OH and I have vegged out reading, watching TV and having our Christmas Day dinner by ourselves for the last couple of years - and loved it! Last year my kidney problems started, and I really didn't feel well enough to go and do the rounds! He has 3 grown -up children, all with their own nearly adult kids and speaks to them all on the phone on Christmas morning and this year we'll probably go and visit one daughter and her family between Christmas and New Year. Also OH is having an operation on his hand on Dec 18th, so will still be strapped up and need a bit doing for him. And also, all of our families live around 90 - 100 miles away, which is quite a bit of petrol. So no, DD, I don't think that you sound a boring pair of f*rts at all!