We have having xmas with the in laws on the 20th as that is when BIL is down (his GF is funny and expects him to be with her on xmas day and it HAS to be with her family - bit rude if you ask me), so we have to go down to Palmy too. Xmas day we will be at the in laws and still not sure if we are having lunch there or not yet.

DH will be milking and I probably will to so more staff can have the day off. So we are having lunch here for whoever in the family wants to come Probably both sets of parents and some siblings etc) and then for tea we are having a BBQ for any staff who are around with their friends and family, any family who can stay and some friends, will be relaxed and chilled out, nothing flash! I am looking forward to it.

My plan:  Sleep in until 8am when I am woken by DH and Michaela who have made me breakfast in bed and already started preparing Christmas lunch.  After a leisurely breakfast do some gift giving and then get ready for church.  Find a carpark close to church really easily and pop in for a lovely Christmas day mass.  Go back home where all lunchtime preparations have already been taken care of and the house is beautifully clean and tidy with no trace of ripped wrapping paper or discarded boxes from Michaela's new toys.  Wait for out guests to arrive, and they will be on time, and exchange gifts without any raucousness then have Christmas lunch.  Say goodbye to guest at 3pm and then go and have a nap.

What will probably happen:  Get woken by DH at 5:30am because he's so excited about Christmas he doesn't care that Michaela's having a rare sleep-in.  Go straight into lounge where DH starts handing out gifts.  Skip breakfast because I'm too busy sorting out Michaela, tidying up the lounge and getting ready for church.  Get down to mass early only to find there are no carparks available.  Get home and my guests (who are notorious for turning up early) are already waiting.  Dad then launches into handing out gifts (because like DH he is a huge child at Christmas and he probably woke his household at some ungodly hour too).  Follow up with a BBQ lunch and then laze about for several hours until everyone (except my 8yo niece) heads home.  Tidy up the mess that descending upon my house during this time.  Sort out dinner for the girls and then try and get them to bed at a decent hour so I can collapse.

The second option is pretty close to accurate but TBH I wouldn't have it any other way.... I'm really looking forward to it.

Chritmas morning, we will probably get up realy really early, open a few presents at home and then at about 8 go over to my parents for breakfast and open all the rest of the presents.

Lunch time we will go to my grandparents for a big Chritmas lunch. We will probably have Santa arrive later in the afternoon in a ludicrous fashion (even though we have all grown up and Keira is petrified of him :P)

Hopefully the weather will be nice for once and we can hed down to the beach (which is literally 2 meteres from their backyard) And Sleep.