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Hosting my first Xmas, but just the Bonesetta creators to host so not exactly snowed under. Usually go to her brother's school (he's head caretaker and lives on the grounds) which is posh and has a proper catering kitchen which makes things easy, but not this year.
Probably just doing ham and turkey for the meal although might try sneak some beef in there and pick myself up some lamb for boxing day.
My traditional Xmas slammers will be mandatory. Shot of port, cube of cheese, grape!
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If we are racing on Boxing day, we will just be the two of us at home as we will need to go to the track on Christmas day. If we aren't racing on Boxing day we will go to my cousins place at Kinloch. Looking forward to either scenario.
I love cooking a big turkey on Christmas day but haven't done one in about 5 years.
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My folks, mrs and I will visit the ex wifes place early and watch the kids open pressies.
This truly makes me happy, as long as they have an awesome Xmas that's about all that matters.
I then decide if I want to drive all the way up the coast where I have to have a two MAYBE three beer limit as there's no space for us to stay the night and besides the chat get's far too political ( every year ) or whether the Mrs and I go back to her place for lunch and dinner ( she has a tree ).
The latter sounds good but then I feel bad if I don't see my folks.
Crikey, what a whiney post, Boxing Day is the one I look forward to most, cricket, beer and avoiding human contact, wooo hooo !
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@Catogrande said in Christmas 2020:
I’ll have the Cato household in full plus BiL
I initially read that you were having the British and Irish Lions over for Christmas which leaves breakfast with a few All Blacks for dead (sorry @jegga ). That would be quite some Christmas party.
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@Snowy said in Christmas 2020:
@Catogrande said in Christmas 2020:
I’ll have the Cato household in full plus BiL
I initially read that you were having the British and Irish Lions over for Christmas which leaves breakfast with a few All Blacks for dead (sorry @jegga ). That would be quite some Christmas party.
SAME!!
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Out to the parents place in Paekakariki (surprise, surprise lol). My bro and his family are moving back to NZ from Melbs (on a plane in 2 days) and get out of Q on the 21st Dec. So fingers crossed that goes smoothly! So it'll be the biggest Xmas we've had for a few years, even if it's just immediate family.
Secret santa for the adults keeps is super easy, and the 3 grandkids will get spoilt rotten so that'll keep them busy. Good kai, hopefully some sunshine, and some beers by the pool sounds pretty bloody good to me. -
We will have an early Christmas with niece and nephew, good food and plenty of time spent with young ones. We will then have an adult Christmas children free to drink and eat ourselves merry. Sounds pretty good to me, I get to enjoy my MIL cooking twice.
All my family are in NZ and I miss the big family shindigs my mum put on. She was always very proud of her Asparagus rolls which sadly I will have to miss again.
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@chimoaus said in Christmas 2020:
We will have an early Christmas with niece and nephew, good food and plenty of time spent with young ones. We will then have an adult Christmas children free to drink and eat ourselves merry. Sounds pretty good to me, I get to enjoy my MIL cooking twice.
All my family are in NZ and I miss the big family shindigs my mum put on. She was always very proud of her Asparagus rolls which sadly I will have to miss again.
I love asparagus rolls!
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@Hooroo said in Christmas 2020:
@chimoaus said in Christmas 2020:
We will have an early Christmas with niece and nephew, good food and plenty of time spent with young ones. We will then have an adult Christmas children free to drink and eat ourselves merry. Sounds pretty good to me, I get to enjoy my MIL cooking twice.
All my family are in NZ and I miss the big family shindigs my mum put on. She was always very proud of her Asparagus rolls which sadly I will have to miss again.
I love asparagus rolls!
don't mind them, but goddamn Southland Sushi (aka cheese rolls) are the bomb
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@nzzp said in Christmas 2020:
@Hooroo said in Christmas 2020:
@chimoaus said in Christmas 2020:
We will have an early Christmas with niece and nephew, good food and plenty of time spent with young ones. We will then have an adult Christmas children free to drink and eat ourselves merry. Sounds pretty good to me, I get to enjoy my MIL cooking twice.
All my family are in NZ and I miss the big family shindigs my mum put on. She was always very proud of her Asparagus rolls which sadly I will have to miss again.
I love asparagus rolls!
don't mind them, but goddamn Southland Sushi (aka cheese rolls) are the bomb
I OD'd on them a couple of years back when making them myself. Made them too rich and it put me off them for a bit. I need to go back to Invercargill to recalibrate
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Christmas Eve is super important in poland, so as usual we will be at the in-laws Christmas Eve eating about 8 courses of food designed to be consumed in the depths of polish winter, not the middle of tropical summer. Still, i'll punch through a bunch of wine and some vodka.
Usually we host christmas day, I'll cook up a storm, make waaaaay too much food (as an illustration of this, last year the neighbours dog got in the fridge in teh garage and ate 2 prepped chickens and a pork fillet. we hosted around 20 people and i still had enough to send everyone home stuffed). Then i'll get quitely pissed, usually in teh pool
But, because we are leaving for 3 weeks pretty much the day after, that plan has been rissoled. 3 hour banquet lunch at a restaurant on the waterfront is booked in. No cooking, no cleaning, no leftovers, just good food and a drinks package. you beauty.
I am big on christmas, and i am kinda missing the usual trimmings (we haven't put our giant ass tree up) but sometimes it's good to be practical
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Don’t care so much about the food situation nowadays especially not traditional Xmas fare. All about the people you spend the time with.
We will be heading to our friends down south but as they are heading to the old family farm in the Waitaki for Xmas day will meet them there. Will detour through Mackenzie country and pick up some salmon on the way.
Doing a secret Santa type thing and will likely get trashed. Will get an Emerson’s delivery sent ahead of time
