Doing Christmas every year

Good for you. How did you achieve that? Seriously, I need help here.

I passed the baton to DD2 this year. They'd just moved house though so she asked me to do the gammon, mince pies, sausage rolls, brandy butter and pigs in blankets

So, not quite a complete handover,

We (DS, DD and me) do it turn and turn about, so every three years. But on their years I still make the mince pies, sausage rolls, pudding and cakes!

35 years. This year 10 adults and 3 littlies. We allocate things to bring and all chip in and help. Bit chaotic but works well. Hosted by DD1 this year as 1st Christmas in new house. Was funny as DH likes to "help" me but was shooed away by DSIL Mum as her DH has never cooked, washed up etc and she doesn't like men in the kitchen! He had to entertain littlies 6, 2 ½ and 20 months. Of course babies dotted in and out kitchen looking for Mamma, Gra Gra and Granma. My brother on other hand has wonderful lazy Christmas going to neighbours for champagne, walk on beach, excellent meal with wife and 2 grown children. He has twice in all this time had my DM and even then I had to drive her half way to meet him! 100 miles! However he has been up, organised a family meal and paid for his half, driven her round Christmas lights, stayed 1 night with his family, gone to sales, complained about her cleaner whom she likes and gone home! However frustrating I would not have it any other way and there is nothing quite like a littlie cuddled in asleep on you at the end of "tanta" coming.

I'm 60, been married for 39 years, have always had Christmas day at home, but I've never cooked a Christmas dinner yet - my husband has always done it, but then I do all the cards, presents, wrapping, decorations etc.

Too many Christmas Dinners....I would like to hand it on I must say.There are good reasons to keep on doing it though.
To make it easier I now do a turkey crown.

I thought I'd got away with it as DD cooked Christmas dinner but yesterday I cooked a family meal for the rellies and another today.

In my 70s now and I am passing the mantle of Christmas dinner over to one or other of my children next year for the first time in 50 years.

I think I’ll invite them for Boxing Day instead. Much simpler.

We've been married 48 years next Spring and have done Christmas for all but about 6 of those years. I like the family get-together but it is very tiring - it's so expensive too. If it weren't for the fact that my very elderly Mum comes to us for Christmas, I would like to have a trip away just for a change. But she would be so disappointed and I would feel so guilty.

This year is the first time in 49 years that I've not been the hostess, although I was requested to do some baking.

Next year I'll host just one meal on any day from 24th-26th.
(If I'm spared)

We'll open gifts and the family can then go home to their own celebrations.

It must have been the mid-eightes too when I took over the family Christmas as my mother wasn't up to it.

I love Christmas, so I am happy to continue as long as I am fit and well. Don't know how long I shall go on. I am still fit and well, but Dh isn't.

42 years for me and the only thing I like about it is the end of the day!! As families have broken up we now have an all day running meal as the GC spend part of the day with their mums at times that never match up! One year we went out for Christmas Dinner as I had just had a replacement hip. Then they all came back to mine for tea as they were still hungry. Good job I anticipated it and got plenty in (online groceries!!)