A Reminder

[Buenchico]

Etiquette requires that you wait until after breakfast before opening your Christmas presents. Anything else is just SO vulgar:
http://www.tatler.com/article/the-tatler-guide-to-christmas-day-etiquette?utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral

If you allow your children to open their presents too early, they'll probably grow up with some really appalling habits, such as cutting the nose off the cheese. (Gasp!)

;-)

[marval]

We used to have our stocking when we woke up. All other presents were after church and breakfast. It is just OH and I now, we tend to buy something we want. and not bother wrapping it.

[Buenchico]

Merry Christmas to you too, Corylus.

Sharon:
Who the hell's sober enough to open presents at 2am on Christmas Eve?

[tonyav]

-SharonA- We do ours at around 2am!!! Then stagger of to bed!!


Only about another 9 hours then, Sharon. Bet you can't wait can you.

[Barsel]

Mamya, //I say,I say,I say...

My Cheese has no nose...///

How does it smell?

[sunny-dave]

Lobster?

[gness]

Mmmm....quite fancy a Christmas Eve round at Sharon's...... :-)

[DTCwordfan]

my stilchelton awaits, nose or no nose - and a St Julien 2000.........the boo should be ok.

[Buenchico]

Your family were obviously Tatler readers, Marval ;-)

I've only got one big prezzie to open, although it will probably have lots of separately-wrapped items inside it. (There were 10 last year). I tend to leave opening it until Boxing Day, so that I've still got something to do when all of the hype is over, but I might tackle it around lunchtime tomorrow if I'm getting bored.

[EcclesCake]

That is the routine now. When I was a teenager it was when my Mum dragged me out of bed as I would have been out partying until late the night before.

As a very small child my parents were woken by the sound of oohs and ash coming from the living room and found me surrounded by presents and wrapping paper.

[Buenchico]

>>> a St Julien 2000

Premier Cru, I hope, DTC! (Château Lagrange?)

[pixie374]

I thought the law was that children open stocking presents (from santa) at around 3:45am, on your bed, while you have matchstick keeping your eyes open and s mug of extra strong coffee....
We do that first, then the presents between ourselves after a dog walk and more coffee... and then go to my mum's late morning. The children go to their dad's Boxing Day for a couple of days and do it all again. Going to work in a mo... hope you all have a good time xxx

[Buenchico]

You're never too old to party, EC!

Just ask, Gness ;-)

[Buenchico]

>>> The children go to their dad's Boxing Day for a couple of days

That sounds like a good arrangement for letting you recover, Pixie ;-)

I hope work goes well. Merry Christmas!

[-SharonA-]

Tonyav, no cannot wait. But hate waking up to all the mess of torn wrapping paper!

[tonyav]

Shove the wrapping paper into a Black bin bag when you open your pressies, Sharon.

[gness]

Wow ........Tony sounds tidy and organised....or is it that he's seen what MrsAV does....... ;-)

[tonyav]

or is it that he's seen what MrsAV does....... ;-)

Doh

[-SharonA-]

Tonyav, we are caught up in the moment and the last thing on my mind is black bin bags! But hey, tonight I will be more organised and scrunched it all up!