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Being invited to dinner at my Nieces on Christmas day. It was the most lovely day full of laughter and happiness
spending loads of time with family who i dont get to see much
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Having my 2 Grandaughters around for Christmas day .
The best part was seeing all my family together
Baking with the kids 😀
Playing a hilarious game of trivial pursuit!
Watching my three grandchildren open their presents, it was magical to see there faces light up. Cherish memories xx
Spending the day with family and good friends
Sitting around our festive table ALL TOGETHER -happens only once a year -my favourite part by far
spending time with my family and cooking dinner for mum and dads after 33 years of them doing it!!
Having all my family home at the same time.
Singing Carols with my neighbours.
My favourite part of Christmas so far has been watching my two boys open their presents. The expressions on their faces when they come running in to my room shouting “He’s Been! He’s Been!” Is priceless x
Watching my young grandchildren open their presents
I love Christmas Eve we had 20 friends and family round for fish and chips and then went to the pub
Finally managed to persuade my Mum and Dad to relax and let us take care of Christmas lunch. Favourite part of Christmas was seeing them at our table and sharing some lovely memories of Christmases past.
Spending the entire day playing with my children, Priceless!
I have really enjoyed quality time at home with loved ones – lovely company and food.
Sharing the day with the Grandchildren, its been fun and we have made alot of memories to keep and share
son called early Christmas morning after working all night, had a happy half hour watching my pet getting into her stocking an playing, had a peaceful day
Seeing my family open their presents
My Xmas favourite part is to be here after serious health issues and share it with my dog and looking at his smiling face when receiving his Xmas gift!!????????????????????
Family visiting, exhausting but precious day filled with future memories
My favourite part about Xmas was actually being home in England safety after we had an emergency landing in Portugal during our flight home from gran Canaria after a weeks family holiday. We were delayed 18hrs with an overnight stay and we wasn’t guaranteed to be back in the UK due to storm barbara and the high winds. Was lovely just to sleep in our own beds on Xmas eve and santa visited just fine, leaving lots of lovely gifts for my 3 children.
Seeing the childrens’ faces light up, as they open their Christmas presents. Pure magic ????????
I enjoyed cooking the christmas dinner. For once it was stress free.
The Grandkids opening their stockings on Christmas morning
Watching my son be spoiled by the whole family!
The food. Christmas dinner is the best meal, even though I have to cook it
love seeing the families faces when they get their presents and the good banter we have
Watching my two Grandson’s opening their presents. My 4 year old Grandson was so excited he got a bingo game. That’s because I go to the Bingo!! It was so funny. He hasn’t played it yet!!!
All the food!
spending time with friends and family
My favourite part of Christmas has been spending time with my family. Living in different counties as we do, we never take it for granted when we get the chance to be together.
Spending quality time with my awesome beautiful family
Christmas eve is my favourite part. Watching my little boy get so excited! It’s such a magical time of the year x
The best thing about Christmas for me was sitting down to lunch after spending three hours cooking it with my daughters help. It was delicious!
Spending the entire with my children, watching them open their presents and play with new toys. It’s been a lovely day, filling with love and laughter.
Has to be excited, screaming children.
Spending Christmas Day with all three generations of my family together for dinner.
I love my childrens faces on christmas morning when we all go downstairs together and they see that santa has been and left them lots of presents
Quality family time together
I love the magic of Christmas, my daughter getting excited always puts a huge smile on my face
Managing to get my parents to our house for Christmas dinner, especially my dad as he has been having a lot of falls recently (he had a stroke a few years ago)
Spending time with my beautiful family.
Seeing our neighbours faces when we took dinner over to them. They went down with the virus (Like every-one) and could not make it over to us so we took dinner and pudding over to them.
Spending time with family and friends
My favourite part of Christmas was our leisurely lazy Christmas day, with a bit of cooking, watching lots of films and drinking fizz.
Spending the day with my two grown up daughters 🙂
Getting some really lovely presents, I hope everyone who received mine were just as pleased with theirs.
My son’s delight at the present I gave him, and my daughter’s at the present he gave her. Plus mine at the presents they gave me. We are not that greedy a family, but it is wonderful that we know and care about each other so well.
Seeing and spending time with all of the extended family.
The magic and sparkle of Christmas
The turkey dinner
My favourite part of Christmas has been finishing work at 0630hrs this morning (Boxing Day) to finally spend some time with my family. Been a tough weekend for all of the emergency services. Xxx
Having a feast of party food whenever I fancy had been my favourite part of xmas- I’m feeling rather fat now but have enjoyed it!
We were all upset on Christmas Eve to find the family were all ill with colds and decided not to come to us for Christmas. We had a great time though – it was so nice just spending the day with my hubby and daughter – we’ve never done that before. I’ll treasure those memories.
Having my daughter stay , and making dinner for my dad as it’s the first xmas without my mum, so all sat round the table sharing lovely memories of my mum, and seeing my dad smile
Listening to carols by candlelight by the roaring log fire snuggled up on the sofa
My favourite part of Christmas has been watching my elderly dog enjoy his presents and Christmas lunch. Henry will be 15 in the new year so realistically this will be his last Christmas. He has saved my life twice so he’s really important and every moment with him is precious.
Seeing my baby grandsons 1st Christmas
Sitting with your other half, in your new jammies, with the wood burning fire and your new Yankee candles on with a mulled wine at the end of the night, after the dishes have been done, everyone has left and the chaos has calmed. Feeling peace and love.
Opening the Christmas presents with my family
Loved Christmas Day , family dinner spending time with loved ones.
no squabbles – yet!
It was seeing my grandchildren and children through day but this year not one came decided to spend with other family so it was seeing my husband’s family Christmas night exchanging gifts
Seeing my childrens face when they woke up and realised Santa had been. My son only wanted a cake so when he saw he had loads of presents he was overwhelmed
Watching my excited grandson open his presents.
Having Christmas ???? dinner ???? with all my family, and raising a glass to our love and blessings!
lovely prize, merry christmas
My favourite part of Christmas has been getting cosy and lighting my Christmas Cookie candles for a lovely bit of festive ambience!
Spending time with my amazing family & making memories.
My favourite part was my daughters screaming from downstairs at 2.30am xmas day that santa had been. They were so excited,. I managed to get them back to bed for a while but just seeing their faces put a huge smile on my face.
Seeing our two new little Granddaughters in their first Christmas outfit’s, made our Christmas. Here’s to many more to come.
Season’s greetings and a Happy New Year to one and all ????????????????????❤
Spending the day with 3 generations of our family together for Christmas dinner. Just a bit sad that my Grandad was too ill to join us.
Our 18 month old grand daughter twerking to some random music !!!
Family time!
My best part of Xmas has to be when everything is all done and you get to chill at the end of the day with new pj’s on in front of the fire with a baileys and the twinkle of the tree lights xx
Spending time with family and friends
Panto on Christmas Eve, seeing the children so excited and happy.
I got a christmas stocking for the first time in years! A christmas sock to wear, with it’s mate inside, along with little presents of chocolates, lip balms and scratchcards (I won £2)
Playing fun games with the grandchildren
Watching my husband open his presents and seeing the joy on his face as I opened mine We had the most magical day together
The best thing about Christmas day was watching my husband, mum and dad having a nap after a fun but tiring day.
Celebrating with my parents and daughter. They come down to wiltshire from the Midlands to keep me company while hubs is away on deployment, so the Yankee candle countdown for me will be fab, as all being well he will be home 2nd week of March.
Watching my 3 year old grandson opening all his presents
The Christmas food
My favourite part of Christmas was getting through Christmas day with no family arguments – we had a lovely peaceful relaxing day.
A trip to the Hampshire coast on Christmas Day. Watching the Kite Surfers and horse riders on Hayling Island Beach, and crunching over shells and shingle.
A flask of hot coffee and a bag of toffee popcorn, and then back home to Hertfordshire for dinner. Perfect!
shopping for loved ones
My favourite part of christmas was having my family round altogether sharing a meal and playing a few games happy new year to everyone xxxx
My favourite part would be spending time with my daughter and her children seeing there little faces makes my Christmas ????
Sharing my Baby Grandson’s First Christmas , he is adorable & it was a Joy
My favourite part of Xmas was when we realised that the photo book on South Africa wasn’t just a book and in the back was all the information and details on a 2 week holiday to South Africa our son had booked for us including flights, a week in Cape Town, 2 nights in a game lodge and a days game drive, a wine tour etc! This was the FIRST present our 26 year old son had ever bought us for Xmas!! We were speechless to say the least.
Getting to see all of my family, it was wonderful 🙂
Family time is a great part of Christmas.
Having my son staying at mine for 4 days. Not been together for a year
Getting Marc Jacobs perfume 🙂
We have had loads of fun playing bop it! We are a very un coordinated family!
spending quality time with my dad and daughter, we have played alot of games, done puzzles make decorations and watched movies
Spending time with my friend in London before Christmas, it was wonderful – Hyde Park Winter Wonderland, Mulled Wine and all the Christmas lights.
Exciting
Christmas dinner 🙂
Boxing day leftovers lunch, just when you think Christmas is over 🙂
Traditions – the family round the table eating turkey -nothing mankie
and Of course the smell and of a nearvy Yankie
The children’s nativity at church. they put so much effort in and it was beautifully done.
going to 3 year old grandsons with stuff santa had left at ours and seeing him open a huge fire engine magical!
My favourite part of Christmas has been spending time with all of my family, together in one place. Allison.
Seeing the kids so excited and spending some great time together.
I love Christmas evening, watching a Christmas special whilst the teenagers are in the other room playing board games
Seeing my little ones faces. They were so happy and so grateful for what they got x
My son is 16 months now and its been so exciting watching him open all his presents this year! x
My favourite part of Christmas this year is having my elderly Dad home from hospital in time for the holidays.
Playing nerf wars with my son has been my favourite part!
Family parties!
Playing games on Christmas night, such a laugh!
The best part is definitely playing pie face with my daughter.
finally waking up in our own home, for years we have lived with my father in law
Our Xmas Eve night Out. We always look forward to seeing all the friends and locals we see in our village every year
R & R and yummy grub, finishing with TV films.
The Christmas dinner at my daughter’s yesterday, perfect.
Family all sat around the dinner table yesterday laughing and joking and having fun, wearing silly paper cracker hats and eating dinner prepared by my sister
Christmas lunch then giving and opening presents afterwards!
My favourite part has been seeing the faces, & exclamations of the children as they opened their gifts.
getting a cough bottle today that is releiving my symptoms, I might get a sleep tonight
Family gatherings
Having all the family together all in one place
Sitting down for Christmas lunch with all the family and watching everyone tuck in
Watching my children opening their presents
Catching up with family for some quality time without having to rush around.
I went for a drive up to the West End (London) with my daughter last night to see the lights. They were magical! We had Xmas songs playing in the car. That was my absolute best part of Christmas so far 🙂
Attending Church to celebrate and rejoice.
Being a pig all christmas with no excuses
Skying my parents in Brisbane!
Spending times with friends who I don’t see very often.
The food!!
Making cookies and decorating gingerbread houses with the kids. It is an annual thing that we all look forward to.
Watching my dog tear open his christmas present of a new lead.
Christmas lunch with the family
Love spending more time with family ???? and kids
Christmas dinner with the family
Receiving a yankee candle gift set and looking forward to trying all the different scents. Gorgeous
When the children discovered their full stockings! Such excitement in the house!
My daughter finding her Christmas stocking and opening it while sitting on my bed on Christmas morning
My Dad came up with an elaborate game for me and my sisters where by we ended up with a gift box each, this contained a small gift but once we looked further hidden underneath this was a bundle of £20 notes! Amazing!!
Lovely Christmas Lunch with all the trimmings and party hats!
I have had my Australian family with me to celebrate an English Christmas this year – wonderful to all be together
We had a fabulous christmas day with all the family, food was good, wine was good and people got on. lovely memories stored
spending time with family
Watching the grandkids opening there Christmas presents ???? wonderful
My favourite part so far is spending the day having fun with my children and grandchildren and being made to feel loved.
Playing family games together.
I’ve loved spending quality time with friends and family
watching the kids opening their pressies
Seeing the smiles on my little ones faces when they saw that Santa had been.
Family get together
Christmas dinner as there is always a fine feasts, lots of laughs and banter…
Spending time with my family
Christmas day was nice, with visiting family and stuffing ourselves silly.
Spending time with family
My favourite part of Christmas so far has been spending time at home with the family, watching lots of festive films, playing lots of games and eating lots of chocolate!
my favourite part of Christmas so far has been, seeing my dogs in their matching elf jumpers x
All the food!
spending time with family and friends #christmas2016 <3
Spending lots of quality time with my amazing family and in particular my five month old nephew – watching him opening and kissing all of his presents was wonderful!
Unashamedly admit to loving getting presents.
The visit on Xmas Day of our 6 month old grand daughter
Spending quality time making memories with my grandchildren!
I have enjoyed every part of Christmas especially seeing my little girls face when she realised Santa had been & ofcourse I loved the turkey dinner! Delicious
I hope you had a very merry Christmas too. x
My favourite bit was having my mum with all my children and my husband together
my favorite part of christmas so far has to be all the quality time i get to spend with family that i dont get to see very often.
spending time with family
Best part of christmas for us has been having all the family stay with us, lots of fun, laughter and game competitions on the wii u mario cart 8
the huge christmas dinner that I had with my family 🙂
Spending the time with the family over Christmas.
Spending time with my family
The best part of christmas so far was watching my daughter’s open their presents
Spending time with family.
My favourite part of Christmas so far is my husband making Christmas dinner!
Going for a after-lunch walk and sitting outside having a sneaky brandy sitting on a bench
Spending time with the family
My favourite part of Christmas is watching my children open their presents
christmas dinner and my beautiful bee necklace
Sitting around the table having a meal with my family. My husband who is always fit and well has been very ill all of this year and we really did not think this would have been possible.
Been able to relive the magic through the eyes of my children
sending the day with my whole family
My favourite part has been having all my family all together for the first time at Christmas
I’ve loved spending time with my family!
My Christmas Dinner
My favourite part is spending time with my dad. He lives in the Czech Republic so I rarely get to see him. This year he came over to spend Christmas and new years with us x
My 4 year old granddaughter running up to me and giving me the biggest hug and my 2 year old grandson leaving his ‘autograph’ on the coffee table with his new crayons.
My favourite part has been the dinner
My favorite part of Christmas so far has been playing games with the family, such a laughter. Splat and Dig In have been the favorites so far!
Christmas day was a blast, fab food, great company, tons of laughter.
Seeing my kids opening their presents and seeing the magic in their eyes
Spending time with the family and enjoying good food and the odd drink
Not having to cook the Christmas dinner for the first time in nearly 50 years.
Christmas dinner with our two sons and their wives. . . marvellous
Spending time and creating memories with family and friends
I love Christmas afternoon when we all sit down to play games, it is always a good laugh
Going out to different restaurants with family for some amazing Christmas meals
The weather, its been dry which has meant I can get out to play with my Wolfdogs who always make me smile.
Seeing my beautiful children smile and squeal with delight
having my family and grandchildren over on christmas day made me so happy lots of fun had by all
Just chilling with chocolates after all my loved ones have gone home x
After dinner when everything has been washed up and cleared away. Everyone one relaxed.
Best part of Christmas is seeing my boys bring so excited!
My favourite part of Christmas so far has been seeing family I haven’t seen for a while
Watching my lovely daughter opening her presents and being thrilled!
Making my first successful Christmas dinner x
i love the quality time spent with the family over Christmas
My kids faces when they open their presents
My favourite bit about Christmas was seeing my nieces face when she opened her presents – made my heart melt !!
making my family happy
seeing all my family together first time in 2 years,as some live abroad xx
Spending Christmas Eve afternoon cooking a curry from scratch to eat Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day! Such fun to cook together with a great playlist and fairy lights and beer! Tasted amazing!
spending quality time with my family x
Having my family over for christmas dinner and playing charades in the evening.
Loved spending time with all the family for a traditional Christmas with all the trimmings! However if I am totally honest the best bit is when it all goes quiet again and I can curl up with a good book, a chilled glass of champagne and a candle flickering on the fireplace ! Happy New Year
Christmas has been amazing to spend time eating lots of rich food with my family ,
I love the Christmas dinner and funny talk during the meal with the cracker jokes etc. ????
Enjoying the Christmassy atmosphere with close family.
Seeing my baby granddaughter in her Christmas outfit
Seeing my son’s face when he saw all his presents under the Christmas Tree from Santa and his elves.
seeing my grandchildren opening their gifts with huge smiles on their faces
My favourite part of Christmas was our family get-together on Boxing Day – fabulous time building up memories!
seeing my daughters face when she opened her hatchimal! she had been asking for one since october, they were sold out everywhere, she accepted that she wasnt getting one… she was so happy
Definitely going to the beach with my partner and son on Boxing Day and flying a kite to fly a kite!
I’ve loved all the festive food – Christmas lunch was a real highlight!
My favourite part of Christmas was all the family coming together to enjoy Christmas sharing a meal and presents plus catching up on family news
Best part of Christmas has been the food, of course!
Spending time with family ????
Watching my sons play the Pie Face game!
Being with family for 2 days
Being off work, and eating with the family which is a very rare event in this house with hardworking lives. We all make the most of the day, very traditional games but just having quality time at Christmas is enough for me.. Oh and Sherry lots f sherry helps
The shops being shut and everyone spending time with the family
not putting up decorations
Spending time with friends and family, watching my niece and nephew enjoying the magic of Father Christmas. It’s what Christmas is all about x
As always, just getting all of the family together in one place! <3<3<3
We had a really nice Christmas day together as a family – we played a few games, Christmas dinner was perfect, and everyone was happy with their presents 🙂
Watching the kids open their pressies
Having a relaxing time with my family.
Taking my autistic son to the circus on Christmas eve. We have been to several pantos, but he gets frustrated by the humour that he just doesn’t “get”. His smile while watching the circus brought a tear to my eye and a lump to the throat.
A great family get together with lots of good food and watching It’s a Wonderful Life.
singing Merry Christmas at dinner with 20 people
I just love seeing the family happy and together
Christmas dinner with all the family= yum yum
Seeing the kids faces when opening their gifts and seeing that they have got what they wanted makes it worth all the going round shops, queuing and general Xmas stress
The memorial gifts i recieved in honour of my father x
Spending time with all of my lloved ones in one place and playing games and having a catch up
Turkey dinner
My favourite part is having quality family time with the kids x
My kids waking me up at 6:20 on Christmas morning; seeing their excited faces and hearing them shrieking over their presents!
Friends & Family
The food and relaxing
the food…
christmas day eating a massive meal with all the family.
I love the festivities and frivolities, the fabulous food, the family fun 🙂 xxx
seeing how excited my 3 year old was
My cousin whom I haven’t seen for 30 years coming to see me
Was my new rescue cavvie
Watching my children unwrap their presents.
Spending quality time with my family
Seeing friends and family’s faces when they open the presents we’ve chosen for them!
Spending good quality time with the family & then me & my wife going to Pantomime in Birmingham to see John Barrowman again, and have a good chat with him after the show, and he remembers us from all the times meet him.
Christmas day has been my favourite day so far as enjoyed playing board games, watching a Christmas film and eating and drinking lots with my boys
Christmas carols from Kings College, Cambridge
My favourite part is having the time off work to relax at home with my family and pets. Nothing beats good quality time with the ones you love.
Spending time with my family
spending time at home with my family and watching the darts
Taking my little girl on the steam train to see Santa
Spending time with family
Pigs in blankets
Spending time with family
SEEING ALL THE FAMILY
Seeing my daughter opening all her presents! And stuffing my face…
My favourite part of Christmas so far has been watching my 5 grandchildren open their Christmas presents , listening to their laughter .
Watching my son open his presents
I have loved seeing my friends that I hardly see during the year.
Family gathering on Christmas day, all 13 of us fed and watered at my home. Gorgeous day
The best part about Christmas is all the nice Yankee candles i have received
Watching everybodys faces when they open their presents.
Spending time with my family with my feet up and watching Christmas films
Spending some relaxing time with the family
I’m really enjoying the fact that my husband has a whole 10 days off work. He works so much and usually does a few days between Christmas and New Year. It is wonderful to have him all to myself for a change.
Dishing up the Christmas dinner to my children and first grand daughter!
BNest part is when family is around us and their delight on opening presents.Such joy and pleasure
Great for next year!
Family meal
Spending time with all my family over the 3 days & chilling out !
My one year old daughter being able to unwrap some of her presents herself for the first time
My favourite part was 7pm Christmas Eve. I was eating my Chinese takeaway and was relieved that everything was done.
I love the build up to Christmas, opening advent calendars, buying presents for my girls.
My favourite part of Christmas was visiting a dear friend in her care home on Christmas Eve they had an Elvis tribute and the residents loved it. They sang, danced as best they could and loved every minute brought a tear to my eye to see them so happy. Lovely start to the festivities.
Trying new puddings and mulled cider
Having my daughter and her husband round for christmas day lunch and then all going to a restaurant at the local greyhound stadium for boxing day
Being here to celebrate with my family after treatment for cancer this year and at times i didnt think i’d make it , I’m grateful for each and every day
Sitting down with the family after lunch, and playing a game, lots of relaxed laughter and fun.
I’ve got flu so nothing has been good yet, just wanna get better 🙁
Definitely spending it with my friend in Grimsby. Sadly, now driving home.
Watching kids opening their presents – always the best bit (even though they’re now teenagers!!)
Christmas with the Family
spending time with my loved ones
Spending time with the family and managing to lose at every board game!
Christmas Eve spent with lovely friends.
I love christmas Eve before it all happens!!!
Giving and receiving presents.
Seeing my daughters face on opening her presents !!
Favourite part so far has been seeing the kids faces on Christmas Day – excited, happy, grateful. Can’t ask for more.
Just having lots of family time with my partner and son. My partner works long hours so you really appreciate when he is home. Also seeing my son’s face when he opened his much wanted santa present.
The present unwrapping !!!
having mum to visit!
Christmas night Family Singalong enjoyed by all, even the Pets!!!
Spending time with the family doing fun things like playing board games
I’ve loved spending time with friends and family with good food and drink
Spending Christmas Day with my son and daughter in law
I have enjoyed spending extra quality time with our little Grandson
The Christmas dinner with the family
My favourite part is giving gifts to loved ones and seeing there faces when they open them
I have just been enjoying with my family, seeing my grandchildren playing with their presents
Spending time with family
meeting up with my sister and husband after not seeing her for some time
My favourite part about Christmas is been able to be there for my children for Christmas. It’s not about gifts it’s about family
Relaxing after feeding the family Christmas lunch, pots in the dishwasher, full belly and now a bailies with ice, pass me the TV remoteits me time
My favourite part of CHRISTMAS is when all the extended family have gone home, I can kick back, get my new jarmas on, light a candle, put just myself a drink and relax in front on the telly and catch up on all the programmes I missed whilst hosting!!
taking my 4 year old to the panto for the first time
Love having all my family over for christmas lunch , it’s magical.
Christmas dinner has been my favourite part of Christmas!
Boxing day was perfect spent with people i love!!
Relaxing on boxing day with Turkey sandwiches!
Pulling crackers and laughing with friends and family
I love the build up to Christmas more than anything – after the pressies have been opened and Christmas dinner eating there’s nothing to look forward to.
Just chillin with my daughter and husband on Christmas Day
Watching the excitement in my Children’s faces when putting out the mince pies, milk and carrot for Rudolph.
spending time with family
Sales shopping and visiting the Yankee candle shop for the first time in Milton Keynes!
Spending time with my family…and the food!
My favourite part of Christmas – being with my family, having fun, and not worrying for a few days about stupid things that I cannot control
Seeing my Grandsons faces on Christmas morning when they realised Santa had been Magical
My favourite part of christmas so far was when my kiddies opened their presents – to see the excitement and happiness on their faces, meant the world to me
watching movies together under blankets
It’s been my baby girls first Christmas and my first as a mum :)……nothing can be more special than a child’s joy at Christmas from Santa to presents to family time to Carol singing watching it again through an innocent child’s eyes is pure magic ????????
My little baby boy being born 🙂
Christmas Day playing games with all the family
Watching everyone open their presents.
the wine
Everyone sitting down to dinner together
BEEN OFF WORK
Lunch with all the family
Spending time with the family and of course all of the foooooddd!!
Watching my sister have a tantrum over a jigsaw she felt was improperly printed. She’s 23.
Loved my burner my daughter bought me for Christmas
Christmas dinner.
not having to get up in the mornings!
being surrounded by family!
Having both side’s of myself and my partners families together on the same day 🙂
Seeing my kids open their presents
Having our son home from Uni
Spending my first Christmas with my partner and daughter.
Watching my 2 grandchildren opening their presents, truly magical !!
my new nephew George being born yesterday
vanilla is my wifes favourite
When my niece opened her present and without missing a beat ran across the room to give me a hug – nothing better than finding that perfect gift for someone you love.
favourite part of Christmas is relaxing in the evening with a good film,tree lights twinkling and the gorgeous scent of a yankee candle in the air-so cosy
Having a big thoughtful gesture!!
My favourite part is always seeing the kids faces when they wake up and realise Santa has been – its magical
My favourite part of Christmas, is watching TV feeling full after the Christmas dinner.
My favourite part of Christmas was being woken up super early by my daughter (yes really!) and seeing the joy on her face when she had seen what Santa had brought her ????????????
Christmas dinner
christmas eve waiting for santa to arrive
My son’s face when he unwrapped the present I gave him – I imagine mine was much the same when I unwrapped his to me!
My favourite part of Christmas was listening to some Carol singers on my doorstep and when I opened the door it was my son and his family on a surprise visit
I’ve loved spending 3 days with my mum and the rest of the family, eating and drinking too much and playing games!
Sharing time with my family and playing Cluedo
It has to be the look on peoples faces when they open the gifts you gave them!???????????? Making others happy makes me so happy!???? #Christmas #Giving #Happy
My favourite part of Christmas has been having time. Off work and spending quality time with my husband and 2 children
Midnight mass
Spending time with the family. 🙂
I have loved the break. Christmas day was lovely but it has been great to just chill, eat and not have to socalise
EVERYTHING!
My favourite part of Christmas so far was when our daughter was allowed to come home from hospital the day after Boxing following a nasty asthma attack.
It has been habing all the family for Christmas in our new farmhouse.
has to be my moms christmas dinner
Spending time together as a family, something we don’t get often enough.
Having my brother come over for drinks
Everything
My favourite part of every Christmas is the Cathedral carol service on Christmas Eve.
Love relaxing with family and friends I don’t normally have the chance to see.
Being with my family especially my new great niece
Decorating the xmas tree
Got a kitchen item (3 in 1 sandwich waffle and grill maker) and have been making waffles ever since sometimes twice a day! My children think now I am the best cook in the world (I used to be the worst!)
My favourite bit was watching my 3 boys run into the front room to see what father christmas had left for them, love their reactions
I’ve loved spending time with the family and having some time off work!
Seeing my Baby Grandson Freddie ,enjoying his First Christmas
Enjoying my baby son’s first Christmas with family and friends.
My brother came down from Wales to spend Christmas with us so it was a full family Christmas. That has so far been the best part of my Christmas
Watching the kids open the presents
Spending quality time with family over good food and drinks
The tastes and smells- cinnamon, gingerbread, pine needles, oranges, mulled wine, chestnuts, mince pies
time off work with my family
The best part of Christmas for me has been having all the Family together (4 generations) we’ve loved we’ve laughed & thoroughly enjoyed each others company
spending time off work with our new kitten 🙂 love him sooooooo much
Shopping, I just love to shop
Watching our son open his presents and be so happy just spending time together as a family.
Amazing giveaway thanks for the chance xx
Favourite part of Christmas is my kids excitement quality family time laughter fun good food
My favourite part of Christmas so far has been having time off to spend with my beautiful babies and my amazing friends and family. Xxx
spending extra time with family and friends
My favourite part of Christmas has been driving around at night to see all of the twinkly lights on people’s houses before getting home to put on PJs and drink hot chocolate.
Taking my little boy to see santa for the first time. Such a magical moment x
clearing up afterwards is my favourite part – getting clear again and ready for the new year
The time off work 🙂
Watching Christmas movies with the kids eating selection boxes and playing the games they got off santa ???? just chilling out and having time off to spend with family
After xmas day with grandchildren, checking the sales out with my sister (sad)
Opening my presents and knowing just how loved I am by my Fiance. He put so much thought and care into my gifts. I am truly a lucky woman.
opening the presents with all the kiddies
Watching the children’s wee faces light up
Would be lovely to win this for my daughter
opening my presents on xmas day lol
Seeing family members living abroad
Playing 3D snakes and ladders with my nephew and nieces
Christmas dinner
I love the time after Christmas dinner, just time to talk, have a laugh and be together!
Christmas day, it was a completely lovely day, family, food and good fun
Family time
For me it’s all about the magic, our 6 year old daughter truly believes x
My favourite part of Christmas has been spending quality time with family and friends! Also watching my daughter open her presents, it was her first Christmas and it has been so magical!
spending time with friends and family
Mine has to be the food! So nice to take a few days off from training and indulge
I love Christmas dinner with the family round the table. Gorgeous food and fizz, crackers and happy conversations
just love this kids faces on xmas morning. xx
The Christmas meal with all of my family.
Christmas Day dinner with all the family
Being able to spend it with my wonderful fiance and family 🙂
I loved visiting family on christmas day and the giving and receiving of presents from myself and loved ones.
Watching Christmas movies with my kids
My son coming home from a tour of duty which lasted 9 months. He was here for Christmas Day for the first time in 5 years 🙂
My favourite part was cooking Christmas dinner for the first time. It took the pressure off my mum, and she got to enjoy the day.
Celebrating Christmas with my wife.
I’ve always liked the build up to Christmas, as soon as December hits home we start decorating and gift wrapping and counting down the days! I love it
Long lie ins, tv and chocolate
Spending time with my nephews and newborn niece, Christmas is about family and there is nothing better than seeing the joy of Christmas on childrens faces
Late mornings, cuddles on the sofa, family gatherings, good food and smiling faces.
Being away from home for the first time ever in a little cottage by the sea in Cornwall with my family
Trying to eat my own body weight in Christmas cake
The great Christmas Day early evening nap!
The build up is the best part.. i love to make it as magical as possible for my family xx
My favourite thing about Christmas has been spending quality time with my children without the hustle and bustle of school and work
Seeing friends and family. The cheeseboards have been great too!
My niece getting engaed
Shall be glad to get back to normal. Christmas was really sad and hard to get through this year.
The best bit was definitely watching the children so excited on Christmas morning
My favourite part of Christmas so far has been my brother getting engaged. I’m so excited to finally get a sister 😀
Midnight mass followed by a brisk walk home to hot chocolate
Making a gingerbread house with my toddler was my favourite part of the festive period. So much fun!
Carol Service
time off work
Cooking my first Christmas dinner!
Catching up with friends!
Time off work, partying with family and friends
Favourite part of Christmas is getting everyone together and just feeling content.
Absolutely love yankee candles so hope its me being picked
having my daughter home from university
christingle service at church
unfortunatelly I have just recovered from heavy cold
I’ve love spending time with my children and my husband who had to work Christmas Day and Boxing Day. It makes it all the more special.
chilling watching Christmas Tv with a Yankee candle burning
Announcing my pregnancy to our family and friends on Xmas Day
Time with family the watching Doctor Who in silence!
famliy time
Having all of my family together
Seeing my three children really enjoy Christmas together for the first time, my perfect little family
Having the family all together
Merry Christmas !
Spending quality time with family and NO arguments! 🙂 <3 x
My favourite part of Christmas has been having lots of quality time to unwind and visit with my family.
Friends coming to stay
Spending quality time with the family
I love Christmas Eve with the fire burning and the only lights coming from the tree lights as they sparkle and the flickering of the candle lights around the fire place. The smell of the candles making it a calm and relaxing atmosphere as we feel the anticipation of the sleeping children as they wait for Santa to arrive.
xmas eve
My favourite part of Christmas was haveing lots a family time what an amazing giveaway thanks for the chance ❤️????
carol singing!
spending time with my sons whilst on school holiday, i miss them at school
I love Christmas. It’s such a magical time of the year.
For me, it’s about spending quality time with Friends and family & making memories that last a lifetime.
My favourite part is waking up on Christmas morning and seeing our kids faces light up, knowing Santa has been.
It melts my heart.
Santa left foot prints this Christmas.
The lights from the Christmas tree and the candles, I love the cosiness of this time of year.
I love having all the family together at Christmas.
Watching all of the little ones open their resents
My favourite part of Christmas is seeing my Grandchildrens happy excited faces on the run up to Christmas, as well as on Christmas Day
Chrismas Tree decoration.Love to do this
I loved our quiet Christmas Day. Also had a fab New Years Eve
time of work!
having my family to stay
Christmas night shenanigans with family and friends. Games, singing and dancing.
The time off work and all the yummy food
I’ve enjoyed eating all the lovely food
I would love to win the Yankee advent candle set
not going to work
my husband and I got a real tree for the first time. We rented it, which is a great sustainable tradition to start!
Having all the family round for christmas dinner. totally priceless
Definitely spending quality time with my family
Pigs in blankets! Just like every year…
I love decorating the house, putting up the tree, wrapping presents in fact the whole thing but especially mince pies – yummy!
spending it with my family and seeing my kids faces on Christmas morning 🙂
time with my family
fantastic prize loved and liked x
lovely
day at my sons with all the family dinner and games with grandsons
Spending time with my family and having hubby home with me for 12 days, first time ever he’s had all of Christmas and more off!
my favourite part of christmas was definitely dinner!
My favourite part of Christmas is the lights and decorations, and traditional Christmas dinner too!
watching my Children open their Christmas presents.
My favourite part of Christmas, is buying presents for family and friends, and wrapping them up with lovely wrapping paper and trimmings, I love writing Christmas cards out too, the rest is a bonus
spending time with loved ones
Seeing the whole family together and laughing
Sharing the joy of Christmas with my little grandchildren after Santa brought them some nice gifts
Spending a few hours with all the family together
Spending time with my family and friends
Having our American grandchildren with us for Christmas for the first time,
Carol concerts and church services.
my niece was born on xmas day, so its always nice to see her
My favourite part was the family Christmas dinner 🙂
Having a fabulous Christmas dinner!
Love putting up the tree as it is the start of being festive 🙂
Christmas Dinner I love all our family being together and I love a good roast 🙂
My favourite part of Christmas was playing the Pie Face game with my 6 year old granddaughter and I got creamed. Her laughter made me cry with joy #makingmemories
Seeing the kids faces when they saw their presents
I love the lights and decorations everywhere. You can’t help but feel happy when you see them!
my favorite bit has been spending time with my whole family and not having to rush around and enjoy each others company
Sharing the magic and excitement with my grandchildren and then by contrast the peace and quiet when it was just hubby and I left to relax and count our blessings 🙂
The food
Having 2 weeks off work with my family.
Having my son just before Christmas and spending it with him and his dad this year, making us a 3 instead of a 2.
opening all my amazing presents off my boyfriend and seeing my nieces and nephews opnein theirs
Seeing all my family open their presents and sharing gifts from under the tree.
Relaxing after cooking the Christmas dinner while the men do the dishes and I enjoy watching the children play with their presents.
Seeing my kids opening their main presents when i’d convinced them i couldnt afford it.
this is amazing
decorating the tree for our first xmas in our new house together
mine was the fact that we had 2 Christmases, one for the immediate family and then a second where our grandson had been at his dads for christmas then he came to us with his mum to exchange presents with his family here and have a 2nd chtistmas gathering
My favourite part of Christmas was watching my daughter open her presents.
Happy faces ,lots of laughter and and simply being with family for a short time when worries are put aside ….
My daughter’s first Christmas. She had open heart surgery when she was 13 weeks old and seeing her happy and healthy was amazing!
Watching my little granddaughter’s excitement as she opened all her Christmas presents!
My daughters faces on Christmas morning 🙂
I’ve just enjoyed spending time with my family and friends, and not going back to masses of emails at work!
going to winter wonderland london
my fave part about xmas was seeing my sons face on xmas morning .. he was so excited
My favourite bit about christmas this year was, seeing my daughter face when she opened her laptop that she has been banging on about for months
Playing board games with my mum, brother and his fiancé on xmas day!
My favourite part of Christmas has been, time off work to spend with family and friend x
the reactions of my little niece – her 2nd christmas
I love the unrushed time I get to spend with family and friends in the week between Christmas and new year!
Favourite part of Christmas is getting away with eating lots of chocolate! And spending time with the family!
My favourite part of Christmas has been spending time with my family after 5 years teaching in Bangkok. My first Christmas back so I knew it had to be a special one. I just loved all of it.
My favourite bit of Christmas was the good food and company.
spending time with my grandchildren seeing the magic in their eyes when they saw Santa had been
My favourite thing at Christmas is the chance to relax.
Fantastic prize. Yankee candle is amazing
the pure happiness an my children’s faces, they are grateful for every ingle gift they receive, it makes all the hard work and stress worth it, dreading the day my 2 grow up and there’s no longer the magic of christmas
Spending time with my family and starting new Xmas traditions
My favourite part of Christmas was giving out my presents to my family on Christmas eve which is a tradition we’ve got into to spread out the Christmas giving x
I just loved spending time with my friends and family
The Christmas dinner, which I cooked, everything came together perfectly and it was well worth the time and effort. Delicious though I say it myself.
Has to be the food!
My favourite part was seeing my children’s faces when they opened their presents.
My children’s faces on christmas morning
Christmas turkey dinner
My fave part of christmas actually happened this year at a works christmas party… Our manager thanked us all for coming and then told us later on there would be a big surprise at the party, anyways the night when on and it came for the ‘big surprise’
She took out some cowboy boots from her bag and proceeded to do a solo line dance for us all.
Not quite the big surprise everyone was hoping for lol! I could contain my laughter.
Christmas lights on the houses, making the streets very festive
love christmas as i get to go ice skating with my sister and our kids
pigs in blankets
love yankee candles my favourite was gingerbread
Nice..
I have loved being able to see family I haven’t seen in four years!
Seeing the family 🙂
Catching up with friends and family.
being with the family
The christmas tv
Obviously the best bits has been the sharing the time together with family….but the bit I’m loving the best riw is that Im not back in until the 9th!! 😀
MY FAVOURITE PART OF CHRISTMAS WAS SEEING THE PLEASURE ON MY FAMILY FACES WHEN THEY OPENED THEIR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. SHEER BLISS YOU CAN NOT BEAT FAMILY TIME
I met up with a friend who now lives in London. Hadn’t seen him for 2 years so it was great to catch up.
My favorite part was getting some much needed rest, and enjoying putting my feet up in front of the T.V.
ive loved all of it with my little boy, especially xmas morning
Was spending time with the family, watching movies and the Christmas dinner ????
seeing my brother who is 52 years old finally achieve fatherhood after years of trying. seeing my nephew on christmas day was something i will cherish forever
Christmas Eve when the house is tidy, everything is prepared and the children are excited
Switching off the alarm clock for a fortnight. Sheer bliss! 🙂
My favorite part of Christmas has been getting engaged!!!! A complete surprise and I couldn’t be happier ????
Family time & presents
watching the kids opening their presents
Spending time with my family
watching my little girls eye light up christmas morning
Spending time with the people I care about
DRUNKEN CHARADES AFTER CHRISTMAS LUNCH.
I love my childrens excitement at looking for their elf each december morning!
Loved the magic of seeing if Father Christmas had been and left any presents under the tree.
Spending time with all the family in a happy festive atmosphere
Playing fun games with family & friends
watching the panto with family
I loved playing with the kids and having a laugh
Christmas dinner! nomnomnom
spending quality time with family and friends
My partners beer advent calendar has been great fun & he kindly shared the beers with me!
spending time with my daughter x
my fave part is all the yummy foods, endless boxes of roses and mince pies, mmm!
The look on the kids faces to know that all the tears, stress and working stupid hours was worth it!
Sitting around the Christmas tree lights watch movies and playing with the kids
My favourite part of Christmas is seeing all my family ❤️❤️ We all work hard and don’t have chance to get together often
Spending time with my family and eating lots of nice food. We have visited lots of christmas markets, the cinema, beamish christmas ect. It’s been lovely to concentrate on family time xx
Seeing all my family so happy!
The look on my partner’s face when he opened his present – he has been wanting that particular present for years.
We rescued a 6 year old newfoundland this year. My favourite part of christmas was seeing her spend her first christmas loved and safe instead of outside. She opened all of her gifts (once we showed her) and was so excited. She had crumpets for breakfast, lots of dog chocolate and a full christmas dinner. We went for a long family walk in the country. My daughter was more excited to see Nessa open her gifts than she was to open her own. It was a lovely day xx
My fave part of Christmas has to be Christmas eve night, my son is 4 and this year was the 1st magical day that he really grasped the concept of Father Christmas. He couldn’t sleep, the magic felt so real. One of the best memories I will hold is him running to the window every 5 mins to check for a flying sleigh. Magical.
Having the family around for dinner.
My favourite part of Christmas was the elf on the shelf. Seeing the amazement and wonder in my two girls eyes in the morning, waking up to see what magic there little elf got up to that night.
Christmas dinner – We went out for lunch and it was teriffic
My favourite part of Christmas has been just being with my family.
The midnight service on Christmas Eve
boxing day
Spending time with the family! It’s what Christmas is all about for me.
Seeing my grandchildren enjoying the Pantomime Jack and the Beantalk!!
My favourite part of Christmas is spending time with my loved ones. Family time is very special and so is making memories at Christmas time that you can look back on
Having all my family around and spending quality time with them ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Has to be my Christmas dinner. I can’t get enough of them
i love the run up to christmas all the preparation and the childrens excitement x
Wow. The contents of this sound delightful.
My favourite part of Christmas is getting up with my children on Christmas morning and seeing the excitement on their faces as they are still young. Moments i will cherish for years to come.
Cuddling on the sofa of an evening with my family watching Christmas movies with my candles lit and tree lights twinkling ☃️????
LOVE Christmas !!!! Favourite part was Chrustmas Eve All that excitement and promise of a BRILLIANT day coming It’s magic !! ????????????????
When its over!
My favourite part of xmas would be after dinner. I can put my feet up, light my yankies and watch rubbish on tv and eat sweets
putting up the tree with fairy lights and decorations
Spending quality time with my family 🙂 No phones, no computers, no game consoles, just board games and some really cheesey Christmas films! My idea of heaven 🙂
We loved spending time together doing family things over Christmas. Great competition.
Spending it with my family
i HAVE ENJOYED BEING WARM, WITH FIRE ON, WATCHING TV OR LISTENING TO MUSIC, WITH A BEAUTIFUL WINTER SMELL.
AND OF COURSE MY FAMILY (IF THEY WERE QUIET)
Spending time with my family.
Having all the family around with lots of laughter
My favourite part of Christmas so far has been simply spending some quality time with my family. We’ve enjoyed things we normally don’t have time to do such as playing a game together or watching a movie.
seeing my kids faces once they knew santa had been.
Time off with family 🙂
Spending it with my very excited kids
Going back home to Scotland to spend time with my family
Seeing my grandchildren
spending time with the family off work and enjoying ourselves
Decorating the tree as a family
My fave bit is coming home from work and finding my other half has decorated the whole house (better than I’d have done!). Twinkly Christmas!
Being able to spend time with family
my favourite part of christmas was my boys faces when opening there gifts makes it all worthwhile.
Christmas Dinner 🙂
Seeing all my famile
Putting my husbands christmas stocking on the end of the bed while he is asleep xxxx
The cooking the smell in the house and having all my family around me priceless
My favourite part of christmas was eating christmas lunch with the whole family.
Spending time with my partner and dog
My favourite part of Christmas is Christmas evening when all the family is watching a lovely film full of happiness and chocolate! Nothing better than being cosy, full and with your loved ones.
Decorating the Xmas tree
Seeing family which I don’t get to see very often
I love relaxing with my family 🙂
MY favourite part was relaxing in evening knowing everyone had a happy exciting day and were stuffed with christmas dinner
Watching the kids open their presents on Christmas morning, priceless!
Yankee candles offer enduring, evocative and wide – ranging fragrances to suit every mood, I love them!
Spending quality time with my family
Having 4 generations of family here for the whole Xmas period
Seeing my children get the one gift they were convinced they were not getting – priceless
Walking to midnight mass and returning home afterwards for hot chocolate
I love baking mince pies with Christmas music playing and singing.
Choosing and decoarting the tree with the children – always a lovely family thing to do
spending time with family
Spending extra time with the family
Receiving at Christmas a Yankee Candle in a jar… and lighting it!!!
Great
Getting a Yankee Candle
being with my new baby nephew having lots of cuddles
my fave part of Christmas is Christmas eve. My 3yr old sprinkled reindeer food in the garden, had a bath with snow soap, new Christmas pjs on, then after we got out santas mince pie and milk, we settled down to watch films
Spending the festive period with my 2 daughters and their families
My favourite part has been all of it. I had an op two days before Christmas last year and couldn’t enjoy it at all. This year I’ve over indulged and loved spending every moment with my husband and sons.
I just love all the different food you get to eat with the excuse of it’s christmas it don’t matter
Seeing my biggest girls face as she handed out the presents she had saved her pocket money for 5 months to buy for people, completely off her own back! <3
My favourite part of Christmas was not working! I’ve done 24hr shifts for the last three!
Christmas Dinner with the family was the best as well as a large Boxing Day evening party with the other half of the family.
spending time with family and friends
Time off work with family
Having my family home for Christmas such a treat for us all to be together for a week lovely holiday.
Spending time with my family
My favourite part of christmas is the ridiculous amount of cheese I can eat without anyone judging me!
Best bit of Christmas was the wander round the market in Edinburgh with all its continental stuff
A 10 mile frosty round trip walk to a village pub for lunch.
Spending quality time with my husband and children, playing, having fun and making memories.
Catching up with old friends
Watching my children on Christmas morning & simply having precious time with them all.
Being at home with family, good food cooking in the oven, Christmas films and the aroma and lighting of beautiful scented candles
we loved the late mornings and generally not having to rush around. Also loved Christmas Doctor Who!
For me it was spending quality time with friends and family
I love when the whole family sit around the dinner table, eating and laughing. Of course while we’re wearing our paper hats from the crackers.
My favourite part was seeing my daughters face when see saw that santa had brought her a bike that she asked him for
I love christmas trees and real fires and light from candles making christmas feel magical
My favorite part of Christmas was seeing my children’s faces opening Thierry presents
my favourite part is always seeing the kids faces when they see Santa has been, and the stampede to get downstairs oh and eating mince pies xx
Seeing the kids open their presents. Their excitement was fantastic
My daughter getting the trolls hat she wanted and wearing it all day and all night ???? Best santa present ever
meeting up with all the family on christmas day for lunch
Opening the presents
HVING MOVED TO A NEW COUNTY A FEW MONTHS BACK IT HAS TO BE MEETING LOCAL VILLAGERS IN OUR LOCAL PUB………MAKING FRIENDS AND MEMORIES X
My favourite part of Christmas was my birthday, which was on Christmas Day ????
my favourite part of christmas was curling up after a long shift watching christmas movies I even got to see elf for the 1st time
Being with all the family
Stuffing my face and relaxing all day on christmas day !!
Spending more time with the parents
turkey burgers and turkey meat balls
I love watching tv with just the twinkling lightS on the Christmas tree lighting the room
My favourite part of Christmas is all the Yummy food and all the laughs with my family x
My favourite part of Christmas has been sharing it with my wonderful new partner Paul, I truly have met the love of my life, and hope that we have many more Christmases together.
when all my boys sat round the table for xmas dinner. eldest lives away so rare were all together
My favourite part of Christmas was spending a lovely time with the whole family and having no one worry that its time to go except me that had to work on Christmas day, airports don’t close 🙁
the food is also my favourite and a bonus is that everyone likes to help so I don’t have to do it all.
Christmas dinner
All of it i love christmas
Watching Christmas TV
i have to admit love Christmas from the build up, putting up the tree present hunting and opening, cooking the turkey dinner and boxing day all the family round for a good old knees up always so special with memories that last for ever then after the new year welcomed in the start of the pack up for another year.
The unseasonably hot weather!
Loved spending time with my family during Christmas
Vanilla Lime is my favourite 🙂
Xmas day and seeing my daughters reaction as we gave her the beautiful long haired alsation puppy who she named Storm as her new pet.
My favourite thing about Christmas has been time off together as a family
Enjoying the Christmas dinner with my family ❤️
Having my great grandparents leave their home for Christmas for the first time in their lives to join me and my daughter many miles away in York. We’ve spent so much time crafting and baking and taking photos of who eats the most sprouts!!
Family getting together.
Spending time with my family
Christmas is over now but my favourite part is always spending time with family and loved ones.
Kicking off in mid-December I had a ‘fake Christmas’ with my 3 best friends. Festive food, Baileys to drink and our tradition of watching Love Actually together.
23rd December we went to Blenheim Palace as a family and saw the gardens all lit up in a magical way.
Then the main event with the wholr family.
Perfect!
My favourite part of Christmas was attending the Christmas Eve crib service at our local church was full of people that don’t usually attend and there were so many children excited about Christmas but also getting to hear the Christmas story and the reason we celebrate Christmas.
seeing on the houses lit up
I was rather sad over Christmas as I was very poorly but the best part was seeing my little boys face when he got a new radio. He is autistic and obsessed with radios so he was super thrilled to get a new DAB one.
My favourite part was spending time with my 2 year old niece and watching as she opened her presents with so much delight!
making memories with my family around me – i lost my grandma earlier this year so being with my family at christmas was even more important to me
Spending time with my family on Christmas Day playing board games in the evening! We have such a laugh!
London Christmas lights
As I’m now on a diet for my new years resolution, looking back i’d have to say the food 😀
SPENDING TIME WITH FAMILY
SPENDING TIME WITH MY PRECIOUS SON – MU MUM’S DEATH EARLIER THIS YEAR MADE ME EVEN MORE AWARE OF HOW SHORT LIFE IS
My favorite part of Christmas is watching my daughters open their presents. They especially like the stocking stuffers I get them and leave them til last to open.
My favourite part is the run up to Xmas the decorating the tree woth my son. Visiting santa writing santa a letter. Xmas eve box leaving santa milk and cookies it’s just so magical when you have a small child
Being back with my family after 13 yrs there presence what a great present
Watching my children open their presents and their big smiles.