[lindsay ormerod]

If this year is to follow the pattern my now 11 year old daughter will have to be woken at about 10;30.She likes a lie in and Christmas Day won't stop her! Once she is awake all hell breaks loose in a flurry of present opening;this will be cut short as her Dad comes to pick her up for his stint at about 11;30,the other pressies have to wait! I would usually do the cooking but we have been invited to my partner's mums this year;would imagine it's gonna be traditional fare.Will see my Mum on Christmas day at some point but it's getting increasingly difficult organising the timetable of flying visits! Spend Boxing day with my Dad ,Bro and Sis and respective partners up in the Valley,all good fun with daft games and quizzes + huge buffet! My Christmas doesn't start till I leave work on Christmas Eve,exhausted from Music Zone,off to the pub for a celebratory pint with my workmates and then home! Then it's Christmas,up to now it's just mayhem! I have only had one Christmas out of retail in the last 18 years;and I had to have a baby to get that!