Who came to your house on Christmas day ?

My grandma and grandad (mums parents, a great aunt and uncle used to come for tea on Christmas Day and stayed till about 10 ish. I look back fondly on those lovely times. As we got in to our teens my parents also hosted parties with some of dads work colleagues and family, parents of my brothers friends and a few of my brothers friends. Again we had a very enjoyable time.

Nobody, unless they were actually staying, so often one or other GM. We had no family living near enough for dropping in, in the days when most of them didn’t have cars.

Until my maternal GM died, the family went to her house and stayed overnight. My mother was one of 13 and about 8 of the siblings, together with their OH and children, congregated on Christmas morning. The adults ate in one shift and the children ate together in another shift. I slept with my sister and cousins in the attic on makeshift beds, it was very exciting. GM was a widow, one of my aunts lived with her as GM was bedridden. We were summoned in to see her and she gave us money as our present tbh I was rather afraid of her as she was a formidable character who ran a successful business which employed all the uncles. She died when I was five and there was a falling out over money which split the family and ended our huge family Christmas's and a lot more beside!

Grandmabatty

Mum and dad always invited my gran and grandad on dad's side. I don't know where my nana went. After the two grans were widowed, they both came, along with a family friend who lived alone and had no close family.

Yes I think possibly people were more sensitive to people being alone (Not by choice) in days gone by, as you said, inviting people who would have normally spent Christmas alone.My mother did that on occasion, especially if someone had been recently bereaved.

keepingquiet

No one! We were a family of 13 so no visitors needed.
When my children were young we had no car and likewise had no visitors- just us.
My daughter also spends Christmas day just with DH and the kids.
This year it will just be me and my son and I am happy to say we will have no visitors!

Wow 13 , don't suppose there was room for any visitors !
Same for us when when we got married, no car , no transport !

Mum and dad always invited my gran and grandad on dad's side. I don't know where my nana went. After the two grans were widowed, they both came, along with a family friend who lived alone and had no close family.

No one! We were a family of 13 so no visitors needed.
When my children were young we had no car and likewise had no visitors- just us.
My daughter also spends Christmas day just with DH and the kids.
This year it will just be me and my son and I am happy to say we will have no visitors!

At our house, neighbours would pop in and out in the morning, one set of Grandparents came for lunch, the other Grandparents came for tea to join them !