A quiet evening with my wife. We’re making a Sichuan-style hot pot.
For me personally, I’m gonna stay up for Christmas Eve and watch NORAD Tracks Santa.
Always is a great pass time to watch Santa’s journey across the world, and is also a great tool to know his location and to know when he will arrive in your location/area. It’s one of the best things of the Christmas season for sure!
I just did a little work, my wife is setting the table for dinner and then we will drink and watch movies together.
I’ve been looking forward to it all week.
Traditional family Christmas: Tonight we have my mother in law and her husband over for Christmas dinner and a ton of gifts for the kids. Tomorrow on Christmas day we will have the traditional “food hangover” and total relaxation day while the kids play with their presents. Yesterday we went for dinner and presents at my father in law’s house and the day before that we had my parents over for presents and sweets. On boxing day we go to a combined family lunch and my mother in law’s birthday which usually involves sizable amounts of smoked fish.
Here in Germany, we celebrate mostly on Christmas Eve. I have a couple of hours left to get ready before my stepdad picks me up. We’ll visit my grandma who sadly has to spend the holidays in hospital because she fell and hurt her knee. After that, Christmas dinner at my mom’s and stepdad’s house with most of the family, gifts and a relaxed evening. I’ll stay over night, have breakfast and then go home to finish packing everything I need for my winter vacation which starts on the 26th.
It’s been an exhausting year and I can really use the downtime.
Today i helped the hostel owner make a Christmas tree. It was fun. He did most of the work but I sat back and supervised, regaling him of tales of all the times I’ve been really drunk in Christmas eve.
Were going out to a bar later to try and emulate the experience.
Working with my wife!
I’ve taken my partner and kids interstate to see family we haven’t seen in 2 1/2 years, whilst bushfires are burning not far from our home.
We’re due to fly back on Boxing Day, and not sure what we’re going back to yet.
I’m putting on a brave face for our kiddos, especially our 4 year old who is really into Christmas this year, but we’re terrified what things look like in a couple days.
I’m sorry to hear this. Hope you come home to an unblemished home!
Christmas eve: lift weights then go to my crappy retail job
Christmas: visit my family and try not to cry
just try to help my family. give them love and joy.
Going to a nursing home to visit my grandmother today, then preparing some of the dinner for tomorrow. Tomorrow doing the whole Santa gifts routine, preparing the dinner and moving furniture around to prepare for guests. Have dinner, have some fun with the guests, then relax the rest of the day and watch TV.
I plan to go to work like it’s any other day, including not getting any holiday pay. I will try not to roll my eyes as customers tell me it sucks I have to work, even while they themselves are the reason I have to work.
My guess, supermarket?
Hotel.
Yeah that makes more sense
Damn dude, I seriously hope things get better for you. :(
Bro capitalism isn’t gonna end because of Christmas Eve. You have to work because that’s the job you currently have.
Fortunately I absolutely get to refuse service to anyone giving me that kind of condescending attitude.
Sounds like you don’t or you wouldn’t be working…
Was in retail for 24 years. Holidays aren’t nearly as fun for those keeping things going.
However, I did learn a lesson about gas stations (at least the brand I was going to) where I had forgotten to get gas prior to Christmas and had to travel to see family that day. I stopped at the gas station, the pumps weren’t accepting cards and I had to go in. I apologized to the attendant and she said, “don’t apologize. I’m getting triple time and this one day will pay for all of Christmas for my kids.” She was happy as hell to be getting paid what she felt she was worth and it was a quiet day for her.
Not worth it for me personally, and a lot of us I’m sure, but not everyone hates it.
Yeah and don’t forget that some people (although not necessarily a ton in the western world) don’t celebrate Christmas either. It was interesting to me because I met a young person the other day born in the US but to immigrant parents. Despite being born and raised in the US, he (and his family) don’t celebrate Christmas or anything.
In line with yours, I remember always being happy to work certain holidays like new years or memorial day or whatever because they aren’t holidays to me and I would get extra pay for being there.
I mean, I guess it is indirectly the customers fault but the
storehotel owner is the one that’s making the explicit decision. Don’t hate the player, hate the game, etc.Edit: that does really suck though
Today we’re not doing anything, and it will be glorious. Tomorrow we’re exchanging gifts (my wife, the dog*, and I) cooking up a ham with beans and asparagus, and watching Christmas movies.
*she didn’t get us anything, but we still love her
Working
Work at a drive thru Christmas light park.
Nope. At a plastics manufacturer
Same. I hope you have an easy shift
Thx U too
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