As a house husband, I do all of the 'ings', washing, hoovering, dusting, cleaning, ironing and every other 'ing' apart from shopping and cooking and after reading this thread, knowing that Mrs B is right into Christmas, I thought that I would check on what she has been buying for the big day when her parents are up. There are four of us and with her parents here, there will be six of us on Christmas Day. So what do we have? Sixteen bottles of prosecco, fourteen bottles of Shiraz, six bottles of white carbonet, two dozen cans of export, two dozen cans of cider, three dozen softish alcoholic drinks plus three bottles of brandy, two gin, two vodka, a port and goodness knows what else. We also have enough food to feed a couple of dozen people.
Would I change it? Would I heck. I love buying and giving and love having the family all together. Christmas, as far as I'm concerned is magical but I do understand that many, if not most, do not enjoy it as much as we do. For those people, I hope that the festive period passes as quickly as possible and for those like me, enjoy.
