Off Topic The Christmas Thread

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I was in Mrs Tash's car when she drove past their gaff yesterday (not stalking Askew, I just live close)
She said 'Shall I slow down so you can shout '****s'?'
...well it made me laugh !
I maybe a little drunk but not think we need a suicide mission. A gang to go and see aa and Ehab and have it out
 
We used to spend the day in Beverley with a meal out when my Mum was alive. I can't be arsed with Christmas now to be honest, it lost its magic for me.
My mum died on xmas day 9 years ago. She was admitted to HRI ten days before xmas day. We were immediately advised to round up the family from all over the country. Because she was 'on her way out', they allowed us all a bedside vigil. She hung on and on until xmas day. We all allowed ourselves a couple of hrs off and she passed then. Stubborn sod just wanted to see xmas!!I know mates were confused on boxing day vs Wolves when I turned up and casually announced she'd died the day before. Having been stuck in that hospital for ten days, I was desperate to go.
So Xmas day hasn't quite been the same since.
 
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When I was little we used to have yorkshires for starters with gravy, then for pud with treacle (golden syrup). Not at Christmas though.

We used to go to a pub in Stamford Bridge that did the best giant Yorkshire pudding starters with onion gravy.
 
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My mum died on xmas day 9 years ago. She was admitted to HRI ten days before xmas day. We were immediately advised to round up the family from all over the country. Because she was 'on her way out', they allowed us all a bedside vigil. She hung on and on until xmas day. We all allowed ourselves a couple of hrs off and she passed then. Stubborn sod just wanted to see xmas!!I know mates were confused on boxing day vs Wolves when I turned up on boxing day vs Wolves and I casually announced she'd died the day before. Having been stuck in that hospital for ten days, I was desperate to go.
So Xmas day hasn't quite been the same since.

Similar thing with my Mum - massive brain haemorrhage on the 27th July died on the 5th August 2014. It's the routines, the traditional crap presents she gave, she idolised her grand kids and it's made the Christmas Day experience far poorer for it. Plus she'd only just turned 60 - feel totally robbed as there's loads of stuff she knew about my great grandfather who I was researching about at the time that nobody else knows about. She waited subconsciously until she had seen or heard from all her siblings (one sister and three brothers) the last brother flew in from Trinidad and she died within 6 hours of him arriving at HRI.