Welcome to my annual 12 DAYS OF GIVEAWAYS!
If you’re new to this – here’s how it works:
1. Each day from December 1 through December 12 I will put up a new giveaway HERE on my website with instructions on how to enter, a detailed description of the prize, and some stuff about the book or series. Each giveaway is different and each has ONE WINNER. MY GIVEAWAYS ARE ALWAYS OPEN INTERNATIONAL
2. Each giveaway runs UNTIL DECEMBER 13.
3. Winners are CHOSEN and NOTIFIED on December 14. I will be notifying winners USING THE EMAIL USED TO COMMENT ON THIS BLOG – and all winners will BE LISTED AT THE TOP OF EACH GIVEAWAY POST HERE ON MY WEBSITE on December 14.
4. Winners have 24 hours to respond, then another winner will be chosen.
5. ALL PRIZES WILL BE MAILED ON DECEMBER 15. If I’m waiting on a winner to respond and they miss the December 15 mail date, that prize will be mailed when I get around to it. I live in the middle of nowhere so a trip to the post office is a “thing” for me. 🙂 So make sure you’re checking for winners on the 14th.
6. I will send newsletters announcing giveaways on December 1, December 6, December 12, and a Winner newsletter on December 14. I NEVER send this many newsletters in a month so sorry if that feels spammy.
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All prizes this year are self-care gift sets filled with holiday and luxury items, plus a $25 gift card and a signed copy of a a book.
NOW LET’S GET ON TO THE GIVEAWAY!
IN EACH POST I WILL HIGHLIGHT A BOOK
TODAY’S BOOK HIGHLIGHT IS THREE, TWO , ONE!
ANGSTY, TWISTY, SPICY CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
THREE, TWO, ONE
ONE GIRL
Battered, barefoot, and huddled under a bookstore awning in the pouring rain, Blue only knows one thing. After fifteen months of captivity, finally… she is free.
TWO FRIENDS
Self-made millionaires JD and Ark are not out to save anyone when they stumble upon a wet and shivering girl one early Sunday morning. But when you sell sex for a living and salvation rings your bell… you answer the call.
THREE SOULMATES
After years of searching, love lifts the veil of darkness, and three people—with three very big secrets—find themselves bound together in a relationship that defies the odds.
Or does it?
Love. Lust. Sex.
This trinity might be perfection… but not everything should come in threes.
WARNING: This is a STANDALONE non-traditional M/F/M ROMANCE with a non-traditional ending.
P.S. – While I would NOT call 321 a “holiday book” it does take place at Christmas. 🙂
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WHAT’S IN THE GIFT SET!
- Signed SPECIAL EDITION HARDCOVER copy of 321
- 2025 Calendar Magnet
- $25 Gift Card
- Tokyo Milk Soap
- Tokyo Milk Candle
- Lollia “Always in Rose” eau de Parfum
- Fuzzy Holiday Socks
- Felt Christmas Ornament
- Handwritten Holiday Card from JA Huss
- Mini Christmas Tree with lights and trimmings to bring good cheer!
AND HERE’S HOW TO ENTER TO WIN TODAY’S GIFT SET!
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COMMENT below and tell me what your December Holiday Plans are…
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The holidays for me are pretty chill this year because I am spending them at my daughter’s house instead of everyone coming here to the farm. Which I kind of like because it means I don’t have to cook or clean! 🙂 That’s pretty much it. My kids are grown and one lives very far away and the other about an hour away. I’ll probably ride the horse on Christmas morning if the weather is nice.
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I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A VERY HAPPY HOLIDAY AND NEW YEAR.
Stay calm, stay safe, and let’s have a great 2025!
WINNERS FOR ALL GIVEAWAYS will be chosen on December 14 and announced on my blog and in my newsletter. All gifts will be mailed on December 15th with priority mail, so hopefully you get them before the big day. ALL MY GIVEAWAYS ARE ALWAYS OPEN INTERNATIONAL.
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My daughter is hosting the family get together this year!
My December Holiday plns are as always. Decorate our home and tree. Bake nice Holiday treats and watch Christmas movies. Go to my family’s home and exchange gifts in Cbristmas and have a nice dinner. That’s it. We also did check out the city’s tree lighting a.d probably will go to festival of lights.
I honestly don’t know my plans yet , my daughter-law has to work Christmas, So we will probably have Christmas before that when she is off. My son is a amazing cook so I look forward to him cooking Christmas dinner
Sadly not many holiday plans for December I am at work up till Christmas Eve and my children are now 18 & 24 so the magic has officially left my house
We are doing our first Christmas at home this year. We are gonna make some good food and spend the day together.
Actually going to Rovaniemi Finland to Santa Claus Village with my niece and nephew. I hope they love it!
Our family is small and all live in same city. So holidays are always spent at my Sister’s house as she is the one who likes to host. Other than that it will be enjoying a day off as I pretty much work everyday
We don’t do a lot till Christmas eve. We will take my daughter to see santa a few times. We will go and see a huge lite display at the Creation Museum. Then on Christmas eve we go to my husband’s aunts house. Where santa will come to see the kids and give them an early gift. Then later that night we end at my sister’s to just have family time. The next day we will go to my mother-in-laws sisters for brunch and a gift exchange. Then back to my sister’s for are family Christmas. It’s such a fun time. Making all the memories that I hope my daughter will carrie on
We do solstice with friends then travel by my dad before Christmas this year. Then for the actual holidays, we have my husband’s dad’s side and my grandma on the Eve and his mom’s side on Christmas day. We still need to plan for his brother’s family. It’s a very busy time of year
Our holiday plans are my family for Christmas eve and Christmas morning, Christmas is for my grandmother, it was her birthday and our tradition is no Christmas on Christmas just celebrating her, we keep it going even though she passed. Then Christmas day and night will be with my husband’s family.
I will visit my parents between Christmas and New Year 😊
I cook on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day we go to my brother’s house
We are hoping for a nice relaxing holiday this year. My kids are teenagers and want a trip to a Waterpark for Christmas so we are planning something for president’s day weekend when they are off school.
Our plans are mostly the same each year. We go to my parents house on Christmas Eve to have our dinner then we all wake up together on Christmas Day and open presents with my nephew. Then after breakfast we drive to my partners parents house and cook and eat dinner there. We normally stay there until the evening then me and partner come home and chill together for the rest of the holidays.
Were hoping to spend Christmas in Florida with our middle two kids. If that ends up not being possible, we will just stay at home.
To relax and reset with my family I love the Christmas events but mostly just want to rest and spend time together ❤️
My December plans are spending time with family and friends.
Christmas Eve candle light service and Chinese food after is the biggest thing we have planned.
Just having a small family get together.
I will spend the morning with my immediate family and then may do a late afternoon meal with the extended family. Nice and quiet, I hope.
My holiday plans are to make ham and all the sides for Christmas dinner like I do every year. And have my mom and in-laws over to spend time with my husband, our 2 kids and I.
For the month of December I like to try and do at least one thing as a family. Last weekend we went to see Christmas lights at the local AAA baseball field (illumination at coca-cola park). This weekend we are going to see Moana 2. Next weekend is my husband’s union’s children’s holiday party.
This year I have nothing planned yet. I was sick on Thanksgiving, I’m not really feeling like it’s holiday time. I think I’ll probably host a low key dinner with immediate family. We usually binge some movies after.
The holidays have always been a stressful time for me, so for about 10 years now, we have decided to ditch the family conventions and expectations. We will spend the holidays in hermits in the mountains. Snow, quiet, good food and a little bit of ski are on the program. Happy holiday, everyone!
I am going to my brother’s house this year. My daughter will be with her dad.
My holiday plans: well let’s see with 8 grandchildren and 4 adults to buy for I will be doing a lot of shopping, which I love. We will be hosting Christmas at our house so there will be a lot of cooking, baking, decorating and wrapping.
Ny holiday plans include a trip to Alberta to visit my kids and grandchildren. We always spend christmas at the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge.
Ours is always hectic we have my inlaws Christmas Eve, 2 weeks we have my mother in laws entire side big family Christmas, we meet my family halfway to lunch and shopping together, and our Christmas we do whenever my oldest 2 girls get back from their dads house.
My December plans are to spend time with my parents and with my family. We like to go to the movies on Xmas Eve and then have dinner with my parents. My husband is having surgery on the 31st, so we’ll also be preparing for life after surgery. Merry Christmas!
We ‘ll visit my brother and his family that’s all. Maybe we have a relaxing Holidays.😊 Thanks for the chance!❤️
We’re going to a relative’s house for Christmas Eve.
Christmas will be with just my hubby and son. After we will head to my grandparents to see all my aunts, uncles, cousins, parents and grandparents. Then come back after a couple days to have a late Xmas get together with my in-laws.
It all feels like sooo much driving but it’ll be worth it to see my son’s face light up.
I go to my daughter’s house. I’m in charge of cooking. She does a few special sides. We’re considering going to a movie theater to actually watch a movie on Christmas Day.
We have 2 older kids and our youngest is 15. So our holiday plans are pretty relaxed. Every year I get everyone Christmas pj’s and we open presents, eat and just spend time together in our pj’s all day long.
December is sad and happy for us. We lost our 5 year old nephew to brain cancer on the 14th. (It will be his 5 year anniversary this year.) So every year we eat McDonald’s cheese burgers on that day. He loved those. And then for the rest of the month we try to make christmas as happy as possible for the other kiddos. We love christmas in our household, so we go all out with decorations. And that is what helps keep us going each December. A little holiday cheer.
My holiday plans are to spend my first Christmas with my daughter home in 11 years, and to have my other 2 kids come to my house. My youngest also turns 13 on the 17th. I’m just excited to spend time with family.
Our plans this year are just to get through it really. This is the first Christmas without my husband since he passed away in August so it will be a bit different for my 3 children and i.
It’s my year to work Christmas Eve and Christmas Day so my family will be getting together the weekend before at my parents place 🙂 All the Polish food… I can’t wait!!!!
We finally get to be together as a family and enjoy the the season. We have a fantastic Christmas breakfast and a wonderful New Years Meal.
December: we have 6 birthdays and holidays in December lol so we’ll be buying gifts and spending time with family a lot!
My holiday plan is to spend as much time with family and friends as possible. I always love this time year!
My December holiday plans are to be home with the family and have a nice dinner 🥰. I had to work thanksgiving so I’m definitely going to appreciate Christmas more
Staying home on Christmas and enjoying the day with my kids.
Oh December so much going on… 13th My Granddaughter’s Graduation from NC State. Bring my 98 yr old Dad home to Florida for the winter. I do Christmas dinner at my house. Hey but lets sprinkle in some Birthdays in there also on the 21st, 26, 28th, 29th and 31st has a birthday but also an Anniversary.
I always say I’m going to do it simple, but who am I kidding when you come from a large family its always something fun or interesting going on.
My daughter is hosting. She has two small boys and I cannot wait to spend time with them
Well I got to mail package to son who lives in NC. Next need to finish shopping. Make time to go do family time with everyone. And one of my granddaughters birthday is Christmas 🎄 Eve so got to squeeze that in as well.
Basically: work; pause on working; visit family; eat
Don’t have to work this year so will have brunch instead of a big dinner with the grown kids. Then just relax and read!
We will spend Christmas Day at my brother in laws house with family. We do a white elephant game that usually is very entertaining.
Normally we go stay in our hometown once the kids Christmas breaks from school start. But this year, I think I want to stay home and have a chilled break. Just relax and do as I please. That doesn’t happen a lot.
My plans, are to try and stay sane. lol and keep the magic alive for as long as possible for the kids.
It’s our usual family time. We have a brunch with my siblings and their families right before Christmas. Christmas Eve is an informal family dinner with everyone hunting for the pickle ornament on the tree and playing games. Christmas Day is focused on family time and stockings.
My December plans for 2024 are a bit different this year. We usually host Christmas Eve dinner for the local family members (around 20) but this year I think we’ll put a different spin on it. It will be a late-afternoon-to early-evening (or later, depending on how things ‘flow’!) Mingle & Jingle Cocktail Event. I’m not sure its any less work but with a lot of prep we may be able to Mingle with our guests! And no shopping for gifts. Everyone has (or buys) enough monetary items and it has turned into a ‘return for what you really want’ session after Christmas anyway. Just saying… But Happy Holidaze!
Most of my family will be gone during the holidays. Christmas Eve and Christmas Day I’ll be with my daughter, who’s a single parent of a four year old…. So that time will be great!
My holiday plans are to eat, drink and be merry! We will be spending time decorating and enjoying friends and family.
My plans are to finish work on December 19th, and do nothing but eat, drink and be merry with family until January 6th.
Plans are different this year as it looks like my niece will be having a baby for Christmas so I am hoping to be snuggling a baby 💕
Staying home for Christmas because I have to work but then traveling to my parents the day after in Western Nebraska and having a huge gathering with my Dad’s family. It is my favorite family gathering of the year and involves a pitch tournament.
My children will come home for Christmas. I’m ahead on everything this year – house decorated, presents wrapped. All that’s left is buying the groceries. 😁 My dh & I are planning to go out to enjoy some holiday cheer one evening – seeing the city Christmas Tree & visiting a Christmas Holiday Market.
My holiday plans are too finally spend it with my kids and husband together! This will be the first time in 4 years we have all been together for a Christmas
This year our Holidays are looking low key. My son and daughter in law live too far away to get together with for the Holidays so will do something early next year. Being here in Montana, I will get to enjoy the Holidays with our 3-year-old grandson. Look at Christmas thru his eyes.
Pretty quiet this year. I have just moved to another state so will be settling in and finding what happens here. I am much happier than my previous apartment so the cats and I will be happy.
My December plans are to continue with physical therapy for my knee and to assist my husband (when I can) in replacing our flooring in our living room and hallway…..and having family over for Christmas
My brother is hosting Christmas this year.
My December holiday plans are to.enjoy the summer weather with my family, make the most of my time with the kiddos and with my grandmother who sadly has dementia. No solid plans to stay home or travel yet! But as always there will definitely be some reading time I’m there as well. Merry Christmas 😊🎄🎅
We are hosting neighbors for a game night close to Christmas which always brings tons of laughs. Then on Christmas Day it will be a chill day with the family relaxing, watching movies, eating good food and I feel a nap might also happen. Cheers!
It will just be me and my husband so just relaxing and eating some good food
Work, work, and more work.
This year we will be going to my dad’s house (next door) on Christmas Eve and then to my daughter and son-in-law’s for Christmas (5 miles down the road. Then go to my in-laws across the street in the evening. I get to see most of my family and only have to drive a short distance.
I am hosting christmas dinner this year. Having the in laws over usually have my mum but she is going to my brothers this year.
I don’t have plans. I’m not very enthusiastic about Christmas. I love buying gifts for people when I see something they would really love, but I dislike buying for Christmas. My best gifts for Christmas are giving to our local animal shelters.
We do a big family thing on Christmas eve and then spend Christmas day just lounging around
We moved away from family 10 years ago so for the actual holiday it is just my husband and I and the kids we will have some good food and open presents then we travel the day after Christmas back home and spend a few days visiting family then back home for the new year.
This December I’m trying to patient! My oldest daughter is having her first baby. She and her husband live in Greeley, Colorado. I live in Iowa. So sad. But I plan to spend a couple weeks in CO when the little bundle arrives.
I plan on spending a relaxing Christmas with my family. In general, for all of December, my goal is to read as many holiday themed books as I can!
My family and I will celebrate xmas eve at a restaurant and xmas day at home…a quiet day
Nothing special. Celebrating the holidays at home. Enjoying the time away from work and school.
We’re traveling to our daughter’s home also. I’ll enjoy not hosting for the holidays this year.
This is my favorite Julie book!!!
We have several family get togethers this month (14, 21, 22, and 27) and we also have a night out planned for my daughter’s 21st birthday this Saturday…this Sunday, husband and I are going to see TSO.
As far as Christmas Eve and day, we’ll just be here at home.
Merry Christmas 🎄🎁
We are having a quiet holiday season, just us this year. It will be nice to relax and do some reading even though I have to work most of the time those two weeks.
Honestly I don’t know if that well be doing. If we get a turkey from the food pantry then we’ll have turkey for Christmas dinner. We do plan to watch Christmas movies like White Christmas, A Christmas Story and The Munsters Scary Little Christmas
Having Christmas at my sister’s house with my family.
As I’ve mentioned in my other responses – we are moving at the end of the year; so this year will be focused on packing and getting our home ready to sell.
We will still make the holiday great for our boys. Probably go see some light displays, etc.
I have to work Christmas Day (7p-7a). I’m a nurse. But we’ll do something small on Christmas Day. My kids are practically grown and then go to Grandma’s Christmas Day
Our plans are to have our children over for a holiday dinner and play games. I’m praying it won’t snow that day, so all can come.
I plan to start the day getting ready for Christmas dinner. My 17 year old will open his presents. Later that morning my daughter and granddaughters will come by to open their presents. Plus my daughter can help get the food started. Lol. Later in the day after dinner, it will be hot chocolate and s’mores.
I’m hosting my family Christmas this year on the 21st. We will have about 20 people in my small house but we’re setting up the garage with the tables to eat. We’ve measured and we can fit plus the food table. We have a fun game planned and I’m happy we’re together. Other than that next week we travel about 5 hours for my daughter in loves pinning and graduation with her bachelor degree as a RN.
My plans are of course work as always… But I’m also going to spend it with my two boys and my oldest son’s girlfriend and her daughter my youngest son boyfriend and with my brother and my sister-in-law which that part will be perfect my one day break from work.
We honestly don’t have any major plans for December. We don’t have much family left so we stick close to home for the holidays and such.
We will be at my in laws in Rhode Island for Christmas Eve and the with my family in Maine for Christmas
Christmas Eve we spend with my in-laws and Christmas Day we spend the day as a family opening presents, eating and just spending time together.
I’m spending my Christmas with my grandchildren I’m so excited it’s been a couple of years since I’ve been able to 😊🥰
I plan to go with my husband and 93 year old mom to visit our son who is a park ranger in Oklahoma. We will stay in a cabin at the park he’s stationed at.
Christmas Eve is fish fest at my house. We do the whole Italian 7 fish meal, which actually we probably have more, yet I don’t eat any of it. 🤣 All of my kids will be home and on Christmas morning I make a big breakfast for everyone and then my family comes over for Dinner and we go to the movies. I love Christmas day, because it is so relaxing and enjoyable. 🎄
First Christmas without my Dad. My kids and I will go visit family.
We go to my in-laws for Christmas Eve and then do Christmas morning with the kids!! We then go to grandmas for lunch that day!
We were lucky enough to get very close up tickets to Garth Brooks on 12/22 so decided we would spend Christmas in Vegas for 5 days and see a bunch of shows and some tours. Our families all have their own thing going so we decided to gift ourselves with memories.
My holiday plans are to stay in with my family and relax and watch holiday movies
Plan to celebrate with our normal family traditions and spend the time with my parents and sister who live in town.
We’ll probably chill at home. It’s just the two of us. We usually have Chinese food delivered. We will watch The Christmas Story and The Christmas Carol with Alister Sims as Scrooge. Love them both. Merry Christmas.
Going to have a very chill Christmas Holiday. My family has had several losses over the last 2 years . We are just gonna hang at home and keep it low key.
On Christmas Eve my Mom, older sister and I watch a Christmas movie and snack all night. Christmas Day will be spent at home just the hubby and me. None of our kids or Grandkids live close.
Enjoying Christmas with my family. I am looking forward to having all 4 generations together celebrating another year and looking forward to 2025, may it be the best year yet!
We’ll have a Christmas Eve lunch at my parents, then Christmas Day at home. Our in laws will come over in the afternoon. It’s pretty low key, a traditional dinner and just hang out
Merry Christmas!
I will have my family over for Christmas. I cook a huge feast with my mom and daughter. I love cooking for everyone and spending time together.
This December, I’m excited to head down to sunny Florida to spend Christmas with my two sons! We’ll be making memories at some theme parks and enjoying a few dinner shows before heading back to chilly New York. Can’t wait for the adventure and holiday fun!
My plans for December are pretty relaxing. My Birthday was yesterday and I enjoyed time with my family. We put up the tree the day after Thanksgiving every year. It is unusually cold here in South Carolina so I am really trying to stay out of the cold! And 321 is the first dark romance I ever read. I love it ❤️
Everyone comes to my house. We’ll open gifts and photos are taken of the kids. Then we gather for a late lunch and everyone brings a food item. Afterward we sit back and remember past Christmases and those we have lost.
No solid plans yet. It doesn’t feel like Christmas in Fl. We will most likely go to casual Christmas eve service in park where we live and will spend Christmas day with kids and Grandkids.
On Christmas Eve, the daughter and family go for a Christmas lights drive and Grandma and Grandpa sneak into the house and leave presents. The grandkids love it and look forward to it. Christmas day is usually pretty quiet.
My holiday plans are to make cookies and candy. Have a sleepover with the granddaughters. Host the family at our house for Christmas Day..
We have a pretty chill December—one holiday party and a few casual meet ups with neighbors and coworkers. The big celebration starts Christmas week when my boys come home. We planning a whale watching excursion and some fun holiday games involving a muffin tin, a ping pong ball and gift cards. I’m hoping that will be a fun and unique gift exchange.
This will be our last year in this house, so I’ll decorate some, depending on whether or not my son can put a gate up to block the puppies, (9 month old Great Pyr who is a schemer, and 11 month pittie mix who loves to tear everything up) from the living room. We’ll have a tree if he makes the gate, if not, the fireplace and piano will be decorated. My sons will grill steaks and we’ll enjoy a bit of family time before we head to our video games to play a rousing game of snowball fight on GTAV together.
We host Christmas for my husbands family and my daughter and her husband comes to town we have a house full of 12 peoples its fun and I look forward to it every year
I’m spending my holidays going to couple different Christmas festivals and going to my grandparents house for Christmas
Today, Giving Tuesday, we are planning to take the pile of toy donations I’ve been buying for months to our fire department toy drive. We started doing this after my mother passed away. She was a big givers.
This December is going to be amazing. I turn 50 on December 14th so my husband and 4 friends will be heading to New York to celebrate. After we return I will prepare for Christmas and I will spend the holidays with my 4 chrildren, granddaughter, and my family.
My Christmas plans this year are super exciting and I cannot wait. My boyfriend and I are going to an all-inclusive resort in Cancun Mexico! I will be leaving the country for the first time in my life!!! 2 bucket items are getting knocked off my list for this one! 1. Fly first class at least once; and go to Cancun Mexico!!! I am so excited!!! My kids are with their Dad this year so it is so perfect for me! I do wish they could come with me; and that would make it the most perfect vaca ever but I will take what I have got!
I am expecting my first grandchild this month, so my holiday plans are subject to change. However, by the time Christmas comes, he should be here, so all I know for sure is that I’ll be spending the holidays with my daughter & her first child (my first grandchild)!
We usually go to my mom’s on Christmas Eve to exchange presents and eat all the snacks/finger foods we’ve prepared. Then on Christmas Day we meet at the movie Theater and watch a movie we haven’t seen yet (usually want a new release). We started doing this as our traditional Christmas when I was young and my Moms best friend passed away on Christmas Eve and my mom simply didn’t have the energy/joy to put into the holiday like she wanted to for us. So we found a new way to still enjoy Christmas without it being such a strain. Now we still do this with my nieces and nephew, who simply love the unorthodox tradition 😉
It’s all about family this year. A party for my brother’s 60th birthday. Taking my Mom shopping. Time with my son’s. Appreciation of all we have.
Unfortunately I likely wont get to do much for the holidays this year (much like most years). I work in printing and production of insurance mail and ID card creation and mailing and it is Open Enrollment season. We print and mail about 12 million insurance ID cards between Dec 1 and Jan 15th so it is all hands on deck. I will only get Christmas and New Years Day off and my family lives 4 hours away so it isnt enough time to visit and get back in time for work the next day and it is a PTO blackout period so I cannot take PTO during that time. I see my family at Thanksgiving and they understand my work obligation so it is typically me, alone, on Christmas, My Birthday (the 27th) and New Years every year.
I have no plans for December.
This year will be quiet and spent at home with just me and my partner. He has to work the next day (I do too) so we will keep it low key between us and my old man cat.
Christmas Eve lunch my siblings and all of our grown children and grands go to my mother’s house for gift swap. Then candlelight service that night. Christmas Day we sleep late, eat waffles, and go see what Santa brings the grands. Their excitement is infectious. I actually take my tree down the day after Christmas.
My plans this Christmas is to have all the kids and friends around for a day of food swimming and gift giving
Our Christmas is also going to be super chill. We will attend Midnight Mass at church. Christmas day is also just very quiet, we’ll cook breakfast and just relax. Open presents later in the day, watch movies, just an easy day. Dinner late afternoon, which I should probably start planning the menu for. It will be just Tom and I, and Alex if he’s not on the road (he’s a truck driver) and Josh will either be home (in Virginia) with his girlfriend, or he may be working depending on what Potus or the VP are doing (he’s Secret Service) but either way we’ll video chat with him, for sure.
This year is the biggest Christmas for our family. My daughter just turned 18 to college next year so we’re playing next year doing everything too good she was little just so I can get the last experience of having her close to home.!!
Our holiday plans simply involve family coming here (to our apt) and hanging out for a hopefully peaceful day. Being Jewish, it will actually start Dec. 26th, although I can’t recall the last time Chanukah started after Christmas. This would involve me googling the information and so far (being both busy and lazy- seemingly an oxymoron) I haven’t done so. We shall see. Bc it is starting so late, tho, it’s possible more family members might be able to join. Which would be a blessing, as I’m not certain my mother would remember Chanukah a year from now. (But if I were an optimist, I could easily be wrong….) 🥹
My plans for the Christmas is having Christmas day with my kids and my mother,brother, and step father. We are having a big dinner and presents in the morning than games before dinner. Like white elephant.
We are planning to visit my in-laws and my mom to eat and exchange gifts.
My plans are pretty low key this year as well. I have an annual dinner, gifts and drive through a christmas lights display with friends this Thursday, some lunches with my teams at work, a cookie exchange with friends and Christmas morning will be spent at my house with my parents. (Hopefully, my mom is currently in the hospital) for gifts and brunch.
Our holiday plans are visiting different family members, as we do every year. And our oldest daughter will be visiting this year after we finally reconnected after almost a year of no contact. It’s going to be a great Christmas!
We decided not to put up a Xmas tree. Because we are not feeling festive. We will spend a quiet Xmas day at home. I did buy my daughter a few things that I will wrap.and a few things for our dog Lucy.
My holiday plans are simple. Visit my mother and spend time with my husband and daughter.
My December plans is to spend quality’s time with my husband. He works 70 + hours a week for our family. There is nothin my man wouldn’t do for our family
Hanging with family
On Christmas eve we have all of my husband’s family ( parents 6 kids & spouses, 14 grandchildren plus spouses/girlfriends ) over at our house, usually around 40ish people. We eat exchange gifts and play games. Then christmas day we spend with my family ( my 2 kids and their wives, dad, sister & husband, neice and nephew, plus dogs). We eat and play games.
Lots of time with the family, and hopefully some me time to read books!
We host Christmas dinner at our house. We’ll probably have around 20 people here. Our children and grandchildren will stay here for a few days. It’s a crazy chaotic mess and I love it!
Very much looking forward to a low key holiday with my family. One of my clients launches an International tour over Christmas week so it’s a very busy time for me.
My holiday plans are basically watching Christmas movies and enjoying being family.
This weekend is my son’s birthday so we’ll be celebrating by eating out and going to see all the lights they put up at our zoo! We’ll be visiting a lot of family and I have a special event planned here at our park. I’ll be taking my son to their polar express event and a train ride!
I don’t have much going on. I don’t have a lot of family left and my hubby works Christmas eve.
We may travel to Florida to spend time with son and granddaughter’s but haven’t made up our mind since we drive. Thought of flying scares me !!!
I get to finally hug my brother, he’s coming home from a long deployment. He hasn’t been home in December in years, so Christmas will be moved up. Then my baby brother is getting married. So I’ll be having so much joy thos holiday season.
No big plans, just staying home with the kids, enjoying the holidays with our little family.
Right now we still don’t have exact plans because of everyone work schedules but I have the basics.
We are going to my dad’s side of the family on Christmas day and have a little dinner there. Usually we have Christmas eve with my mom’s side of the family but this year we think we are going to have to do it the weekend after Christmas, so I may have Christmas eve to myself where I can stay in eat cookies and read books.
To sit back and try to enjoy this month as best I can knowing my son will go in for surgery again from an accident he was in. So we must make the best of it and enjoy everyday we can this month and do the little things that mean the most.
Thank you for the chance.
Days with family friends and masses of fun with my grandchildren 🌲🎄😍💖🍾🎊
We go to my sisters house every year. Dinner, gifts and lots of fun. It is always wonderful to see my nieces and nephews as they live across the United States.
My daughter is getting married on December 30th in Arizona. So we are heading out early to spend the holidays with her and my husband family. My son and his family will join us also
Yay! No cooking or cleaning for Christmas! And possible horseback riding! In the snow? Once I went horseback riding with my family after a snow storm. The trees were coated with sticky snow. When asked what horse he wanted to ride, my brother said Diablo. Of course they had a Diablo. Beautiful, memorable day.
My family spends Christmas Eve at my best friend’s house with her family, and then my kids and grandkids come to my house on Christmas Day. So yes, I have to cook and clean.
I will have our whole family descending on my house for Christmas, so will be frantically cleaning, cooking and wrapping presents this Christmas!
We do Christmas at home with just the kids but then we go to my Granny’s for a big Christmas dinner with all our extended family. It’s loud and erratic with kids running around but it’s so much fun
We’re spending the holidays at my brother’s house. There’s definitely something to having someone else host for once! So much free time to relax and enjoy the family.
My holiday plans are visiting my family. I don’t see them as often as I want. So while I’m off I stay at my sisters house. We play games like Yahtzee. We hang out and have a blast. She may make me a drink or two as well.
We don’t have family near us, so we’ll chill at home. If it’s nice out we’ll go to the beach or forest. On December 25th we clean and sage our house to clear out all the old energy from 2024. We recognize that day as the New Year due to the sun being a little bit higher on the horizon (starting a new cycle after being stationary for three days).
Pretty much the same as you. Just chillin 😎 We are going out to eat Christmas Eve and Christmas Day open gifts. Then I plan on going to see a few movies with my bestie, my daughter, Imri Jade ☺️
Just going to stay home and relax.
Just my husband and I, just a quiet holiday season.
Christmas will be spent at my house. I’ll invite my mom over and we’ll celebrate. It will be different than all previous years without my dad here. But despite his passing, we’re filled with joy for the season. This year will be celebrated with his memory at our forefront.
My December holiday plans start with baking approximately 20 different types of cookies. I then plate them up and do a mad dash to deliver them to about 15 or so friends than make our lives better. This is usually done with plenty of time to put up a tree and decorate the house. This year is a little tight since there is less time from Thanksgiving to Christmas. Somehow it all gets accomplished.
We get together with extended family on Christmas day and do a white elephant game instead of gifts. We all bring a food item.
Holiday plans are baking cookies and ginger bread houses with my kids. Rest of it will be spent working and with family.
Staying put. Family time is the best time!
My shopping is almost done so December will be spent wrapping, making cookies, finish any last minute decorating and then just enjoying the holidays with family.
I have no plans, yet. I usually sleep late and head to somebody else’s house for dinner.
I will be with my daughter and her two young sons. It will be fun.
Our holiday plans are to host christmas at our house. Hopefully everyone will be here and no one but me has health issues. My beautiful granddaughter will be with me for 2 whole weeks which I can’t wait for, even though i already have her 5 days a week. I hate when she has to go home.
We go to my mom’s for brunch then play some board games
I plan to spend Christmas with my daughters and grandchildren
My holiday plans are to go back to my hometown with my family to visit family and friends for a few days. I can’t wait!
We have a family Christmas but it is after the day due to timing.
This year will be the first in a long time that I will have my 3 kids together for the holiday.
I’m really looking forward to just that alone. They grow up so fast… sigh
Annual holiday family gathering back in our home town, at our childhood home with my dad who is dad, grandpa, and great grandpa.. All of us travel with families to hang out for the week. Fun family traditions, Food, laughs, catching up, gift exchange, Secret Santa, game night for the millennials, Boomers just chill watch and enjoy. Fireplace, holiday music and memories. Declining health for dad this year, so we are grateful he is here to celebrate another year.💜
Holiday plans include family and any lonely single person who comes our way. We have breakfast, gifts and snacks all afternoon , drinks included and a large dinner for both vegetarian and meat lovers alike
Cutting down on spending – we are all so lucky already with what we have 🧑🎄
My husband and I started a tradition that every December we pick a Saturday that is out date night in, I make a nice dinner and dessert, we do a craft or bake cookies, we wear matching pj’s and watch White Christmas, he’s a trooper for putting up with me. We also host my family for Christmas dinner and our first grandchilds birthday is December 31st.
Annual holiday family gathering back in our home town, at our childhood home with my dad who is dad, grandpa, and great grandpa.. All of us travel with families to hang out for the week. Fun family traditions, Food, laughs, catching up, gift exchange, Secret Santa, game night for the millennials, Boomers just chill watch and enjoy. Fireplace, holiday music and memories. Declining health for dad this year, so we are grateful he is here to celebrate another year..
Annual holiday family gathering back in our home town, at our childhood home with my dad who is dad, grandpa, and great grandpa.. All of us travel with families to hang out for the week. Fun family traditions, Food, laughs, catching up, gift exchange, Secret Santa, game night for the millennials, Boomers just chill watch and enjoy. Fireplace, holiday music and memories. Grateful dad is here to celebrate another year.
One of my besties is cooking in to have Christmas with us!
Looking forward to spending time with my “adultish” kids, board games and lots of laughter!
My holidays will be pretty chill. I’m single so no worries on where we will go. My kids are all grown, the baby a senior in high school, we usually just hang out at my mom’s. This year my baby will also spend time with her boyfriends family, but it’s just the 2 of us most of the time. I just do whatever my illnesses will allow.
So I work for the post office so by Christmas time I am all done. But it is one of my favorite times of the year. We get together with my husbands side of the family on Christmas Eve and my side we do on New Year’s Day. They are two days I look forward to.
As I said in an earlier comment, I have movers coming on the 10th so I will spend the holidays setting up my new house.
Spending Christmas in our new home in the north GA mountains. BTW, anyone who thinks GA is always hot is wrong, wrong, wrong! 10 degrees today!
My family only meets for Christmas Eve. I used to get sad because my dad died on Christmas and my son’s father would always want him that day so I’d be alone. But for the past few years instead my son and I have been having a taco party that we invite his dad to. So looking forward to tacos.
My Christmas plans include a shopping trip to Chicago, a visit to our Eurpean-style Christmas market, soending Christmas with my immediate family on Christmas day, and having extended family over after Christmas.
It’s a full month! I run a GS troop and we do a lot of community service and activities with the girls. And then we’ve got some family things through out the rest of the month!
Spending Christmas day with my family.
We are going to the theatre on 5th to see War Horse but other than that, it will be a quiet Christmas. We have our youngest Daughter living with us at the moment & she will be working up to Christmas eve & then back to work boxing day.
I plan to have a quiet Christmas. My son will be working, so I plan to enjoya quiet day reading.
We always have a million plans and parties to go to.
I am such a grinch so I only get into the spirit of spending time with my loved ones. So hopefully lots of time with those I love
We are having our big family Christmas tjhis weekend then it will be a small quiet Christmas day
Decorating the house & getting together with family.
My holiday plans are to spend some time with my sister and my nieces and nephew and hopefully be with them on Christmas to watch them open gifts and just hang out.
I am recovering from knee surgery in November but hoping to be back in the swing of things by Christmas. My daughter and her family will come over on Christmas Eve and then spending time with the in-laws on Christmas.
My plans up to and-for Christmas are to spend enjoying my family’s company
Mostly quiet. Spending time with my 84 yr old parents and husband and maybe taking them to see some Christmas lights in a round my part of Louisiana. Otherwise not much.
A quiet Christmas with my immediate family. Glad to not be traveling this year.
So far only plan is our annual drunk’n Gingerbread party. We drink and put together those gingerbread house kits.
My Holiday plans are to get the house ready for Christmas Eve and to start Christmas baking with my nephews. We have my relatives come over and celebrate with us every Christmas Eve.
My holiday plans are we’ll be heading to Disneyland to celebrate my middle child’s 21st birthday and then for Christmas staying home and spending time with the family baking and relaxing.
Working and hopefully some rest and reading the week or so of December.
Holiday plans. Family, family, family and more family.
Shopping, wrapping, cooking, school plays, nana is invited to them all and attend she will. Christmas eve to boxing day I will be staying at my youngest. Boxing day is for spoiling my grandkids, so trips planned to visit them and see what santa brought. Hubby us home on the 27th (merchant seaman) so another Christmas day just for him, pantomime with the whole family, such fun but loud. Newyear is party time and don’t forget the Baileys lots and lots of Baileys
Spending time with my family is what’s important.
I’ll be the Elf on the Shelf for part of the day. When we can’t get together that’s how we do it. We sign on to a video call but not the traditional way. Are video calls old enough to be traditional? Anyway, we find a common area to put the device and leave the call going for a while, even a couple of hours. It’s pretty fun actually. Sometimes we cook together. Sometimes I hear a grandchild call “Hey Gramma’ and I have to go look. Sometimes we open gifts together…we just do a good portion of the day that way rather than a focused 20 minute call. Then dinner with friends which always includes fantastic food, red wine, great conversations and
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Don’t have too many plans right now. Happy my Great Nephews 1st Birthday party here this weekend. I’m sure we’ll be having our family Christmas dinner here as well. Otherwise, just trying to find a job that works with my ‘taking care of dad’ schedule. (Had to take a leave from my current job.)
My holiday plans are doing Christmas crafts and baking with my little ones, then watching Christmas movies. I’ll also be trying to sneak Christmas gifts inside as they’re getting delivered and then wrap them lol. Then for Christmas Eve and Christmas spend it with the family laughing and opening gifts.
My December plans are pretty simple, 2 work parties and I am planning a 5oth Bday party for my hubs on the 24th. He usually gets the shaft when it comes to his birthday. So since the kids are grown and doing their own thing, I’m gonna celebrate him for once.
We will celebrate with the extended family at my daughter’s house, we’ll do a potluck. The actual day will probably be spent at home relaxing until I have to go to work.
Spending the holidays in Texas with my mom
I am just going to try and get through this holiday season. I am hurting but I keep my mantra going I am not okay but it’s all going to be alright. My grandchildren are such a joy to have around and each is a blessing. I am just trying not to focus on the loss and get to the place where life begins again.
For the holidays, Christmas Eve is hosted at our house and Christmas Day is at my sibling’s home. It’s pretty low-key and just good food, good times and good company had by all.
We are going to cozy up by the fire and watch Christmas movies, my favorite thing to do. 😊
Our Christmas plans are to get together with family and enjoy time spent eating finger foods and playing fun games.
I’m having a hard time getting into the spirit this year. I’m going to decorate this week and hopefully that will help. We’ll have Christmas with our grown kids and grandchildren.
My holiday plans are to enjoy my Christmas Tree and decorations! I do have a short trip planned for the beginning of December, but after that, it’s stay at home and wrap and enjoy the holidays while NOT in a store! I’m finished all my Christmas shopping, so just wrapping while listening to Christmas music and watching Christmas movies!
We have 6 birthdays between Dec 1-28, plus all the Christmas festivities, so the holiday season is always filled with celebrations (and LOTS of baking). This year though, we will be traveling across the country to spend Christmas (and her/my birthdays) with our daughter in her new city. It is always such a blessing to all be together, wherever that may be.
2024 holiday plans are to work and spend time with family that are coming home from out of town. Lots of love all around.
My holiday plans are to spend as much time as possible with my Grandkids cooking together, playing games & just hanging out!
We have a couple holiday parties. Going to Washington to see my husband’s brother. And new years we rented an igloo to watch fireworks from
My husband put up the outdoor lights last week. I’ll put up our tree this week. Both of my kids will be coming for Christmas – much like you one is only about 3 hours away and the other is across the country. We will have a big dinner and just spend time together.
My holiday plans include quiet time with my hubby, fun times with friends, and giving time to others.
We’re staying in Colorado this year, so my oldest daughter is coming home to spend it with us. I haven’t seen her since August so I’m excited to have her here for a month! Yay! That’s the best present ever.
Christmas Eve is at my house always. I make Polish food (not traditional Christmas Eve Polish food). Golumbki, Pirogi, Kielbasa, and Ham are the normal menu. My husband and I spend it with my sister and her family. Her kids are grown, but her daughter is pregnant and there will be a baby next year!!!!!!!!! Thank you for this opportunity to win a prize.
I have everyone coming to my house this year AGAIN! I keep waiting for the kids to say, come on over, the grandkids want to stay home. Hasn’t happened yet so Mom gets to cook, clean and dispose of all the Christmas Trash.
My holiday plans are getting my tree and decorations up to start, celebrating another milestone B-day next week, which I now consider a holiday, baking Christmas cookies and and going to people’s houses decorated with lights etc. Christmas Eve and Christmas Day I will have a few family and friends that I consider family cover. Christmas Eve is my favorite night of the year. After people go home I love the quiet, having all of my candles lit and honoring what the season is all about.
Having my kids and grandkids all home!
We celebrate Christmas at my mom’s house (who lives across the street from us which is very convenient) with our kids and my sister’s family.
Busy time, my eldest twins birthday is 23rd, all the family are coming to me for Christmas day, then it’s my parents wedding Anniversary on Boxing day x
I am looking forward to spending as much time as I can with my family and friends. This is what is most important to me at this time of year.
Christmas Day we’re going to my aunt’s house for my mom’s side of the family, the going to my mom’s house to open presents with immediate family. On the 21st the big party with my dad’s side of the family.
This year my sister and her kids are flying in and we will spend Christmas at my parent’s house 🙂 just the typical caroling on Christmas Eve. Then stockings and presents Christmas morning. Usually games and dinner prep in the afternoon. And a big turkey dinner to finish off the day.
Spending the day with family.
I am living with 2 of my grandkids so I’m enjoying all the magic of the holiday! Last night we did the polar express train and later in the month a holiday tradition is Denver zoo lights. My son in law is a fireman so we are doing Christmas a couple days early. Works perfect for me because then I can drive to grand junction and spend Christmas with my other grandchildren. I’m broke this year but so blessed in so many ways!!
My December plans are to try and not freak out about how there’s so much to do and so little time. 😂 We have family plans, and we’re trying very hard to actually get the friends group together all at one time.
Staying close to home. Spending time with my family.
Staying home…. fingers crossed my son and grandson show up.
Family lunch, them opening presents, then just “blob” lol. Thanks for the chance 😁
Our holiday plans are visiting 3 family Christmas get together. We usually take a Christmas vacation with the kids during Christmas to have zero stress of multiple places to go but this year we are staying out.
Going to stay in and do some reading.
We lost my mom this fall, so it’s not gonna be very merry. She was the family ramrod in charge of any and all holiday festivities and without her bossing everyone around, we’ll do it wrong. So since my kids are grown and there aren’t any grandkids yet, the extended family has all agreed to just keep it low key this year.
Here in Southern California months like December mean hiking weather as long as we’re not on fire. The temperatures are usually in the high 60s and low 70s so not too hot and we haven’t yet been hit by rain so no risk of mudslides in the burned areas. The holidays are perfect to hike because it’s less crowded and you get the mountains all to yourself.
My December holiday plans are to spend time with my daughter who is home from college for 3 weeks! Very excited for that time.
My sister and I live next door to each other, and share Christmas Day cooking, she cooks Turkey and I do all the sides, our mom does pies and then everyone comes for dinner. Christmas Eve we host a drop in at our moms for friends and family,
We are staying home and having friends and family over for Christmas dinner.
We are doing a super chill Christmas this year. Since my son is almost 16 and won’t he be at home much longer, I’m keeping things low key so I get as much time with him as possible because most of his free time is spent with friends.
I’m taking a few days off between xmas and new years to chill.
I do not have too many plans. I am waiting that I get holiday or not.
I will bake cakes and I try to relax and enjoy this season.
Don’t really have any plans.
Our holiday plans seem like they will be a little hectic this year. We are planning to travel out of state, and will still have to coordinate spending time with family here at home for the holiday also, as well as tweak work schedules to be able to travel. I’d rather just stay home and do something small to be honest
I honestly don’t have plans yet. But I’ve been thinking on spending it with family at my house. Maybe watch some Christmas movies and paint. I’ll probably be doing a lot of cooking and cleaning which I’m not looking forward to but it’s okay. I still need to figure out what I’ll be cooking.
Just staying home and decorating with my special needs son .
Both my son and their families live far from me 😂. So we have a video day. We open presents together in the morning, eat lunch and dinner together all on FaceTime. Thank goodness for technology. It’s really a great day!
Sadly I have no plans for xmas No friends or family around just my two new one year old kittens
This is my absolute favorite book of yours!! 😍
We had planned to skip presents this year & do a Christmas vacation instead. BUT it turned out to be way too expensive so we will just do the usual. Decorate our home & exchange gifts. We always have a small party with family. We also have a bunch of fun games we do for prizes. The kids love it. They win money, gift cards, lotto tix, candy, etc. Just a good time with family.
While we are still rebuilding our house after a fire, we have no plans on going anywhere, but we enjoy the holidays and will be decorating as best as we can.
We are having our family over for Christmas. Our oldest son and his wife come over with our sweet grandson. He is seven now! Our younger son still lives with us. Our fathers will come over too. We open gifts, eat a hearty meal and play games. Good times.
Working full time and taking 16 units, I’m looking forward to some downtime for the Holidays!! Time spent with my hot hubs, and our six kids (31, 26, 22, 22, 20 and the baby, 14) will definitely happen. Our Christmas tradition is homemade sushi together and lots of inappropriateness and laughs. Can’t wait!!
We are planning on having the traditional family Christmas.
My December plans are to spend as much time with my Dad when he comes to visit. He lives in Nevada and I’m in Maryland. I don’t fly so I only see him when he comes here. Then celebrate Christmas at my sister’s house. We have such a great time playing crazy Christmas themed games. And always end the night playing Uno.
Our Christmas plans are to get together with family and enjoy time eating, talking and laughing.
I have really boring holiday plans. I’m going to do some house projects cuz the weather is finally cool enough. And I’m going to enjoy family time which is what every holiday should be about as family.
Decemeber plans, i have birthday on the 5th(me) and then tree putting up/deco,going to rock city popular place here in Chattanooga tn,cookies and whatever else lol
I am planning to go to St. Louis to spend holidays with my family. Looking forward to lots of good food and family interactions with people I love.
Quiet at home. Husband, child, me. No extended family.
Since I’m a nurse, I’ll be working part of Christmas but I’ll be spending the rest of the holiday with my girls and their families.
We plan on spending quality time with the family. Hopefully our oldest can find cheap airfare to be able to fly home for the holidays.
The holidays have expanded a bit with my daughter’s boyfriend and his daughter (and her bf). They are good peeps but coordinating a time for 5/6 people to get a tree is crazy, but it will be worth it.
and tell me what your December Holiday Plans are…
Hopefully finding a job after 2 years of unemployment. It would be the bestest gift Santa could bring 🙏🏻
Not sure if my family is doing an Eve get together this year if not I’ll be relaxing at home by myself. Working on Christmas as usual, my other work half has kids so I always work for her if it falls on my day off.
I get together on Christmas with the whole family and on Christmas Eve I spend it with my kids and grandkids.
Family gets together to celebrate Christmas.
Normally we spend it in our hometown but this year I’m thinking about staying home. Having a nice chilled Christmas sounds exciting.
Spending time with my family at home.
Going to my daughters for Xmas lunch
She is making a dinner for everyone then few drinks and games
We are very competitive 😁
My plans are to stay at home this year with my son. We are going to enjoy dinner, holiday soecials on the tube and play some games.
Besides seeing family from the 24th to the 28th, I’ll be heading to NYC next week to catch the Rockettes with my sister and niece. I get to explore on my own for a couple of nights as well. I can’t wait.
No actual holiday plans yet. There’s a couple outdoor light displays I want to see & will probably have Christmas dinner with my sister & mother.
This year we are going to stay home with my MIL on Christmas eve amd go to my Moms in Wi Christmas day.
I don’t have holiday plans. My kids are with their dad this Christmas. I will buy them gifts and wrap them and stuff their stockings and give them to them when I get them back.
I am from South East Louisiana. Holiday plans are to cook a meal for my husband and I. Then relax later with a blanket a cup of something hot, and a good book.
We haven’t made any December holiday plans yet. We had a big Thanksgiving with family, some are still here. So Christmas may be small.
I usually host, I am hoping for peaceful holiday
thank you
I don’t have any big plans other than staying home with my family. I do plan on attempting some baking this year. Fingers crossed!
We are spending Christmas at home, which is normal, and the adult children will be coming ❤️
Spending quality time with my grandkids.
Visiting kids and grandkids.
I’m planning to spend December decorating, baking, shopping and enjoying some seasonal events. Also, reading!
We will have a small Christmas at home this year. Afternoon we will be going to my husbands moms house for a get together with his family. She’s about to have her 91st birthday in January so we’re enjoying the time with her while we can 🥰
We are putting up the tree on my birthday which is on December 14th. It’s a tradition we have done since I was born.
Had an early Christmas with family in November. Then we headed South where we will be spending it with friends with friends.
Unfortunately working right through Christmas. But have Christmas day off this year. We are planning a day of board games with the kids, good food and a walk along the beach.
We don’t have much planned. We will see as many movies as we can during the month. Christmas Eve is dinner at my MIL’s. We wake up Christmas morning and open presents and have MIL over for brunch and dinner with a movie between the two.
We always do our family celebration on Christmas Eve. My mother started the tradition, and we’ve continued it. Those that have small children do Santa gifts on Christmas morning.
I sing in an a cappella mixed chorus, and an a cappella quartet. So my plans for December are singing at performances/nursing homes, etc, nearly EVERY DAY until December 19. After which I will probably collapse in a heap with something alcoholic. Fa la la la la!
Spending time with my entire family. Due to everyone’s work schedules this is no simple feat so the fact that we are able to do it for Christmas is that much more special.
My family will all be here for Christmas Eve for dinner and light viewing and in the morning it’ll be breakfast and presents before they head off to other side of their family. Then I’ll be alone to read and do whatever I want..gets very lonely and I don’t enjoy the rest of the day, it happens every year and I’m still not use to it.
My plans for the last of this year is filled with wrapping gifts, filling baking orders, decorating more at my house and moving to another location (same town) for work.
Then, it’s just enjoying Christmas with my boys and my 13 grandkids, 4 siblings and my wonderful Mother! I am truly and wonderfully Blessed. 🎄☃️🎄 Bless you all!!
Spending time with my entire family. It’s hard to get everybody’s work schedule to allow for family gatherings so when they do the time is extra special.
My sister is over from Australia for a couple of weeks, so my plans revolve around spending as much time with her and her kids as possible xx
I will be going to my daughter and son-in-laws home. My son and his girlfriend will join us there too. My daughter usually invites a single friend or two over for dinner, or for those who don’t have family close by and can’t travel to them. We used to have all the family members over to celebrate, but it got to much for my daughter. She always hoped other families would have it at their homes sometimes, but no one ever offered…so she finally stopped doing it, plus she was the only one making all the food and I made all the different desserts and sweet potato casserole with pecans, butter and brown sugar on top. I use the Recipe that you gave out one year. I use all brown sugar and one stick butter in sweet potatoes and one stick for the crunchy Pecan caramelized topping. I am now the Goddess of Sweet Potato Casseroles, thanks to you Julie! ❤
I will be undergoing a laparoscopy for endometriosis. My Christmas break will be extended as I recover, and I’m lucky family is adjusting holiday plans to be more accommodating. I should have plenty of time to read!
My holidays are typical pretty chill, once the stress of decorating and all that is over. Each year we drive to the coast to see a beautiful light display that is breath taking. And the last couple years we have started up another tradition of going up to Sister’s Oregon in the mountains to spend the night and do a little shopping. IT’s a adorable little mountain town. My parents, myself and my sister used to go every year in december.
I will be staying home in central Florida for Christmas. We will go out to eat for Christmas Eve.
We used to do the Italian fishes dinner but we are too lazy. We will go to my cousins house for Christmas Day. Thanks for the chance to win
Merry Christmas 🎄
My kids live in different states. So it will be just my hubby and I this year . A quiet day at home.
This Christmas will be fun this year since my nephew will be 18 months old and is walking and talking. Renly is going to be spoiled to the max and with all the load toys I can find to drive my brother crazy. haha got to love being the Aunt who gets to buy that little toddler’s drum set and send it to their house. I can’t wait to see the look on my brother’s face when my little jitterbug opens that drum set. My brother asked for “quiet” gifts and this is my response LOL. Payback for all those times he was an annoying younger brother is paid in tenfold to gift my nephew things he doesn’t even know he wants LOL.
Beyond that catching up on my TBR and working on finishing my first book and figuring out the steps to take to publish it on KU int he new year.
It’s the one time in the year that all the family get together. For me it’s about spending time with family, good food and a time to relax and unwind. Wrapping up the year (excuse the pun) and resetting for the year to come.
Not sure what they will be as my husband was just admitted to the hospital with accute kidney failure due to the anti rejection meds he is on from the double lung transplant he had in Nov. 2022.
As of right now I’m reading Christmas themed books and watching Christmas movies! ❤️💚
Our holiday plans are Christmas Eve party at my cousins house. It’s a blast catching up with everyone and we play Dirty Santa. Then Christmas morning we have brunch at my mom’s house and it’s very relaxed and casual. The following weekend all of my cousins and our spouses meet up for cousins dinner. It’s special b/c we grew up very close but now some live out of town, this is a tradition we’ve had going on 9 years now. Happy Holidays everyone!
My 2 kids will be back on Christmas morning after being at their dad’s for a few days. Then it’s time to relax and enjoy food and family time ❤️
to attend lots of bake sales
Family over Christmas afternoon for family dinner
Early Christmas with the now ex in laws for the kids, Christmas Day lunch with my family for what is likely my Nana’s last Christmas, and if I can wrangle it, I’d like to take my kids camping (it’s summer in New Zealand
My plans for December are to try to enjoy it as much as possible. Hopefully go see Christmas lights with my kids and make cookies and then enjoy time with family for the holiday.
Christmas day is spent at the in-laws, Christmas night at my parents house and then Boxing day is when my kids go to their dad’s so I get a day to wind down and relax 🙂
I will be spending the holidays with me 3 boys and husband.
I will be spending the holidays with me 3 boys, husband. And extended family
It’s been a rough year but we survived. I’ve been on LTD with my work for the past 2 years. Finally approved for disability for me and my Son. Next year he will graduate so it’s looking to be a much better year. Happy Holidays
My December plans are to work as much overtime as I possibly can…my son’s 18th birthday is next month & I want to take him on a zipline adventure!
Making & Baking all the holiday treats. It a tradition of ours. Dressing in matching pj’s. Just spending quality time. Happy Holidays
I don’t have too many plans, with no job money is pretty tight so we are keeping things low key this year.
My family loves to check out the local Christmas decoration, bake cookies, and attend several holiday events. This year instead of going to the beach, we will be doing a few small trips throughout the month to visit with family and make some new memories!
Im in the UK so because we have a tiny house and a big family its a two day event , i will be so glad to put up my feet on boxing day night with a good book
My parents are in their 90s so a quiet Christmas day and the Grandkids and kids will come after Christmas to celebrate
I used to have a big dinner with ham and all the trimming, but about 10 years ago I started asking my kids what they wanted so every year is different, I’m waiting for suggestions now, I’m hoping soup and sandwich, chili, with dessert
My family always get together to eat, drink, play games and watch all the kids open gifts. The whole day is full of love, fun and makes wonderful memories!
I will be cooking. It’s my husband, daughter, and I left at the house. But son and his little family may be coming over.
We have a specail treat this year. Our youngest daughter and granddaughter and son in law were supposed to be away this year with his family but instead will be with us. So I have both my girls and granddaughter with me. Nothing is more important to me than spending time with my family. So this will be a real treat
My plan for Christmas is to have it at my new home this year with my family plus my sister-in-law she always celebrates the holidays with us since my brother passed away which was her husband its been four years ago. We have gotten closer over the years and I think of her as my bestie, sister and mother all rolled into one and she think the same about me as if I was her daughter.
Staying close to home. Doing family dinners.
Our holiday December plans will be in January. Both our boys will be working around the holidays including my youngest who works at Red Lobster and unfortunately this is the second year in a row they are open on Christmas Day. So on January 6th we’ll travel to Denver to meet my brother his and my mom to go to a Colorado Avalanche game and it’s also my moms birthday so win win all around.
Staying close to home. Going to my daughter’s home. Merry Christmas 🎄
I plan to go to my brother house for Christmas dinner
Christmas is spent at my parents place, my kids are grown and it’s not as exciting (but more expensive) anymore.
I’m staying home with my family this year doing the normal Christmas Thing.
This will be my 1st Christmas in AZ so I am pretty excited about that. We will be making tamales and eating them on Christmas eve. Also doing family gift exchange and wearing our Christmas PJs. I plan to stay the night at my cousins house so we can do Christmas morning with my God Son, he is six. Then we will have a feast for Christmas dinner. Usually a prime rib roast.
I will go for Christmas dinner to my parents on Christmas Eve. I hope to bring the whole Christmas Day in my pyjamas reading some of the new books I’ll receive as presents. On Boxing Day I’ll host a salmon meal to my parents and my brother and his wife. I hope to just chill out!
Honestly, I am not sure yet. I don’t have a lot of family, and I just spent the last two weeks at my Brother’s and Sister in law house taking care of her after surgery and for Thanksgiving. Not sure if I want to travel back again so soon or just stay home alone.
For Chistmas Day just having a chill lunch with Hubby and Kids .
From boxing day 26th-31st Dec- we will be travelling doing 5 nights of speedway (sprintcars) come home New years eve morning , then head up to our Carvan for a week with all 7 kids . Then 11th Jan weekend we will go away for 2 days for our friends 30th ,
22nd -26th Jan we will be travelling doing another 5 nights of sprintcars for the Classic then leave 30th Jan and return 2ndFeb after travelling interstate for another 2 days of speedway(sprintcars ) for the Australian Title .
So basically we are speedwayed out lol
We will be spending the holidays with family, should be laid back.
Holiday parties and Christmas with my Dad and sisters. Looking forward to spending some family time together =)
Holiday plans? I don’t really have any, aside from spending Christmas Eve with my Mom and siblings and their kids. We get together every year, eat good food, play some games and enjoy being together.
My parents are 87 & 88 and live 650kms away. I only get to see them two or three times a year so I’m surprising them with a Christmas Day visit. It’s a nine hour train trip but it will be worth the priceless look on their faces when I rock up and say, “just passing, thought I’d drop in!”
I am excited this year I won’t have to work Christmas! We will go to my mother in laws in the morning but then have the rest of the day to hang out at home and do nothing, which is the best. Honestly I’ll probably just throw some pizzas in the oven and call it good. Hope you have a great holiday season!!
My mom is flying in to visit the week before Christmas (both of my toddlers have birthdays that week!), my stepdaughter is spending her winter break with us, and my in-laws are coming after Christmas! Always love getting the family together when everyone lives in different states! We’re in Kansas, my mom is in California, my stepdaughter is in Ohio, and my in-laws are in Colorado!
I’m hosting on the 24th. Everyone brings something with fish or seafood. On Christmas Day, we open gifts, relax and watch movies.
My best Christmas gift ever was my son…. yup poor boys birthday is 20 December. That means this mumma has to organise Christmas gifys for everyone, holiday programme, sons birthday surprises and end of year wrap up of school (this year is final primary and off to secondary school so uniform next year too)
December is always manic with way too many plans.
Staying home. Spending time with my kids the week after Christmas.
My holiday plans are surviving Christmas Eve at my sisters with her new husband and my parents, they are snobby and insufferable. My husband and I only do it for our kids. Christmas always at home with our kids, we go nowhere just hang out. Then the next day is my sons birthday so he gets to choose everything we do that day, it’s a crazy couple days.
We have a small family, so we’re having a lunch out on December 24 followed by dessert at my MILs. Quiet and cozy!
Staying home. Spending time with my kids the week after Christmas.
After finishing up making little bits and bobs for Christmas presents, visiting family, and all the holiday gatherings leading up to Christmas, we’ll have a nice, quiet few days with just the 2 of us, eating already prepared stuff from the shop, and loads of nibbly bits. Then I’ll gear back up to make stuff I give out at author signing events we volunteer at in the summer, and get a head start on Christmas next year!
Christmas dinner with family
I’ll be spending g time with family and friends and getting caught up with all of my loved ones! Looking forward to that week!
We will spend Christmas at my in laws house. The only difference is my sister in law and I will be cooking because my mother in law is have cataract surgery on the 5th of this month and the 5th of next month. So to make things easier for her it will be at her house, but she has to do nothing but enjoy being with family.
I’ll be spending the month teaching my niece how to make candy and cook the holiday meal. And I’m not being sexist. My nephews already know how to cook but have no interest in making candy, though they’ll be in line to eat it if she’ll let them near it.
My December holiday plans are to spend quality time with family and make christmas dinner and then enjoy the kiddos opening up gifts
For the first time in 5 yrs we are going to put up a Christmas 🎄. My baby brother loved Christmas, so to honor his memory we are going to do it like when we all lived in the same city.
December is for us to finish remodeling our kitchen…poor timing lol. Youngest is coming in to town week of Christmas. Going to my Sister’s for Christmas Eve and then having small Christmas with my kiddos (adult sons lol) at my house
My four sons and my grandson all live with me so no need to travel 😂 I’m super excited as this is the first year in over 5 years that my grandson will be here to open presents and enjoy supper with us.
It’ll be a pretty chill Christmas for our little family of four, this year — a day of cooking and eating and counting our blessings…
Today is giving Tuesday so I am delivering a load of toys I have been purchasing for a few months to our local fire department with our 7 year-old.
Christmas at home. Hopefully pool weather. A bit of baking in the lead up for the days when calories don’t count!
December holiday plane are to be with my kids and grands on Christmas Eve.
I work on Christmas this year so we are having to do family Christmas on Christmas Eve. We are gathering at my mom’s house. She lives in the middle of all of us kids so it’s the easiest place to go for everyone. It’s been a rough year financially for everyone, especially the country, so we are taking it easy this year, and i think that’s best. It’s more fun just watching the kiddos open presents!
My holiday plans are to have my Birthday then the next week celebrate Christmas with my family tentatively if the weather cooperates my Birthday is exactly a week before Christmas so I’m celebrating my Birthday & Christmas on Christmas instead of on Birthday which I absolutely hate so winning this would really be a great Birthday/Christmas gift to me
We get our tree usually the the first full weekend in December, which will be the 7th & 8th this year. We decorate. We bake cookies and make ornaments and my household does the 25 days of Christmas. Which entails each person getting something from their favorite candy to a gift off their wish list every day from December 1st to December 25th. My grandson loves this tradition.
Not sure yet since my mother keeps changing her mind
For the first time in years (literally!) I am going to take a full week off from work – it feels very weird after so long only taking long weekends here and there, but I am very much looking forward to it.
My plans are yo spend it with my family. Making cookies, looking at lights and sing just having fun with everyone that I love.
Nothing too crazy. Hosting my daughter’s partner and my dad on Christmas Day. May have my brother and his family with us later, but that’s up in the air right now.
We go to my husband’s grandparents house on Christmas Eve day and then come home and stay here the rest of the time with our kids.
I’m going to spend it with family!
Hopefully, my mom, my husband, and I will attend this year’s candle light Christmas Eve service at our church. They used to have it at midnight, but over the years it’s been moved to earlier in the evening. It’s still as beautiful since it gets dark here in Illinois early in the evening. It’s my favorite service of the year.
We then come home to join my father (who has always chosen to be the one who stays at home to let Santa in) , we eat, and we open gifts. Mainly because we’re all older we cherish our time together and miss those who have gone before us.
Holiday plans for us include dinner with the in-laws/grandparents on Christmas Eve. Then waking up with our little boys on Christmas morning and opening presents. Followed by dinner with the other grandparents on Christmas evening. Busy couple of days but always a lot of fun. Merry Christmas!!
Christmas Eve whole family coming over to our house, then on Christmas Day we are going to my sister and later to my husband’s sister
Our holiday plans are hosting dinner on Christmas Day. A small family affair of 8 people.
No big plans. Just a lovely quiet family time. Lots of good food, good wine and laughter.
We’re going to spend it with family. Baking, eating, drinking and playing games. Just the normal traditions.
My holiday plans are to Host here but we keep it pretty casual.
No big plans this year, I have to work so I only have public holidays off. My mum will come over for Christmas lunch and all my kids will be here even the adult son that lives out of home so that will be nice.
Work, work, work. Christmas Eve we’ll do dinner, then Christmas Day we will relax. More work, work, work. New Year’s Eve we’ll be falling asleep on the couch waiting for the ball to drop, then New Year’s Day we will relax. More work, work, work.
My holiday plans will be to stay at home and cook Christmas dinner for me and my sister but we always set an other place setting just in case we see someone who looks lost.
December is filled with lots of birthdays for me. 3 grandkids two on the same day, sons 30th birthday, dad’s 80th and 3 nephews. Christmas Eve at mother in laws and Christmas Day driving around seeing the grandkids
I have to work on Christmas Eve this year, but after we will go to my parents house for dinner and all go to Church. Christmas day we spend the morning at my parents, and then head over to my Aunt’s house for the afternoon. All of our kids always conspire to have a cousin sleepover so I’m sure that will happen again this year 🙂
My youngest turns 4 on December 23 so we’re having him a birthday party. On Christmas we’re going to my aunt’s house like we always do
This year I we will spend it at my sister’s house with my mom and siblings. The night before Christmas we will have a nice quite dinner at home.
This year for Christmas we are staying home. It will be just me and my partner and watching some Christmas movies! I’m looking forward to the quiet calm though
For me it’s pretty much the same every year, just the three of us, my husband, our young daughter and myself. I don’t have any family left and all of his family is in Hawaii.
We are planning to stay home and have a quiet Christmas. We will spend time with our grown children and grands.
Spending as much time with my family as possible
I’ll be going to my brother’s house this year for Christmas Eve with my family. Then on Christmas Day, we’ll have to wait for our 2 teenagers to wake up to open gifts, Plus my sister in law and her family will be coming to our house in the afternoon to play games and cards.
Christmas Eve at my nieces house then to work on Christmas Day
Watch Christmas movies and bake sugar cookies.
I’ve been working on gifts for a few weeks, so that will continue for a bit more (I’m a crafter, so I make most of the gifts I give).
I will be going to my childhood home to spend the holiday with my sisters. I will actually be the one cooking.
My holiday plans for this December include relaxing at home, watching holiday movies on Netflix, and spending time with my hubby.
My Dec ember holiday plans are pretty simple. We will most likely stay home for the holidays. We’ll eat a lot and watch movies and Christmas themed shows. Everyone in the family is too spread out to all get together at the same time any more.
I have two weeks off and my plan is to do nothing, or as little as possible for those two weeks. We will have dinner at my #2 daughter’s house. I’m finished shopping and my granddaughter will wrap the gifts. Continuing the “do as little as possible ” theme.
This year we are doing a cozy low key Christmas with immediate family, since this is the second year in a row one of our 16-year old twins has had major medical issues (hospital stays, testing, surgeries, etc.). It made us realize what is important in life and to enjoy spending time hanging out as a family.
BTW 3,2,1 is my all time FAVORITE JA Huss book 🙂
Gets very busy. Having to go from different family christmas gatherings to another makes for a long holiday.
Don’t have to work this year!! Will spend it with my adult children and their spouses. Hopefully we’ll have brunch instead of a huge meal so i can relax and read afterwards!
My kids are coming over Christmas Day. They live close by so we get to see them all the time. Other than that, hanging out with my doggies.
Spending the day with my partner and our 3 year old son.
My partner works away and has to work over the Christmas period this year so we are going to join him
Not to much clean out carport.
Get together with friends and family.
Celebrating Christmas with my family
My youngest turns 22. My grandson will have his first Christmas. My personal life fingers crossed goes well. And with lots of love and laughter
This year’s holiday plans have been two years in the making- we are going on a cruise the week of Christmas!
This year we are keeping it chill as well. We will have our immediate family here and exchange gifts and eat some finger foods.
Nothing too special, been going out and seeing the Xmas lights. This weekend we’re going to a local farm that puts on a light show and will get to take a hayride thru it. Taking mom and she’s so excited. Xmas eve my aunt will come in town and we will have a finger food party and watch the Xmas story dressed in our PJ’s
The next morning my brother will come in town and then the wrapping paper will get to flying 😃
Taking a few days off to spend with the hubby and get the tree and deck the halls. Otherwise work work work….
To be honest, I don’t have any plans for Christmas. My family decided long ago to stop buying gifts for the adults. There are no longer any kids. Since my mom died we don’t really do a Christmas meal. Besides, apart from my twin sister that I live with and our oldest sister we live next door to, we rarely if ever see any other family members anymore. Unless they want something, of course. I personally will more than likely watch some Christmas movies or read. That’s about it.
Just staying home and cooking for 3 people. Small and quiet, just the way I like it 👍
Visiting my mother and sisters, etc. in WA. Last time was 2021. Hoping I don’t get sick this time!
I’m excited that the whole family will be together.
I always have family over at Christmas Eve. We eat and play games. It is always fun. It is nice not having to leave the house. On Christmas Day, my husband and I watch movies and eat the left over food. It is relaxing and just what we like.
Just us at home…we basically are in pj’s all day, play board games, watch movies and sing karaoke. We have done this the last 6 years and it’s been great.
Spend time with the while family!!! I can’t wait to all be together!!
So far my plans consist of visiting the family that is in town. I would like to go visit my brother and his wife and kids, but I’m not really sure my car can make it. It’s about 3.5 hours away, amd apparently I need new front tie rods. :/ My son and I will have a great holiday either way. He is always upbeat <3
Our typical Christmas plans are: Evening Mass at church on Christmas Eve, then we all go to my parents’ house for dinner and the kids open all of their gifts from family (grandparents, aunts, uncles). Then we go home and go to bed so Santa can come. Christmas morning, the kids open their gifts and we have a lazy morning with breakfast and enjoying their new gifts. Then we go back to my parents’ house for a late lunch/early dinner, and enjoy more time with family.
I’m hoping for a quiet Christmas, ideally husband cooking, and doing as little as possible – the joys of grown-up kids!
We will spend the rest of December making the “goodies” that our grandmothers made for us: icebox cookies, cheese wafers, sausage balls, Spritz cookies, etc…
Right now, Christmas with my mom will be Sunday the 22nd. She wants EVERYONE to go to church with her in the morning, then have a meal together at dinner time and exchange gifts that evening. I’m honestly not one to go to a church setting. I do have my beliefs, I just don’t really want to go to church with her and my brothers family..I don’t really care what kind of show or play they are putting on, I don’t like being forced to go to places. Then, I’ll have Christmas on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with my little family of 4, and we will do all of our family things those days. Then the weekend after Christmas, we will go down to my MEL’S house and so her little Christmas
I’m off work for 2 weeks at Christmas time. We go to my nephew’s house for Christmas eve with the whole family then Christmas day I go to my daughter’s house with my kids and grandkids.
My siblings and their families get together once a year the weekend or two before Christmas. We live in 4 different states and don’t get to see each other more than that. Then we will do Christmas with our sons and their wives whenever they can get free from their in-laws. Then we will go to my husbands parents house back in our hometown for a day or so. Busy but nice.
Relaxin’ with the fam!
No plans for this year
Thanks for the chance!
We’ll be having a quiet holiday at home, and I am very much looking forward to it!
Just spending time at home with my husband and our 2 cats as he is on-call for work that day. I have taken the full week off to just relax.
Christmas Eve at my house.
My December Holiday plns are as always. Decorate our home and tree. Bake nice Holiday treats and watch Christmas movies. Go to my family’s home and exchange gifts in Cbristmas and have a nice dinner. That’s it. We also did check out the city’s tree lighting a.d probably will go to festival of lights.
My holiday plans for December include visiting a Truck stop diner on Christmas eve- my father was a trucker and it’s sort of a homage to him.
I will be crazy and bring the family to one of the colder places, yellowknife in canada hahaha hope we won’t get frostbite! a wintery christmas for the people from the philippines!
My plans are Christmas Eve at my house and Christmas Day at my daughters then they come to my house for dinner
I am taking 2 weeks off. Eat, sleep, read, work on puzzles, cross stitch, watch TV…basically just chill!
We are hosting our annual friends potluck the weekend before Christmas. We have been hosting it since all our kids were in daycare together. I think this may be year 12! We do a white elephant ornament exchange, games, and take lots of pics.
I’m just spending Christmas with family and cooking.
We always do Christmas at our house. Will have 10 of the grandkids and 3 of the kids. Next year we will have at least 1 great grand baby joining us. So excited!!
I am flying home to Italy for the holidays to stay with my family. Also it’s my birthday on December 26th so it’s nice to celebrate with them. We usually stay home for Christmas, eating in our pjs and relax, then I visit the millions of aunt’s and uncles and cousins and drink too much coffee ☕️
Spending Christmas with my kids and grandkids.
I have a small family, will be going to my son and daughter in laws and spending it with them and my other son and grandchildren. I love our small family get togethers
My holiday plans are going to be very simplistic this year. I’m going to just enjoy having all my kids home.
Spending with my Mom
My daughter will be home from college. We will watch movies over her break & she will try to get her brother to watch Murder Drones with her. It should be very relaxing.
I get a free pass for Christmas since I hosted Thanksgiving. I plan to relax, watch tv, and read. I will have some family time. I would love for it to be quiet but that will not happen.
Christmas Eve will be spent with hubby & our grown children. Christmas Day we go to my parents house early afternoon so we can get home for the evening to relax.
We never travel during Christmas because my husband works for the postal service and does not have the seniority, though he has been there for 18 years, to manage getting any time off during any holidays. He typically works six days a week and often works on the holidays. Anyhow, we will have Christmas with my family at our home and go to my mom and dad’s for Christmas dinner.
December? I am getting ready on the 5th to celebrate turning 43, on the 16th me and my husband and Best friend will celebrate 24 years of marriage, on the 24th all of my family will spend Christmas Eve night with us to get up on Christmas to have breakfast together and on the 30th me and my husband will celebrate being together as a couple for 27 years. How blessed I feel.
We will be traveling to Oklahoma City to spend time with our parents and our adult children!
Spending time with my family just enjoying the time we have together It’s the small things that matter most
Holiday plans are to relax and celebrate with family and friends.
No big plans except stay where it is warm.
My December holiday plans are simple. Spend Christmas with my parents and my boys. Family means the world to me.
The rest of December will look like work, lol! Finishing up with my own business while working a few horse farms. We don’t do much besides the tree and normal holiday day of festivties with family and our animals.
SEEING LIGHTS, TUBS CHRISTMAS CONCERT, SPENDING TIME WITH FAMILY.
We will spend it Florida. The last year we spent in Illinois was warm and by ourselves. Hubby mowed the yard and I watch a Christmas movie. I felt sorry for myself. Lol. Told hubby we’re not staying home alone again.
My December plans are to see as many friends as possible.
I sneak in some extra time off to have a nice break with my family
Going to as many Holiday Craft Fairs possible to find just the perfect gifts for my family.
It’ll be pretty chill. Lazy morning at home after the kids open gifts then across town for Christmas dinner with family.
I always look forward to this time of year because of my girls. It will be busy with my younger one being in her senior year and a part of the second play they’re having this year. And I always look forward to having my older one closer to home while she’s on Christmas break. Mostly it’ll be pretty low-key because that’s how we like it.
Blessed to spend Christmas with family and friends. I honestly used to hate all of the parties that come with it but am learning to look forward to them.
Two whole weeks of quality family time.
gathering together with my family…one son coming home who;s in the navy, his twin lives near us so his family 2 grandsons, and a daughter who lives in Virginia with her husband and my 2 grandchildren. it only happens once a year at christmas when we can all be together
Up until recently, it didn’t matter how far away or how close we were to my parents, my brother and I knew Santa could only find us at their house. We started the holiday’s on Christmas Eve at my uncle’s with our extended family doing dirty Santa and playing games. After the fun wore off, my brother & his family, myself, my son, and my husband would spend the night at mom and dad’s so we could play Santa to our children and mom, could play Santa to us all after we all finally went to bed. As most kids we were up early, and as adults made coffee b4 our kids could wake meme and pawpaw. We would open gifts have breakfast,pack the car and head to our significant others families to do it all again at dinner time. Then head home. It was hectic and fun. Now that my son is living 2 hours away and my parents have passed on, and my brother in Hawaii, smoke I’m in Indy, it kinda lonely and I’m trying to decide if I should even put up a tree. It will only be my husband and I come Christmas with no need for Santa. I think we are supposed to go to my husband’s niece’s house for dinner and to exchange gift cards with the 8 ppl left in his family and then go home to bed. I’ve been working hard to come up with some new traditions, but its difficult to get into the Christmas spirit when it’s mostly a time I miss the people I loved most. Please forgive me for the sad post. I am truly greatful for those memories and im positive enough to know that I now have the opportunity to form new holiday traditions with the next generation that I am hoping is coming in the next few years.
I am off form work the week of Christmas and plan to spend it with my family. We all get together on Christmas Day at my sister’s house and exchange gifts and have dinner together.
I have not made any plans for Christmas.
It will be the first Christmas without my mumbeing here and I honestly don’t want to celebrate anything.
The first thing I will do Christmas day is go to the cemetary to see mums grave,I will probably see family at some point but otherwise I will spend it alone.
Take care.
Thankyou so much for the chance. xx
Eve worth my husbands family, Xmas day with my family and on the 26th I turn 40!!!!!! So probably a fair amount of drinking, lol. Merry Christmas everyone!
I’m going back to watch my niece and nephew school Christmas program. We going have quite December. It only been like 5 or 6 months since my dad passes away. We don’t feel like doing much yet.
I am taking two full weeks off of work and am planning on spending it at home and with family.
I’ll be working! I’ll be on call the week of Christmas and working all that week except Christmas Day. Due to my call rotation, plans will be simple. I was on call last year and missed my family gathering, so hopefully it will work out a little better this year!
I have work a few hours the morning of the 24th but am off all day on the 25th. I will probably just hang out and read. Thanksgiving wore me slap out!! I would wish for snow but I want my law enforcement, emergency services, and power company friends to have a laid back Holiday Season. I see hot toddies in my future.
My plans for this holiday is to spend quality time with my granddaughter . I haven’t seen her since my daughter past away 2 months ago. So, I need to celebrate her birthday, thanksgiving and chrismas in these next 3 weeks. And, give her all my love and spoiling as if this is the last opportunity I will get with her.
2 Family Christmas lots of food and more driving. Let’s just say a week long nap will be needed
This year Christmas will be bitter sweet. As I said on Dec 2nd’s question; my son recently moved to SC and of course, his family went with them. This will be our first Christmas without them. 🙁 We won’t have as many people in our home that day and we won’t be able to call the kids (bc our son has us all blocked) to wish them a Blessed day, so we are taking that energy to spend time with friends that have become family. We will make our rounds dropping by each home, to give our gifts to the kids and spend some time with them. Although this is one of the MOST PAINFUL things we’ve gone through in our almost 28yr marriage, I know we will make it through this, together. We are taking this year’s Christmas one step at a time.
I hope everyone else has a Blessed Christmas. Merry Christmas! Xoxo
I don’t live close to any family/friends so I usually spend the holidays relaxing, reading, and generally catching up before year end. This year I am actually getting a visit from a sibling I haven’t seen in over 10 years so that will be my “BIG HOLIDAY PLANS”…hopefully we won’t kill each other, LMAO!
My December family plans are to hopefully travel and see snow. This year we want to soak up each day and make some core memories. This year has been hard, we want to recover together
Taking some time off, going to family for Xmas eve. By the way loved this book.
This year its super simple for me. My daughter decided to host Christmas dinner for the first time in her own apartment so we will head down there. I do stockings for the adult kids and significant others. They are drawing names. We just like playing games and laughing together
A few years ago I started spending Christmas by myself. My two sisters had a huge blowup and I didn’t want to be in the middle so I took myself out. They both did their Christmas with family & my mom went to both house’s that day, but since one sister got mad that I didn’t take her side, she stopped speaking to me. In the last couple months we have been getting along. I don’t really know what the plans are yet. As crazy busy as I am up until Christmas. I honestly don’t mind the day all to myself where I don’t have to think about every single word I say before I say it.
Going to my Dad’s.
We will go look at lights around town leading up to the big day. On Christmas, we will be having a relaxing day at home.
My first showcase opened today in a gallery back home. I excited to pick up my brushes during the holidays and work on some new pieces
A relaxing day with friends.
I’m trying to have an as low-key December as possible. At this point, my advent is reading JA Huss! lol (I love the Shape of Us series so I’m looking forward to 321!) Happy Holidays. <3
Christmas Eve we each get a new book and socks. Christmas morning we have a big breakfast and then open presents.
December is mostly working with the week of Christmas being on-call. But my daughter will be coming back to NM and I can’t wait!
Right after Christmas we are taking the kids skiing to a mountain in our province for 5 days!
I host Christmas dinner so I’m currently in preparation mode while still trying to get all gifts out of the way. It’s a bit hectic for me right now.
My parents retired to warmer climes, so before the holiday chaos starts, I might drive to the beach and wade into the water for a moment of peace.
Well my company I work for is currently out on strike and I spent the last month sick so I’m trying to get caught up on Christmas decorating and prep whole not overdoing life.
Love 3,2,1. Might have to re read it again since I forget how it ends. I think it was one of my last reads of 2023.
Unfortunately we’ll just for the holidays but as a first responder I’ll be working a lot during the holidays. However I’m very much looking forward to Christmas Eve with my kiddos it’s filled with laughs and fun and games and it’s my favourite day of the year! ❤️🎄❤️ Thank you so very much for the chance!
We have a tradition where we do grandparents gifts on Christmas Eve, and we do Santa and parents gifts on Christmas day. I’ve loved doing it that way, we have done it since I was a little kid, and now we do it with our kids.
Staying home and breathing deep (with some fun with friends and family sprinkled in) ✨
Cherishing every moment of my son being home for a QUICK trip
Going to spend sometime with my in laws.
This year it will be the grand kids, kids and hubby. We will celebrate from Christmas thru new years. My daughter was born on new years eve and my grand daughter jan 2. So we stay in present mode for a week.
Kicking it off with vacation for the week. I’m hosting a family gathering with my family. Having various soups and pies. Then just like every year for last 30 years, I’m going to my ex’s family for Xmas eve. My grown step daughters will be there and I can’t wait to hug them. Then rest of week will be spent in my pj’s with hallmark or netflix on . Can’t wait for the R&R!!!!
My family goes to my older sisters house on Christmas Eve for lunch. I get there early to help her get everything ready.
“I saw her first!”💙 Mad love for this book!!!
My Holiday plans…catch up on my reading list, eat, drink, & be Merry Everything!🎄🎄
Julie, wishing you Merry Everything & a Happy 2025!!
It will be a small affair with just my son, my dad and me (of course my doggo too) 🙂 I will cook and open a few presents and just enjoy the day with my family and my bestest bud, my dog Knox. A lot of changes this year so this will be a different Christmas than we are used to! Hope you have a wonderful time!
I will cook dinner and spend the day watching my kids open their presents from Santa and watching Christmas movies.
3, 2, 1 has a permanent place in my heart. It’s a masterpiece!
Our holiday plans keep us very busy for two days. On Christmas Eve we go to my daughters’ sister in law’s home. My daughters are married to brothers so we always get both sides of the family together. We have a turkey dinner, play games and the kids all exchange gifts. On Christmas Day we start out at our one daughter’s home for breakfast and opening gifts. Then we go to my other daughter’s home and open gifts. Then everyone comes to her house and we have an eat when you want kind of buffet and play more games. The grandkids invite friends and boyfriends over so it’s a house full of fun.
I hope you and your family get to spend time together, sharing good food and lots of love. ❤️
Family and friends Christmas Eve. Party (about 30 people) and then a small Family dinner on Christmas day.
Christmas Eve Church then off to my parents for dinner & presents. Christmas Day we chill at home.
My baby sister who lives on the other side of the country will be visiting over Christmas which she hasn’t done in a very long time! I’m so excited
My partner and I spend Christmas Eve having a meal with his parents, then Christmas morning we pack up the dog, stocking staffers, and food and head over to my parents’ place to hang out with my immediate family through boxing day. Quieter than most since none of us siblings managed kids, but lots of puppies and love.
This year it’s just my hubby and I. Haven’t planned menu but we’ll listen to Christmas music 😎
It has been challenging trying to find new ways to celebrate the holidays the past several years after the deaths of my only child, my husband, a brother, my parents, and my closest friend, but I have found great joy in traveling to new places and meeting new people over the holidays.
I’m headed to your neck of the woods in a few weeks! Spending Christmas with my sister and her family in Littleton. My son will drive up from the Springs to join us. Can’t wait since it’s been a couple of years since we’ve all been together during the holidays.!
Our December is all about getting our house ready for Christmas Eve. It is my husband’s birthday and we host a lot of family for our Christmas celebrations. We have the same Santa (for 20 years now) come out and everyone gets a present and you can sit on Santa’s lap too. My husband and son put on the best dinner. We have turkey and prime rib and a bunch of sides. I also make 12 pumpkin pies. My Mom used to make 6 pies before she passed the tradition down to me. I have been asked to make 6 regular and 6 graham cracker crusts. I give all of them away to friends and family. I keep one or two for our house. My Mom has been gone 11 years this past November and this is a way I can share this memory and tradition with my children that also helps with the pies. Christmas Day is spent with our family watching movies and eating leftovers and junk food. We all stay in our p.j.s all day. It is our time to catch our breath and relax. I hope everyone has a wonderful Holiday season.
Our Christmas plans are based around the birth of our first grandchild. I unfortunately only have the public holidays off so pretty much work as usual.
Thank you for your generosity
My December plans are to spend time with family. I know it’s cliche, but you just never know ❤️