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Xmas Threads 2021 - Kids Up Yet?
AFKABartram
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Early starts for people or not? What time they have you up this morning
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I doubt its the worst, but my horrible horror of a child got me up at 7am
He is being dropped at the Fire Station as we speak2 -
7am, what luxury!
Up at 4am here
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My boy was up at 8, which is actually pretty late for him, had a great day, it’s the first year he’s understood the concept of Santa.
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Baby up at 6 then the other 2 kids at half 6. Now currently fighting the recycling bin to put these poxy boxes away2
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My two girls woke me up at 8, which is quite early for them. Their mum has been working a nightshift and won't be back til 9:30, so no opening presents until then! They should've stayed in bed.2
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Woke up at 8am, kids still in bed asleep, ah bliss!!
For those with young kids, it does get better!4 -
6am - told them all to fck off and went back to sleep until 8. (ps they are old enough to be told to fck off...they love me really...)6
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Mine are still asleep. Mind you they are 26 and 23.16
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Finished wrapping presents at 1.45am. Woken up at 3am, 4am, 4.30am, 5am and finally caved in at 6.30am. 🥱. It was like an organised tag team. Every other year they have slept till 8. This year they were just too excited. 😃
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Just before 7:30, I can live with that.2
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I was up at 6 which is pretty normal for me. AA jr is 27. I don't know if he's up yet, he's got his own place, but somehow I doubt it.3
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6:40. Better than I planned2
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Don't have kids, but the dogs, who usually sleep in til 8.30/9 got up and started howling to be let out at quarter past 63
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Kids grown up but grandkids x 2 coming this morning. Can’t wait.9
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My 20 year old got in from being out last night at 7.30am and screamed it’s Christmas at the top of his voice. My 15 year old told him to F off. As a consequence of all this my 2 year old daughter woke up and hasn’t stop whinging since. Time for beer.24
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Still in bed here but heard a neighbour with kids walk past a while ago saying ‘for fuck sake’. So I imagine he’s been awake a while. 😂10
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Managed to get back to the uk for the first time in a while. Been up since 4... woke the whole family up at 5.30 to do presents, really should have grown out of this by 27 but I love it5
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I wonder who the 20 year old gets that from?ricky_otto said:My 20 year old got in from being out last night at 7.30am and screamed it’s Christmas at the top of his voice. My 15 year old told him to F off. As a consequence of all this my 2 year old daughter woke up to hasnt stop whinging since. Time for beer.
now wait for 20 year old to go to sleep and then wake him up with musical instrument screaming its Christmas.5 -
Love to read this thread.
Kids flown the nest many years ago but, Turkey in the oven, wife putting finishing touches to the gateaux ready for my daughter, son in law grandsons and their girlfriends to arrive.
They are all staying over until boxing day, so my wife and I are sleeping in the motorhome on our drive.
Smashing.8 -
kids aint up yet but they are 18 and 21 - the wife has just woken and said 'i'm never getting round your brother's for 12, 'i'm hanging like a beeatch'1
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2 of mine came in our room at 4 this morning. I'm ready to go to bed already.7
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One of boys woke up at 5.45 like he does every day. Normally this means we are all opening presents at 5.46, but this year he agreed to wait till 7 before waking his brother, which amazingly he did.Would’ve felt like a lay in if I hadn’t got just 3hrs sleep myself :-(7
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7:25, very happy with that considering they’re 6 and 4. Got through their mountain of presents in an hour.
My wife got me a handheld console full of retro games. Have just been playing some of the old Mega Drive Disney games I had in the 90s with my son - love it!5 -
We had the joy of speaking to my youngest last night - well it was Christmas in Aus at that time. Our first Christmas without him but, much to his mother's chagrin, he says that Christmas isn't the massive ongoing event that it is here and he rather likes it as such. That's my boy!1
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My kids are grown up and I miss Christmas morning with the little ones so much! Having said that my youngest Son (28) is back with us and went out yesterday afternoon at 2pm and came home" very merry" at 5.45am today! My Grandson is awash with toys and that's what Christmas morning should be like - all you parents with young ones enjoy every moment.4
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Kids are 8 and 11
told them not to wake us up before 8:00.Heard them go downstairs with nanna about 7:00 but they didn’t come and get us until 8:001 -
One of the ‘pluses’ of being a shared parent is that this year I get my daughter from this afternoon. Was planning on a lay in but was too excited myself and woke up at 7am. Absolutely love Christmas.5
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Bit off topic and not worth starting a thread on, but over the past week I’ve occasionally looked on Facebook and there are quite a number people saying they haven’t sent cards and will be donating to charity instead.
Fair enough, each to their own, but why not say you just can’t be bothered? Why not donate to charity and send cards? Why not buy charity cards? Is life led by saying Merry Christmas on social media?1 -
I guess the main purpose is so that certain people don’t think you’ve dropped just them off their Christmas card list for that year.EastTerrace said:Bit off topic and not worth starting a thread on, but over the past week I’ve occasionally looked on Facebook and there are quite a number people saying they haven’t sent cards and will be donating to charity instead.
Fair enough, each to their own, but why not say you just can’t be bothered? Why not donate to charity and send cards? Why not buy charity cards? Is life led by saying Merry Christmas on social media?However it equally works well to send a personalised text or email to people who’d expect a physical card and let them know you’re donating to charity instead of contributing to landfill and the continuation of Royal Mail.That way only those people who even make your Christmas card list will know and not the tenuous ‘friends’ on your Facebook list who didn’t ever receive one anyway. And therefore didn’t need to know you were no longer sending them.1 -
We still send cards but some of those people possibly can't afford now to buy cards (plus the cost of postage) because of the times we are in so, rather than leave some people out, they make a nominal contribution to charity. I also know of at least one person who has been hit by the recent loss of a loved one that has totally knocked any motivation to write countless cards. Which is why they have made a donation to Cancer Research far in excess of the amount they might have spent on cards.EastTerrace said:Bit off topic and not worth starting a thread on, but over the past week I’ve occasionally looked on Facebook and there are quite a number people saying they haven’t sent cards and will be donating to charity instead.
Fair enough, each to their own, but why not say you just can’t be bothered? Why not donate to charity and send cards? Why not buy charity cards? Is life led by saying Merry Christmas on social media?
Given that only a proportion of the money raised from the sale of charity cards actually goes to the charity, they would actually benefit more if everyone chose to go down that route.
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