Christmas is different in every household because no 2 families are the same. It may start with who buys the presents – does Father Christmas get them all, just some stocking fillers, or does he just do the deliveries? Then when can you open presents – is as soon as Father Christmas has been okay? Or do you have to wait until the afternoon after you have eaten? Do you want to party or do you want to have a snooze on the sofa after watching a Christmas movie? However you do it ASDA allow you to do it your way #becauseitsChristmas.
I was invited along to ASDA’s Christmas in July and I can share with you the readers a few of my favourites that I shall be purchasing this year. There was also a great range of Turkeys, Lobsters, Salmon, Cheese – never mind the fact that I can buy toys, clothes, dressing up, drinks and cosmetics – along with my regular food shop. ASDA have catered for everyone – those who like to go traditional and those who like convenience. You can have it however you want with ASDA’s motto #becauseitsChristmas.
They not only cater for Christmas but Boxing Day and New Year too – with a great range of food and drink to make things how you want them to be #becauseitsChristmas. Or maybe you are like us and want to have party food Christmas day – ASDA have a huge range of foods conveniently made for you – and you can even stick them in the freezer. I love this idea as it means I do not have to fight those last minute shoppers.
Personally we have our big Christmas dinner on Christmas Eve, and a finger buffet on Christmas day. This is to help our son with special needs cope with Christmas more easily – and for us to have more free time to deal with him on the day (as well as spending quality time with the children rather than cooking). To read more about why we have party food for Christmas Day read about how we adapt our Christmas to help our son with Special Needs.
My top ASDA Christmas buys 2015
Extra Special Maple Smoked Salmon, ASDA Choccotone, Extra Special Dressed Lobster, ASDA Limited Edition Carrot & Orange Soup, ASDA Limited Edition Christmas Dinner Soup, Extra Special Smoked Salmon & Prosecco Flutes, Extra Special Duck & Cherry pate, Extra Special Fig & Brandy Christmas Pudding, Butcher’s Selection Roast in the Bag Turkey Crown with Bacon Lattice, ASDA Spiced Pumpkin, Cranberry & Pecan Loaf, Extra Special Chocolate Orange Pudding, ASDA Free From Yule Log, Extra Special Chocolate and White Chocolate Domes, Extra Special Chocolate and Caramel Square Cake, Extra Special Tigerwood Cheeseboard, Extra Special Mini British Burgers with Sundried Tomato Relish, Extra Special Mini British Pulled Pork Sliders with Barbeque Honey Glaze and Extra Special Lamb Kebabs.
Whatever you are doing this Christmas I bet you would appreciate the chance of receiving a beautiful hamper from ASDA including:
- Extra Special Mince Pies / Extra Special 3 Month Matured Brandy-Soaked Christmas Sparkle Fruit Cake / Extra Special Panettone / Extra Special Parmesan Reggiano with Knife.
- Extra Special Mixologist Belgian Chocolate Truffles / Extra Special Mini Belgian Chocolate Bauble Truffles
- Rum Chata / Extra Special Prosecco
To enter just let me know (in 10 words or more) what you do #becauseitsChristmas and enter the Rafflecopter
UK ONLY
E: 10/12/2015
For images of what is included in the hamper visit my Facebook page
I was invited to ASDA Christmas in July to preview what was on offer.
We all dress up in brand new PJ’s on Christmas Eve and stay in them ALL day watching movies and eating treats #becauseitsChristmas x
We start the day with the children (now aged 20, 18, 16 & 9) coming into our room to open stockings before going downstairs for a continental breakfast. We then get ready & go to church, where we celebrate Christmas with many friends. Things have changed in the past couple of years as my son works in a restaurant and earns good money for working Christmas Day and so we now sit down and eat our Christmas Dinner at about 5pm, once he has finished work #becauseitsChristmas.
We always send my husband downstairs to make sure Father Christmas has been
Because it’s christmas we buy foods and drinks that we wouldn’t normally and treat ourselves.
Because it’s christmas we close our eyes and make a wish whilst stirring the Christmas cake mixture! My mum used to do this with me and my siblings and now I do it with my own children!
We visit all the family in England and France #becauseitsChristmas and try to work out a Father Christmas story that makes sense for both (he comes on 24th during the evening and knocks on the door in France while the kids are looking out of the window upstairs so there are no stockings to hang up … no crackers or turkey either !)
I do a lot more housework and cooking because its christmas!
We always have new Pjs on christmas eve & i make a goody box up with hot chocolate & lots of yummy treats to get us ready 🙂
We always go for a walk and feed the ducks together to work up an appetite before the big meal #becauseitsChristmas
Decorate the house like mad!
Christmas eve is all about watching Its a Wonderful Life with the family in our PJ’s then opening a present each at midnight. On Christmas morning we all have a glass of bucks fizz whilst opening our presents and then have a bacon sandwich for breakfast! #becauseitschristmas
I always bake loads at xmas
Decorate, Christmas crafts, lots and lots of baking! Watching Christmas films as much as possible is also essential – starting with The Nightmare Before Christmas to bridge the Halloween-Xmas gap 😉
We go to Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve – always makes me feel like Christmas has arrived. #becauseitschristmas
#becauseitsChristmas we dress up in our finery and eat and drink like Kings & Queens.
We all open our stockings, the highlight of Christmas whatever our ages! We have a large lunch at about 1pm – turkey for the meat eaters and something else for the vegetarians, we usually play Scrabble, Boggle and other games after lunch. Tea is a help yourself when you want buffet – salads, bread, cheese etc. #becauseitsChristmas
#becauseitsChristmas we try not to argue … who am I kidding we argue more at Christmas ~~ bring it on. Haha.
#because it’s Christmas we have a day with no t.v and internet!!! not even the queen’s speech 🙂
Eat chocolates for breakfast and wear paper hats at dinner
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Spend far too much money, eat too much food and watch too much tv, but I wouldn’t have it any other way 🙂
We eat too much, sometimes drink too much and play silly party games #becauseitsChristmas
We indulge in lots of treats we normally wouldnt have and on Christmas day we all open our presies whenever we get woken in the morning by the kids #becauseitsChristmas
#becauseit’Christmas I put rum butter and squirty cream on as many food items as possible…..you can only get away with it at this time of year!
Have a special Christmas playlist on my iPod with Christmas songs.
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We wear what ever we are bought on Christmas day normally all wearing a dressing gown over our nice Christmas frocks but we love it x
I eat chocolate for breakfast just because its Christmas day
All the presents are placed in one big heap. Grandad closes his eyes and picks a present at random. He passes it to whoever it is addressed to. We watch them open it. Then it is their turn to close their eyes and pick one. Repeat! If anyone picks their own present they have to put it back in the pile. Present opening goes on for ages!
We have Buck’s Fizz for breakfast and a glass of sherry whilst prepping the trifle x
We spend too much but most of all have fun #becauseitsChristmas
I love to see the excitement on the children’s faces
I read twas the night before christmas to the kids on xmas eve, then on the day itself we have no set ‘game plan’ we just see how the day plays out!
My hubby and I with my adult twins always go to his Grandma’s house on Christmas Eve. This lady is now 84 years old and looks not a day over 60! She does all the food and entertains us all. We always take a huge chocolate home made cake that I slave over for hours! #becauseitsChristmas
Because it is Christmas, we treat ourselves to things we would not normally have.
Christmas Day is the only day of the year that I drink alcohol.
#becauseitsChristmas we always have home-made pain au chocolat and bacon and cheese croissants for breakfast on Christmas Day.
#becauseitschristmas we have a family trip ice skating at Hampton Cuurt
#becauseitsChristmas we have warm mince pies for breakfast on xmas morning, none of us particularly like them then, but it is a tradition.
We all enjoy decorating the tree and putting up lights.
Because it’s christmas we make our own snowballs to drink using advocat and lemonade.
We always go for a afternnon walk along the canal path and feed the animals some festive treats.x #becauseitsChristmas
put on new pj’s and watch a Christmas film with a hot chocolate and snacks, staying up a bit later
Bacon butties for breakfast and eat lots of chocolate without feeling guilty!!
we eat lots of treats
we always put on are new christmas cloths and send the kids down first
#becauseitsChristmas I eat chocolate for breakfast and spend the morning sitting around the tree with my family opening presents.
Buy presents for everyone I like including my dogs!
Recreating memories of my childhood for my own 19 month old daughter because I want it to be special for her! But creating new traditions too xx
I bake almost every day, and eat far too much food, just because I know that I can be good throughout the year and what’s a pound or two when you can stuff your face with your family!
Eat too much food and end up surrounded by torn up wrapping paper
Have a mad baking session. Lots of lovely treats! Overeat and watch too much TV. No worries until the new year!
We always put the decorations up 1st Dec (as my kids Birthdays are 2nd and 3rd Dec. We make decorations together once they have had their Birthdays right up until Christmas Eve. Christmas eve, we all have new Pj’s and cuddle up on the sofa and talk untill their tired. Normally 5am I’m woken by them so excighted to see their presents. We walk the dogs after dinner, then site around grouning we ate too much 🙂 #becauseitsChristmas
make something with sprouts. we never eat them at any other time but I always manage to find a new recipe and everyone always asks why we dont have them more often
#becauseitschristmas we have no rules! Usually daddy gets excited and wakes the kids, and we all go downstairs to see what Santa brought. Santa brings stocking fillers and small presents, because mummy and daddy buy the ‘Big One’. Then chaos ensues, there is no rythm or reason to the day but its always loads of fun. Eat whenever, play whenever 😀
#becauseitschristmas we eat chocolate at random times, and the roast dinner is normally about 3pm in the afternoon which we wouldn’t normally do on a normal day!!
We line the children up youngest to oldest and enter the living room where all the presents have been laid out in piles for each person
Putting the tree up as a family, baking lots of yummy Christmas treats and Christmas eve getting all comfy in Pjs and snuggling up and watching Christmas films
We always get Michael Buble’s christmas album on asap on Christmas Day, have bacon sandwiches and open our gifts together without fail every xmas #because it’s Christmas
#becauseitsChristmas I try my hand at homemade treats! Last year I did homemade fudge and truffles and this year I’m looking at mince pies and chocolate slabs! I also get the fun of taste testing everything… obviously 😉
We eat lots of chocolate, visit the light, and cuddle up with Christmas movies #becauseitsChristmas
Eat loads, drink loads, have a wonderful day.
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#becauseitsChristmas I buy my kids a new Christmas jumper every year
We spend Christmas with my family in Switzerland where Christmas Eve is the celebrating day. We have mulled wine and nibbles outside in the snow and then it’s time for the children to open their presents #BecauseitsChristmas
I travel from Scotland to Northern Ireland with my soon to be hubby and our pug to spend christmas with my family and friends. Every christmas eve I have a couple of drinks in our local with my best friends then spend christmas day with my family. After Christmas we hold our annual christmas hat party where all my friends and immediate family come to my parent house wearing silly hats, we all drink and be merry! #becauseitsChristmas
Eat too much, play games, watch cheesy films, nap, #becauseitsChristmas
#becauseitsChristmas we have new PJs for Christmas Eve. Christmas Day with family. In the evening Dr Who!
Start the champagne at 9am!
We always decorate the tree together and we all open one of the smaller gifts on Christmas eve night!
we see even more family & other friends on Christmas eve than we do on a normal day.
Watch Christmas movies whilst drinking hot chocolate and eating mince pies #becauseitsChristmas
have chocolate and snowballs for breakfast not really a thing for a normal day
eat loads of food and watch Home Alone
I take the opportunity to eat ALL the food and not feel bad for it!
I’d have to say: Spend too much and eat too much #becauseitsChristmas
Drink balieys #becauseitsChristmas
eat loads of food and watch Home Alone and do literally nothing
The first thing we do is have a walk in town and say Good morning or Merry Christmas to everyone we see.
We relax, enjoy the holidays and eat lots of treats
On Christmas day the kids have a stocking from santa at the ends of their bed which they open upstairs, then we go downstairs and they have their main presents from us (Whilst we try and recover with a cup of tea as its normally about 5 in the morning!!!)
It’s CHRISTMASSSSSSSS!
#becauseitsChristmas we buy loads of nice treats, we buy the kids some nice presents, we put up decorations and we plan for a nice special meal together as a family.
Because it’s Christmas, we make a special mince pie for Father Christmas, and food for the reindeer, and leave them by the chimney.
Well for one, I don’t worry about calories, dust or mess from Christmas Eve to Boxing Day. Works for us!
Put stockings up even though we are not the age for stockings any more 🙂
eat too much and try and have a fab day without worry
After the first cup of tea (got to have that!) it’s Bucks Fizz and chocolate for breakfast!
#becauseitsChristmas Have fun with the family Silly games and pressies for everyone including the pets.
We normally get up about 8 in the morning, My mum wakes me up these days haha.
Open the presents and watch a bit of tv whilst having breakfast, get dressed and ready to go to the local for 1pm, meet a bunch of family and other families for a few drinks.
Then we go to my grandmas for an amazing dinner, most years I fall asleep after dinner, wake up and have a few drinks and then go to a friends, we usually have a gathering and an evening party into the small hours 😀
We always visit family on Christmas eve to deliver and receive gifts, then we attend the midnight church service. When we arrive home we all open one gift each 🙂
We have a traditional Christmas, with all the children making a mess and noise, the fathers trying to make the presents up, so screwdrivers are always on standby, and generally having fun, plenty of laughter, all sitting around bloated after lunch, and enjoying the time together. Love it
We always have breakfast together before we go into the living room and see if Santa has been! Then the day is spent together playing board games and having Christmas dinner with all the festive songs playing!!
its all about family and friends. xmas day is close family and being together all mucking in with xmas lunch. you can’t beat that special feeling toward loved ones.
boxing day is party time with friends, buffet food and plenty of fizz letting our hair down!!
We always go to the in-laws on Christmas eve and stay until boxing day evening, enjoy a lovely cooked breakfast and then a full Christmas roast dinner late afternoon! My poor mother in-law gets lumbered with most of the cooking! (But I think she secretly loves the praise that comes with all the hard work!) We enjoy a few board games and feast on the left over cold meats etc on boxing day!
The family get together for Christmas dinner followed by various games and karaoke.
I have started making my Christmas cake, it is cooked & awaits marizpan & Royal icing, not so keen on the rolled icing.
My dad still goes downstairs to see if ‘hes been’ even though me and my sister are 21 and 17!
#becauseitsChristmas We have Buck’s Fizz for breakfast, far too much dinner, then spend all night eating chocolates!
#becauseitsChristmas means we start Christmas Day with Champagne! perfect start to the day. Cooked breakfast #becauseitsChristmas! Leisurely morning and early afternoon then time to prepare for everyone descending.
#becauseitsChristmas I drink and eat more than usual, wear more make up than usual and watch more children’s films than I usually would 🙂
#becauseitsChristmas we have a family breakfast then a large dinner and snack in the evening with friends and family
#becauseitsChristmas we stay in our PJs all day!
#becauseitsChristmas, we don’t dress for breakfast and it has been known for me to have a drink at lunchtime!
#becauseitsChristmas i dress up as santa and trick all the kids into thinking i am the real one! i am very convincing!
Mulled wine and mince pies while decorating the tree
#becauseitsChristmas, we also bake some cake for our neighbours as a surprise 🙂
#becauseitsChristmas The whole family gets together for a few days. In the morning we go for a lovely brisk walk & visit our friends & neighbours. Then we have a lovely meal, play some board games and then a Karaoke party in the evening. TV is turned off – recording all the best programmes for later viewing 🙂
#becauseitsChristmas, I tend to over-indulge on food and watch back-to-back Christmas movies 🙂
i always eat far too much and chocolate for breakfast on xmas day is allowed 🙂
we all have new pjs christmas eve
I make sure the carols are playing as we open presents next to the tree.
We decorate the house, have lots of special food and drink and give each other presents because it’s Christmas.
#becauseitsChristmas let the kids have chocolate for brekkie and turn on the TV for a daytime movie x
always start the day with bucks fizz.. I don’t think anyone actually likes it but it’s a done thing
#becauseitschristmas we get up late and light the fire!
I’m 47 and I am so blessed to say that I have spent every one of those Christmas’s at home with my family. Every year my husband and I travel to Dublin with out daughter to spend Christmas with my parents and extended family x
Because it is Christmas I eat too much, drink too much, laugh a lot, play games and spend time with the family that we don’t always get to spend together
#becauseitsChristmas I love to bake with the family, see their faces when they see the wrapped presents appear under the tree, spend time watching Christmas films that remind me of when I was a kid and eat far too much!
Sherry whilst dinner is cooking and a guilt free day when we eat drink and are lazy without feeling guilty
~because its Christmas we always have a cold buffet on Christmas Day – so noone is slaving over a hot stove while everyopne else is enjoying themselves. Oh and we all over indulge !!
a day long baking session!
As we don’t need to go anywhere, we stay in our PJs, put out a snack table and watch all the saved movies and t.v. shows!
We normally wake up first then let the kids go downstairs first to check Santa has been – usually around 6am….. then later we get round to Mum’s for a big feast – #becauseitsChristmas
because its christmas we open up all our presents then we have an elves breakfast which is sweet stuff like pancakes, muffins, chocolate and then get ready and go see family, come back and have a lovely xmas dinner ( im more excited about the dinner than anything hehe)
i will make my own mince pies, have a snowball drink and actually bother to roast chestnuts #becauseitsChristmas
I stick on the cheesy Christmas jumper and dance to cheesy music #becauseitsChristmas
We still put stockings up and Christmas time is the only time of year its ok to have chocolate for breakfast.
#becauseitsChristmas We get together as we don’t see each other often!
We play golf in the living room, but instead of golf balls we use walnuts #becauseitsChristmas
Somehow it seems right to have champagne and chocolate for breakfast, naughty but great fun.
Extra baking
We put down glitter dust in the garden so the reindeers can see where to land. The glitter sparkles in the moonlight.
ALL 3 DAUGHTERS AND SPOUSES COME ROUND FOR CHRISTMAS DINNER
We have a tradition on Xmas eve my grandchildren come over to help put out the Christmas sweets and things out for santa and his reindeers, while their grandpa cooks the turkey and prepares all the veg
#BecauseItsChristmas I am so excited this year as baby number 4 is due on the 21st of December we always open presents in the morning have a cooked breakfast then head out to see family for dinner this year we will be at home with our new baby and kiddies #ilovechristmas
We always remember our departed loved ones and make a toast to them christmas morning #becauseitsChristmas
spend too much eat too much and drink too much
Usually I am quite minimalist but I turn my home into a sparkling extravaganza #becauseitsChristmas
#becauseitsChristmas I eat too much sweet stuff, and make trifle. I don’t make it any other time of the year
I do all the cooking and make loads and stuff everybody like turkys
Get early nights as I normally work over Christmas
#becauseitsChristmas i eat sprouts and dates and play board games
santa loves trying to sneak into my kids bedrooms, they normally lay booby traps ha ha
We all get together and have bucks fizz and Christmas dinner (apart from the ones still in nappies!)
I’m on my own & don’t do anything special, it’s just another day like normal ……
Because it’s christmas, I drink baileys. it’s my christmas treat
#becauseitsChristmas dress from head to toe in glittery clothes and have glittery hair
I eat everything in sight. There are so many yummy foods available at Christmas and I just can’t resist. #becauseitsChristmas
#becauseitsChristmas – We have a family day on Boxing Day, cold cuts and pickles for lunch, films and chatter in the afternoon. We have what we call ‘pick’ for tea. Which is basically a buffet!
I bake lots, we play lots of games and we laugh lots #becauseitsChristmas!
#becauseitsChristmas we will eat chocolates all day long
because it’s Christmas we have salmon for breakfast. never eat it for brekkie any other time
#becauseitsChristmas Dress up!!
#becauseitsChristmas we do lots more baking!
#becauseitschristmas we go to a “Crib Service” at our local church, where children carry the nativity statues and put them in place.
#becauseitsChristmas we bake our own mince pies to leave out for santa kids enjoy it so much
go the church for a carol service
Go Carol singing and check out every bodies Christmas lights
I wear a onesie all Christmas Eve & eat nothing but chocolate #becauseitsChristmas
#becauseitsChristmas we decorate the tree together, baking lots of xmas goodies and watch our favourite xmas films
I spend the day in my Onesie drinking Bucks Fizz #becauseitsChristmas
have a glass of bucks fizz at breakfast and port at night, i’m teetotal the rest of the year!
#becauseitschristmas the kids put up and decorate the trees earlier each year
Tangerines and chocolate
#becauseitschristmas we all spend lots of time watching festive movies, eating lots of indulgent food and playing games as a family.
We all put new bedding and have a relaxing bath or shower on Xmas Eve and me and my mum have a tradition where we both get a alcoholic drink each and spend the night wrapping presents with Xmas songs on and we talk about everything and anything and then the actual day is spent with all extended family and kids #becauseitschristmas
because it’s Christmas we eat way more than we should of stuff we wouldn’t normally eat and just relax
I always watch Santa Claus: The Movie on Christmas Eve!
#becauseitsChristmas I eat whatever I want for a change and forget the all year round healthy eating regime!
I eat more, work more, spend more and most importantly smile more
I always buy extra treats and drinks and generally over indulge.
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#becauseitsChristmas Enjoy my young grandchildrens excitement.
Spend all day in my new pj’s and drink baileys. Xx
#becauseitsChristmas ,I take more time off work to spend with the family . I eat more and indulge in more chocolate, and sweet treats
#becauseitsChristmas I always buy way too much food and chocolate and end up having to delay the diet until it’s all gone around mid-January
I would say ‘overendulged in food’, but that would be a lie, I always do that. So I guess I will go with play board games. I only ever do that at Christmas.
*overindulge
i would make my own mince pies
#becauseitsChristmas all go for a walk together for relaxed chat before table time
We spend the weekend before christmas having a day baking mince pies, icing the christmas cake and making biscuits.
Spend too much , eat too much slob around too much and then make New Years resolutions to lose weight !
Moan about rubbish on TV, although don’t watch a lot.
We have an Indians For Christmas Dinner Every Year #becauseitschristmas
We make our own sweet mince pies even though no-one really likes them…just beacause it’s christmas. We spend loads of snuggle time on the sofa watching movies…just because it’s christmas. We eat lots of chocolate and goodies…just because it’s christmas
#becauseitsChristmas we drink mulled wine and watch lots of slush christmas movies, have the family over and eat lots of food that we dont eat for the rest of the year. I also have to have lots of Advocaat and Snowballs – it just wouldn’t be christmas without these little treats and rituals….and their is always the obligatory game of Scrabble on Christmas Eve too 🙂
I get drunk on Boxing Day…its the only day that I do 🙂
#becauseitschristmas we always play board games such as trivial pursuit or monopoly
I spend a lot more money than I should do on wine and chocolate #becauseitsChristmas
Christmas is a time for family, love and happiness. The night of Christmas Eve a mince pie , carrot and a drink for Santa were always left out for Santa and Rudolph. To bed I would go, in the morning I was allowed to open my stocking and one present before breakfast. Traditional out breakfast has always been scrambled egg with smoked salmon through, toast and bucksfizz or lemonade and orange juice when I was a child. After breakfast we would open some more presents taking turns in the giving of a present and the receiving . Some presents were from Santa and others were from our loved ones. Before Christmas dinner we would all get ready and put on our finest clothes. We would sit down to our traditional dinner starting with Royal game soup like every year, I love that soup!! Then we would pull the Christmas crackers and party poppers, put on the hats and tell the lame Christmas cracker jokes and have a laugh. Turkey time with roast potatoes, stuffing, carrots, sprouts and chestnuts, bread sauce , cranberry sauce , pigs in blankets and parsnips for those who liked them. After dinner we would unwrap any remaining presents and settle to watch a Christmas film or a new dvd we had been given for Christmas. My dad would light the coal fire and we would sit eating Turkish delights or sweets from which ever tin was opened first and more than often fall asleep before have Christmas pudding which we set alight first before eating with brandy sauce hehe. These are traditions I hope to keep going with my son and hopefully in the future a family of our own. That’s what Christmas is to me.
We Wear funny Christmas jumpers and eat loads of.chocolate
#becauseitschristmas
Eat loads of food and watch Doctor Who with the family #becauseitsChristmas
Xmas presents, hats, laughter, and family parties…we LOVE Xmas!
We all have to have new pyjamas for Christmas Eve #becauseitsChristmas
I stock up on wine #becauseitsChristmas
#becauseitsChristmas I eat fried bacon sandwiches for breakfast, watch half a dozen Christmas films in my pyjamas and wear lots of fluffy clothing! (Socks, faux fur accessories and a warm jumper)
because its christmas we love to have lazy pyjama days watching festive movies and eating chocolate-i cant wait 🙂
I cook a full meal from scratch using only fresh ingredients
Lie in front of the roaring fire eating chocolate in Christmas pjs x
I’m always a little bit more cheerful because it’s Christmas x
Spend more money than I can afford on loved ones, eat and drink too much and be as lazy as possible in front of the TV #becauseitschristmas
#becauseitsChristmas we listen to Christmas songs, put milk and mine pie out for Father Christmas and carrots for his reindeer
#becauseit’schristmas – we all get together and make it a special time for the children 🙂
#because its Christmas we let the kids eat chocolate or goodies in the early evening and let them stay up late
On Christmas Eve we make cookies for Santa
#becauseitsChristmas we pig out in front of the telly, get drunk and play games
#becauseitsChristmas we have chocolate for breakfast 🙂
#becauseitsChristmas we invite the in-laws over lol
#becauseitsChristmas We spend a lot more money this time of year on food especially! We let the kids stay up later than usual and we watch a lot of movies!
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Watch Elf as many times as possible in December! #becauseitsChristmas
Eat loads of.Chocolate,. Wear festive jumpers and sing to Christmas songs #becauseitschristmas
just chill out and eat loads, have a drink and play with the children #becauseitsChristmas
Eat loads drink more sleep late eat more drink late
#becauseitsChristmas we have champagne for breakfast and lunch…and dinner 🙂 (well, if parents are over it is champagne. If not, anything fizzy will do!)
we make home-made vol-au-vents mm i cant wait #becauseitschristmas
We make home-made Yorkshire Puddings (well my brother does them!). I make a Christmas cake & we drink champagne with our dinner. #becauseitsChristmas
we have a nice family meal with added sweet eat treats yum!
We do conservation work with our local wildlife trust on our local common by cutting down Scot’s Pine trees. We get to take one home to use as our Christmas tree.
we always eat loads bit of a treat x
We have all the family together, drink a lot of prosecco (from around 9am) and eat good food!!! #becauseitschristmas
always send the hubby down stairs to put the turkey on to cook and a hot cup of tea for me
#becauseitsChristmas we always eat Roses chocolates from the tin for breakfast!
#becauseitsChristmas we walk down to the seafront and watch people swim in the sea in fancy dress for charity 🙂
#becauseitsChristmas we take time to stop and enjoy the small wonders of Christmas like driving around and seeing the lights
Carol singing at my hospital. the patients love it and it’s very festive and fun
#becauseitsChristmas we stay in pjs all day
Eat more cheese than someone who counts calories and is trying to lose weight really should!
Because its Christmas I spend far too much money, eat too much and drink too much
#becauseitsChristmas I eat.. eat.. eat.. and eat..
#becauseitsChristmas I race around all December cleaning the house, choosing, shopping, cooking, baking, wrapping just so everyone has a lovely stress free time!!
#becauseitsChristmas I love to fill the house with family and friends, and our best years have been we included a total stranger too
New pjs, lots of food, treats and a bacon sandwich on Christmas morning.
#becauseitsChristmas I worry that I am going to forget something vital, but I never do and it all goes OK.
#becauseitsChristmas we all are allowed to eat chocolate at breakfast time, and I also make mince pies & sausage rolls
its the only time of the year i buy sprouts lol #becauseitsChristmas
because its xmas we decorate the house have chocolate at brekkie lots of sniggles films and games
I eat lots & lots of chocolate #becauseitsChristmas
We eat so much we can’t move #becauseitsChristmas
Wind up my nieces – because it’s Christmas and they end up like coiled springs. I’m an aunty – it’s my job!!
I tend to open loads of presents and eat food #becauseitsChristmas
#becauseitschristmas we usually do similar to you with the moved around food days because we have 4 children, 1 with Asd so it makes it calmer and also more time to spend with them all and their new presents 🙂 oh and also eating too much x
#becauseitsChristmas I will eat and drink as much as I want-hurray!
This is my first Christmas away from my children, and I won’t be there to watch them open their presents. Christmas should be good though even without them.
Well I start to look at new recipes to make Christmas dinner more interesting! #becauseitsChristmas
seeing if its snowed.
because it’s christmas we spend a bit extra on the food shop and buy ourselves some nice treats and goodies 🙂
We watch a lot more films together as a family and have more friends over!
lazy morning, present opening, big xmas lunch and movies in the afternoon
we just like to eat a lot #becauseitschristmas
#becauseitsChristmas i spend way too much on food at christmas lol x
#becauseitsChristmas We get out the posh dinner service and tablecloth
We try and give each other more treats, spend more time on each other.
#becauseitschristmas we go to midnight mass, stay in our pjs all day and eat way to much food!
Get up early and prepare the xmas lunch whilst its nice and quiet
Because it’s Christmas I enjoy some sweets and alcohol too (I don’t during the rest of the year!)
I have a drink of Champagne before breakfast time #becauseitsChristmas
We play board games and have grannies round #becauseitsChristmas
We all have a christmas jumper to wear on Christmas day for photo’s and to open presents 🙂 #becauseitsChristmas
#becauseitschristmas we splash out and treat ourselves to special food and drink that we wouldn’t usually eat
We look forward to seeing our pantomime!
We also have Christmas dinner on Christmas Eve , after we watch Scrooge , Christmas Carol on TV , so we have more time on Christmas Day to spend together un wrapping presents even the dog joins in! Then we play silly games like hide the pickle on the tree , one who finds it gets another mystery present we also do a pass the parcel , it’s all about making the most of family time together for us . Happy Christmas to all.
Eat waffles and maple syrup then open gifts just me n the kids
We decorate the outside of the house with so many flashy lights I’m amazed our neighbours don’t get motion sickness. #becauseitsChristmas lol
We play every Christmas song we have even if it is truly awful!! #becauseitsChristmas
We watch festive films in the lead up to Christmas every year.
Buy too much food, cook too much food, eat too much food
I over indulge and have a lovely hot chocolate every morning to prepare me for the cold start to the day!
We love christmas films -relaxing together on the sofa.
Eat too much! and make our house look like a sparkly unicorn has thrown up everywhere! #becauseitsChristmas
Have chocolate at breakfast time and have a sneeky drink or to early afternoon rather than waiting #becauseitsChristmas
We have bucks fizz and bacon butties for breakfast then forget to put the turkey in the oven!
I wear overly glitzy jumpers #becauseitsChristmas.
We get out all the old board games and have a lot of good old family fun.
because it’s Christmas we buy our dogs a Christmas stocking each. Aww! They love it!
We have a family tradition (not one I enjoy) of going for a walk on the beach on Christmas morning – no way would we do that on any other winters day but because it’s Christmas we all have to walk by the sea in the freezing cold. Relatives eh?
Because its Christmas we totally chill out and forget the problems of everyday life.
We buy squirty cream for the mince pies, and I let the kids have a squirt straight into their mouths. Just one, because it’s Christmas!
We wear new pjamers on Christmas Eve and leave a carrot and water out for Rudolph and a whisky and mince pie for Santa #becauseitschristmas x
We wake up and open our presents straight away then go to my Grandma’s house for lunch. After lunch, we all sit around and play board games.
I like to get in touch with people I’ve not seen for far too long and socialise more.
Gain weight.. #BecauseitsChristmas
I always have to watch Top of the Pops on Christmas Day, even though it gets worse every year
Because it’s Christmas calorie counting and diet talk is banned in our house. 🙂
We put up a Santa Stop Here sign in the front garden.
#BecauseitsChristmas i tolerate some of the annoying xmas songs on the radio and watch some xmas movies.
I always get drunk #becauseitsChristmas
#becauseitsChristmas we eat to much,wear cheesy Christmas jumpers and watch the Queens speach
Wear this years jumper regardless
We go to Church with my Mum on Christmas Eve #becauseitsChristmas. The Carol singing helps to get us in the mood for Christmas.
Sprinkle reindeer dust
#becauseitsChristmas we bring duvets downstairs to living room and have picnic feast on Christmas Eve night.
Probably have some chocolate for breakfast, drink port instead of my morning coffee, eat sprouts. #becauseitschristmas
We have a Christmas Eve Box which holds a magic key for Santa, a Christmas movie, new jammies and hot chocolate.
It might seem weird but #becauseitsChristmas I have pain au chocolat for breakfast (which I see as something very indulgent) and because it’s Christmas I’ll stay in my night wear as long as I want.. which has even been all day!
I buy a bottle of Baileyds and a bottle of advocaat #becauseitsChristmas
I buy a bottle of Baileys and a bottle of advocaat #becauseitsChristmas
#becauseitsChristmas i get up extra early and don’t sit down the whole day
eat chocolate for breakfast without guilt
I visit my friends and have loads of fun #becauseitsChristmas
I spend more money than I have, eat way more than I should and drink more than is good for me!
Fresh cinnamon rolls for breakfast make our christmas <3
#becauseitschristmas we will have hot chocolate with marshmallows before opening presents
#becauseitsChristmas run 5k in a santa hat
#becauseitsChristmas opps and in 10 words or more – get up at 9am Christmas morning to run 5k with my eldest in a Santa hat, just so we can have seconds later 🙂
#becauseitsChristmas I put myself under loads of stress by writing individual handwritten letters to go in about 60 Christmas cards.
#BecauseItsChristmas I see family & friends I don’t see often enough through out the year
Wake up, get drunk, open presents, get more drunk, overeat, pass out!
I love Christmas even more now I have a 5 year old. We wake up and open our presents, have a relaxed day, eat lovely food, few drinks and treats
#becauseitsChristmas Nothing because we are a family who agreed to not get dawn into Jingle Tills some years ago.
because its christmas we spend time as a family
I bake festive goodies and give them to fiends and family. I also donate food to food banks and new toys to children.
Bacon and egg sandwiches for everyone along with some bucks fizz! 🙂
#becauseitsChristmas I like to push out the boat,
I always love the weather and put on my Pink coat.
I dance to Christmas hits whilst putting up the tree,
and flick through all the channels for all the tinsel films I can see.
But mainly because its Christmas I love to cuddle tight,
my loved ones in my family and drink wine throughout the night.
#becauseitsChristmas I avoid leaving the house until it’s all over!! 😛
We have all the family together #becauseitsChristmas
decorate the house and put a tree up, spend time with family. #becauseitsChristmas
I sometimes let my little girl have chocolate for breakfast #becauseitsChristmas
On Christmas Eve we all sit around in our pj’s drinking hot chocolate eating marshmallows and talking about the festive holidays. I love festive family time!
#becauseitsChristmas we have Bucks Fizz for breakfast!
Start every morning with chocolate #becauseitschristmas
#becauseitsChristmas I buy my kids a new Christmas jumper every year
We watch reruns of movies we can almost recite, like Die Hard, Muppet Christmas Carol, and The Sound of Music. Okay, maybe I watch that all on my own. #becauseitschristmas
Chocolate for breakfast! As well as a couple of special shopping trips involving eating out, which is a special treat that I wouldn’t usually do. #BecauseItsChristmas
#becauseitsChristmas Home made mince pies in December. Then home made Christmas muffins for breakfast, followed by present opening then a Turkey dinner with festive cd’s playing softly in the background.
#becauseitsChristmas . Eat Xmas cake daily for a week prior to Xmas.
#becauseitsChristmas bake lots of yummy food and eat more snd drink more , then we have a laugh
#becauseitsChristmas
We both work nights and so have tea and cake 4am on christmas morning before we have a late christmas holiday to Iceland later.#becauseitsChristmas
#becauseitsChristmas Hmmm
#becauseitsChristmas I will get out to a family lunch unlike any other.
confession time #becauseitsChristmas I always wear new knickers and bra!
#becauseitsChristmas I make my own Christmas mince pies with my homemade pastry
#becauseitsChristmas I always make chestnut stuffing from scratch and plenty of it too because the whole family, including all the grandchildren, absolutely love it.
#becauseitsChristmas I always go mad looking for delicious food and drink for my friends and family. We also have a competition to make the best tasting dish, everyone has to make something from scratch no matter what it is and we vote for the tastiest most creative one, you won’t believe the competitiveness! ;0)
#becauseitsChristmas I always go mad looking for delicious food and drink for my friends and family.
#because it Christmas i buy the children new Pjs so santa can tell they have been good bchildren and are all clean and ready for him to inspect and this always worked well till they got older, but they still wanted new PJS
#becauseitsChristmas there will be a lot buck fizz in my household!!! 🙂
Because it’s Christmas, we all watch The Polar Express and It’s a Wonderful Life – again!
Love getting on our pjs and watching Christmas films and drinking hot chocolate
We eat chocolate for breakfast, watch Christmas films and spend time as a family with no mobile phones or internet access just quality time.
We play Monopoly together and eat maltesers and mince pies
#becauseitsChristmas – one day every Christmas, me and my fiance spend a whole day in our onesies playing board games and computer games!
Eat and drink to much, I spend xmas at my sons so he would get this hamper
#becauseitsChristmas I take extra time off from my job for family time 🙂 I’m self employed so it’s a little easier.. or harder depending on how you look at it as Ii have to catch up!
I make cinnamon sticks and mulled wine and watch Christmas films 🙂
we always have new pjs for xmas eve , and leave mince pies and baileys out
We have the whole extended family round for Christmas Day (between 15 and 20)! So I have rather a lot to do because it’s Christmas!
For some reason at Christmas i fill my freezer up with nibbles and snack bites this may not be strange but we don’t have many visitors at Christmas as the family are all a long way away or no longer with us so in June we are still eating Prawn twists and mini sausages very nice but why do i do it ? Got to go shops are calling me…..
Eat and drink way to much
Make sure Santa’s been
I watch achingly sentimental films with bad acting and dreadful storylines, that wouldn’t even hold my attention the rest of the year #becauseitsChristmas
Smile, wear lovely dresses and kiss under the mistletoe #becauseitsChristmas
#becauseitsChristmas I spend ages beforehand deciding what to make as presents then run out of time to do it!
Bake mince pies mmmmm sending christmas cheer ho ho ho
#becauseitschristmas I spent a quiet romantic one with my boyfriend in our home.
#becauseitsChristmas we play lots of board games together and chocolate is allowed for breakfast!
We have bucks fizz for breakfast then put on the same christmas album on vinyl that we’ve had since I was a kid
#becauseitsChristmas we eat lots – after all it’s New Year soon
I go shopping a lot more regularly #becauseitsChristmas, and spend a lot too!
Every Christmas without fail, we always put up and decorate a Christmas tree my mother was given to her 40 years ago. Resplendent in tinsel and baubles, it still looks the part today. To Christmas proper, we always have a family drink of Bucks Fizz on Christmas Day and New Years Day. Finally, nothing beats a tin of quality street / roses on Christmas Day, watching the Queens speech and then a cracking movie. Really family traditions 🙂
#becauseitsChristmas I buy lots of presents, put up the tree, cook a massive meal, eat lots of chocolate and then feel so full I can’t move!!
We eat chocolate for breakfast and play games all day
I Dress Up for Christmas Lunch, and make a point of trying everything on the table. Not forgeting to thank the cook for all that hard work.
Because its Christmas I sove my diet out the window and indulge in a little bit of what I fancy with my family, followed by a nap in front of the t.v.
Cook lovely tidbits I can’t be bothered to make at other times 🙂
Eat too much
#becauseitsChristmas I treat myself to a bottle of brandy and have myself a couple of brandy and lemonades while I wrap the prsents
We share presents and enjoy each others company
#becauseitsChristmas… I curl up on my sofa, with a horrendously cheesy Christmas romance on tv, whilst eating a mince pie and drinking a steaming cup of hot chocolate.
There’s 101 other things I should be doing but I don’t care!
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Make snowman soup and sprinkle reindeer food. love all the magical things that make it special. #BecauseItsChristmas
#BecauseItsChristmas We have Turkey and all the trimmings and a homemade Trifle
I watch more movies #becauseitsChristmas
Make breakfast for my mum and myself and pour us a large glass of fizz to start the Christmas day
we always start the day with my 2 daughters jumping all over us wanting to go see if santa has been we open presents anfd then have breakfast, we spend the day with each other playing and chilling out and being together as a family
#becauseitsChristmas— eat, drink, sleep—-repeat!
We have a manic christmas morning, opening gifts, family round which is great then after an huge christmas lunch we settle down and watch a movie together
chocolate for breakfast! #becauseitsChristmas
#becauseitschristmas we going to Cristingle on Christmas Eve. Then we get up quite early in PJs to check if Father Christmas and the reindeers found their way. Then a light fry up followed by lots of presents opening before a huge lunch and collapse in a heap afterwards
We have a PJ day on Christmas Eve and watch lots of Christmas films with hot chocolate and popcorn #becauseitsChristmas
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Start drinking alcohol after Breakfast and eating my own body weight in Mince Pies because it’s Christmas 🙂
Making mince pies on xmas eve and leaving one out for Santa!
drink advocaat #becauseitsChristmas
#becauseitsChristmas we go for long walks after dinner with all our family – about 16 of us and it’s great for us all to get together and catch up on the year.
Visit friends and family and play board games or cards in the evening #becauseitsChristmas
Buy Christmas dresses for my daughter and myself, Preferably red
We put up lots of decorations, we buy lots of treats and have family around.
#becauseitsChristmas We drink champagne in the morning and wear silly jumpers. There is always a board game in the afternoon too.
I drink snowballs and stuff my face with mince pies #becauseitschristmas
It’s the only time of year that I get to go to the supermarket with my Mum and brother and she lets us put whatever we want into the trolley 🙂
We play board games and eat naughty food #becauseitschristmas
#becauseitsChristmas We stay up to late and play board games
We start the day early with a little stocking opening.
The kids always come into our room christmas morning to open their stockings and then I have to go downstairs and put the christmas tree lights on before they can come in the living room to see if Father christmas left them any presents
Eat, Drink and be Merry! #becauseitschristmas
We have a family meal on Christmas Eve and usually have a wonderful evening
I wear Christmas Jumpers, Sing Christmas songs and watch movies
We play Newmarket – it’s a once a year thing on Christmas night. I’ve been putting aside my 1p pieces for the last month!
We wear silly hats and wooly chirstmas jumpers. We eat chocolate from the tins and stay in our pjs all day #becauseitschristmas
#becauseitsChristmas we eat chocolate whenever we want, have bubbly at breakfast time, let the children stay up really late if they want and generally do what we want all day even if it’s staying in PJ’s!
We go to my mums for Christmas. We go there Xmas Eve and come home Boxing Day for our own Xmas. At my mums we have dinner, open presents and then play board games, where we always get a new game every year to play!
I wear a silly Christmas jumper that I wouldn’t normally be seen dead in.
Have a drink, wrap gifts and enjoy the rest
We stay up late and eat loads of treats #becauseitsChristmas
we come down stairs in the dark, close the kids eyes then turn the lights on
We open one present Christmas eve then do all the bits for the kids once their down. Snowy footprints and little trails to their stocking #becauseItsChristmas
#becauseitsChristmas we always have our friends around for Xmas eve
Because it’s Christmas I always invite my family to church on Christmas morning
#becauseitsChristmas we eat lots of nibbles and stay up late watching films and wrapping present. x
On Christmas eve we all pop new pjs on and get the baileys out with lots of nibbles
#becauseitsChristmas we open christmas eve boxes and read xmas stories
Because it’s Christmas I get in touch with all old friends to wish them well
eat way to much and have an alcoholic drink (just bucks fizz) before midday.
Ditch the diet and eat whatever I like for a week!
#becauseitsChristmas I give more money to charities and good causes, I buy very few presents and really don’t like the expectation on us all to spend, spend, spend… my favourite festive event so far has been a senior citizens Christmas party that we organised at work (I work in a school), the students organise the event and it really raises the profile of teenagers in the community
The whole family eat Christmas dinner together at about 3 then we play games as a family
eat roast duck and spoil the kids #becauseitschristmas
Dress up and look silly #becauseitsChristmas
We relax and drink too much 😛 #becauseitsChristmas
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Because its Christmas with all the food prep has been done the night before and older child who likes her sleep – I have a lie-in!!
Well #becauseitschristmas me and my partner stay up late on christmas eve watching christmas movies, then we wake up extra early on christmas morning because of our little boy and rush downstairs with him. #Becauseitschristmas we make a bit more effort to see family and spend real time together, no phones or other devices! 🙂
go to see Christmas lights switch on
and count down loudly to get the lights switched on
really make an effort to all get together for fun
sorry read that as 10 words or less…….we love to get together again usually on Boxing Day, but I work weekends so it will be Mon 28th this year, and we get all the family together and the grandchildren get their presents from our side of the family then and we all ahve Christmas No 2, it saves it all being too much on one day and we get to see all the fun twice
Because its Christmas my son is visiting after his first term at university – just cant wait to see him again xxx
we get together as a whole family which we rarely get a chance to do
#becauseitsChristmas we snack a lot and watch loads of old movies
a big family dinner – all the family together. it’s a rarity but it happens because it’s christmas
we all eat lots of food #becauseitsChristmas and have lots of family over
#becauseitsChristmas Eat too much, drink too much and have a wonderful time.
we play board games with a glass of wine
We eat much more than we should and watch the cheesiest of movies #becauseitschristmas