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What are your plans for Xmas this year?

Sk8r Girl

Personally I love Xmas. It's my fave time of year Santa tone1 Christmas tree I love the music, spending time with family; my little sister still gets soo excited Blush and I love watching the Xmas movies. Everything just feels so amazing this time of year for me. 

The downside for me is how busy the shops get, the pushing and shoving of other people, the overbearing loud music. If I could stay in my house all through December I would! Sweat smile Going out this time of year feels like being in the middle of a riot. Last year I got shoved so hard I fell and sprained my wrist. I wish people wouldn't go so OTT in the shops.

This year I'll be having a quiet Xmas with my family. We'll watch Xmas movies on Xmas Eve, my little sister will wake me super early on the 25th as usual lol and I still need to finish my shopping. Buying gifts is my fave part, I really think hard about what people will want and enjoy. It's like a challenge and I love it!

What are your own plans?

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  • This year is going to be a strange one for me. I'm currently living and working abroad in Thailand, so this will be my first xmas without being with my family. 

    Normally our family tradition is that on xmas eve we always go out and watch a new movie at the Cinema. Usually a Harry Potter/Fantastic Beasts film, or something similarly child friendly and popular. On xmas day itself, it'd usually depend on if anyone else was with us which would vary by year. My mum (who used to be a chronic overworker) would usually cook the Christmas Roast dinner for whomever would be over. A few years back that meant having 15 people at the same table. (Yes, really) But now that she's settled in Scotland, xmas dinner is a much quieter 5-6 people at most. 

    After that it'd be xmas movies, and very basic games like Yahtzee or Uno, before we settle in for the night. Boxing Day is usually where the extended family comes over for a larger get-together, but that again is a year-by-year thing. 

    To be honest, i'm not sure what to expect. My parents have promised me that they will do video calls with me at some point during the day, but early on i'll be working at the School since Thailand doesn't give people days off on xmas. It does observe it though, and I have been asked along with my colleagues to create some fancy xmas stands and teach about what it means to us here in the West. I've also heard rumours of a Teachers xmas party, but nothing definitive quite yet. 

    It'll be a unique experience, and one I am not sure how to feel about yet. Guess we'll see how things go in 3 weeks?

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  • This year is going to be a strange one for me. I'm currently living and working abroad in Thailand, so this will be my first xmas without being with my family. 

    Normally our family tradition is that on xmas eve we always go out and watch a new movie at the Cinema. Usually a Harry Potter/Fantastic Beasts film, or something similarly child friendly and popular. On xmas day itself, it'd usually depend on if anyone else was with us which would vary by year. My mum (who used to be a chronic overworker) would usually cook the Christmas Roast dinner for whomever would be over. A few years back that meant having 15 people at the same table. (Yes, really) But now that she's settled in Scotland, xmas dinner is a much quieter 5-6 people at most. 

    After that it'd be xmas movies, and very basic games like Yahtzee or Uno, before we settle in for the night. Boxing Day is usually where the extended family comes over for a larger get-together, but that again is a year-by-year thing. 

    To be honest, i'm not sure what to expect. My parents have promised me that they will do video calls with me at some point during the day, but early on i'll be working at the School since Thailand doesn't give people days off on xmas. It does observe it though, and I have been asked along with my colleagues to create some fancy xmas stands and teach about what it means to us here in the West. I've also heard rumours of a Teachers xmas party, but nothing definitive quite yet. 

    It'll be a unique experience, and one I am not sure how to feel about yet. Guess we'll see how things go in 3 weeks?

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  • in reply to Paraducks

    Aw that sounds like a big change for you but like you said unique and hopefully one that you will come to enjoy. I hope it will be an enjoyable Xmas for you in the end. It sounds like it will be peaceful, which sounds good to me. How you survived Xmas dinner at a table of 15 is incredible! I think it would have destroyed me lol Sweat smile Xmas dinners with the whole of my family was about 7-8 and that was always too much for me.
    Xmas dinners can be pretty stressful as there's so much talking and I never know what to say to people.

    That’s interesting no day off in Thailand. I’m not sure how I would feel working Xmas day, part of me would probably love it lol but another part wouldn’t like the change. Here at my nursery the kids break up on the 19th, and then we aren’t back until Jan 6th 2025, so long time off which will be nice but then I always get intense anxiety on the lead up to returning to work again…

    I hope this Xmas will be unique and enjoyable for you. Hopefully you’ll get the video calls. Every year my older sister (now moved out) always video calls us which is nice. X